German doctor given life in prison for 15 murders, suspected on 76 more A German palliative care doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 15 of his patients, with prosecutors investigating 76 other cases that could make it one of the worst serial murder cases in Germany’s history.A court in Berlin found the […]
Ramesh Mhatre (in picture) along with his associates, allegedly assaulted two doctors and other hospital staff. MUMBAI: Amid mounting outrage over the assault on doctors and medical staff at a civic hospital in Thane district, the Vishnu Nagar police on Wednesday arrested Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, the main accused in the case, officials said.The […]
In 1847 a Vienna doctor cut childbed-fever deaths on the doctors’ ward from about one mother in ten to roughly one in eighty by making physicians wash their hands in chlorine — and the profession turned on him for it In 1847, a Hungarian obstetrician working at Vienna General Hospital found a way to stop […]
As Luigi Mangione awaits trial over the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, his family is moving forward with life away from the spotlight.His elder sister, MariaSanta Mangione, is set to begin a cardiovascular disease fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in July, reports the Daily Mail. The development comes just months before Luigi Mangione […]
US President Donald Trump’s latest medical report, released on Friday, declared the 79-year-old president to be in ‘excellent health’ and fully capable of carrying out the duties of commander-in-chief. However, his physician also advised him to lose weight and increase physical activity as part of preventive health measures.The report was issued by White House physician […]
Jaipur, 14 November (Udaipur Kiran). The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Dr. Budharaj Bishnoi, Medical Officer at the Government Trauma Centre, Bilada (Jodhpur), after he was allegedly caught red-handed accepting a bribe of ₹3,70,000. ACB Director General Govind Gupta said the Jodhpur City Unit received a complaint alleging that Dr. Bishnoi demanded ₹3 lakh for […]
An Indian-origin doctor in San Jose has come under investigation for encouraging birth tourism. Dr Athiya Javid of San Jose has come under a government investigation over allegations of encouraging birth tourism. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Brandon Gill (R-Texas) alleged that Dr Javid, and with three […]
A UK doctor who repeatedly asked a Muslim patient to remove her veil during a consultation and later continued working despite being suspended has been struck off the medical register.Dr Keith Wolverson was previously suspended for nine months after being found guilty of multiple misconduct charges linked to incidents between January and May 2018 while […]
An Indian-origin doctor in Georgia agreed to pay $15 million to settle medical fraud allegations against him. Indian-origin urologist Jitesh Patel will have to pay $14 million to settle allegations against him that he defrauded healthcare programs by performing unnecessary procedures on his patients. An employee of Patel’s Advance Urology in Georgia filed a whistleblower […]
Internet personality Mike Cernovich questions how many H-1Bs Oracle has after the IT company announced a layoff of 30,000 employees across the world. IT firm Oracle announced a brutal layoff impacting 30,000 employees across the world in a 6am email on March 31. Informing the employees that March 31 was their last working day, the […]
