Registration mandatory for sonography machine dealers to prevent its illegal sale

The Times of India | TNN | May 27, 2018, 20:58 IST. JAIPUR: Aiming to prevent sex selection tests by curbing sale of unregistered sonography machines in the state, the health department has made it compulsory for sonography dealers and manufacturers to get registered under the pre-conception pre-natal diagnostic technique (PCPNDT) Act. Earlier, registration was mandatory only for sonography centres.

Healthcare hit as private hospitals shut OPD services

The Times of India | May 26, 2018, 14:35 IST. BHUBANESWAR: Health services in the state were on Friday hit partially due to the 24-hour state-wide strike called by the All Odisha Private Medical Establishment Forum (AOPMEF) to protest against the provisions of the Clinical Establishments (control and regulation) Act.

Hospital loses organ transplant licence

The Times of India | TNN | May 25, 2018, 13:12 IST. HYDERABAD: The Director of Medical Education of Telanganahas suspended the organ transplantation licence of Continental Hospital following an enquiry based on the complaint lodged by a doctor regarding irregularities in kidney transplantation.

Bombay High Court allows woman to abort 26-week foetus suffering from hernia

The FreePress | May 25, 2018 07:43 am| Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday allowed a 25-year-old woman to abort her pregnancy since it has crossed the permissible 20-week limit. The woman claimed that her foetus is detected with hernia. The woman, a resident of Solapur, along with her husband, had approached the vacation bench of […]