Shocking statistics of women burn victims in India and steps to rehabilitate them in society
The study was conducted by PCVC in Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi. This study reveals that among the total burn injuries 50% were women, 20-25% were men and 10-15% were children. In women burn cases, 90% are suicidal or homicidal
According to National Burns Programme, burn injuries have claimed 91,000 lives of women in a year in India. The startling figures were revealed at a conference ‘Building a Holistic Support System for Women Burn Survivors of Violence’, which was held on Saturday, wherein women dying of burn injuries was the central theme of discussion. The conference […]
The caesarean section (C-section) versus normal delivery debate has made a comeback after Ministry of Women and Child Development wrote to Union Health Ministry to make it mandatory for hospitals to display their rate of caesarean. The move came after a petition on change.org, which had received 1.3 lakh signatures, was submitted to Union Minister Maneka 
“Ziyad was born last year on October 24 in Jalna (Maharashtra). He was born normal, but two months later, he started coughing continuously. Initially, we thought it was a normal cough and cold, but when he started breathing heavily, we were worried,” said Yusuf Yunus, Ziyad’s father. Ziyad’s X-ray reports came as a shock to 
The health ministry has approved the country’s first locally made bioresorbable cardiac scaffold, or naturally dissolving stent for clearing blockages in arteries that carry blood to the heart. A health ministry subject expert committee (SEC) approved Gujarat-based Meril Life Science’s bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) at a meeting on Tuesday, a senior government official told on 
India’s minister for women said on Wednesday she would seek to regulate Caesarean sections and “name and shame” gynaecologists who dupe women into choosing surgery over natural birth for commercial gain. Although there are no national figures on the number of C-sections performed in India, Minister for Women Maneka Gandhi said she believed it was 
For the thousands of ambitious technology experts who flock to Silicon Valley to make their mark in new start-ups or established tech giants, they can often expect success and money however, in turn, are they neglecting another important area of their lives: sex. Sandra Lindholm is a sex therapist and psychologist based in the San 
On February 14, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) fixed ceiling price of stents for betterment of patients. This decision led to issues like shortage of stents and questions were also raised on quality of stents. But, many experts and cardiologists have now accepted that this decision will eventually benefit the patients. “I think it’s a 
A day after Mumbai Police and twitteraties trolled Shobha De on posting an obese policeman’s photo and making insensitive remarks on him, doctors and bariatric surgeons slammed her comment saying the reasons behind obesity is hugely misunderstood in the society. They say instead of fat shaming, it is high time that both government and society 
Many people who suffer a headache heavily rely on a pain reliever or quick nap to get rid of it. But, so is not the case with those who suffer from migraine headaches, as the debilitating pain can get so intense that relief may seem impossible. Doctors observe that in India, migraine headache has become 
Union government’s Department of Science and Technology has given its approval to set up a bio-medical instrument hub at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), a senior PGI doctor said on Wednesday. At the hub, PGI doctors will give their ideas so that bio-medical instruments can be made. “The department have given us