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STC NEWS DESKANANTNAG, JULY 09 (STC): In a shocking case of medical negligence, a patient suffering from acute appendicitis was advised immediate surgery at District Hospital Anantnag but was left unattended due to the absence of a surgeon. The incident has raised serious concerns about the functioning of the healthcare system in the region.Patient namely…
STC NEWS DESKRAJOURI, JUNE 29 (STC): A waterborne disease in Sakri village of Rajouri district has claimed life of an elderly woman and left at least 19 other residents sick, who have been hospitalised for treatment.Health authorities have confirmed that it’s a gastroenteritis outbreak triggered by contaminated drinking water.According to the reports, a 75-year-old woman,…
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, JUNE 25 (STC):The Advanced Centre for Mental Health & Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, SKIMS Medical College, in collaboration with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Group of Concerned Citizens (GCC), organized an awareness program about the growing challenge of durg abuse today at the SKIMS Medical College Auditorium.The event featured a…
Can’t We, as Care Providers, Treat Patients with Humility? Dr. Faiz Maqbool FaziliA young dental student(Zahida (name changed), suffering from persistent discharge at an old fracture site, visited an orthopedic surgeon suspecting osteomyelitis. Instead of listening to her concerns, the doctor snapped, *“You’re a dentist, don’t teach me!” Dismissed and disheartened, she travelled to Delhi,…
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, APRIL 24(STC): There is urgent need to establish liver transplant services in J&K, citing the increasing burden of liver disease. Preventive strategies and effective management of Hepatitis B and C and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) are critical to addressing this public health challenge.Prof Subhash Ghosh, President of IASG, stated this in hiskeynote address…
