NEW DELHI: Underlining critical occupation risks in the health sector, a new study has found that cases of tuberculosis are a lot more prevalent among healthcare workers in India in comparison to the general population. The analysis of 10 separate studies conducted in the last two decades between 2004 and 2023 found an average prevalence … Read more
Doctors and nurses seldom learn in school how to tell a family that their loved one is not going to survive. Yet healthcare professionals face the immense burden of tragedy, illness, and dying in an intensely stressful setting as a routine, ongoing part of their jobs. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, research was documenting rampant … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday approached the court for permission to conduct a polygraph test on Dr. Sandip Ghosh, former Principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, according to sources. The CBI may conduct a polygraph test on Ghosh, who was the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where … Read more
Government-owned medical facilities across the country are complying with the directive of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) to embark on a nationwide indefinite strike by limiting services provided to emergency cases alone. At Wuse District Hospital, Abuja Municipal Area Council, patients who visited in the early hours … Read more
Following the noticeable shortage of healthcare workers across Nigerian public hospitals and the bureaucratic processes impeding the recruitment of workers, the Nigerian government has authorised the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to approve recruitment requests by qualifying health institutions. This decision was taken at the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which the Minister of … Read more
