‘Obesity a disease, not a choice’

Instead of fat shamming, high time obesity is recognised as a disease say doctors slamming socialite Shobha De’s insensitive comments on an obese policeman from Madhya Pradesh. Obesity is a metabolic disease where the patient's body is unable to consume the calories

‘Obesity a disease, not a choice’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 […]

Save Aaradhya: A call to the nation to save a life

This documentary tracks one-year-long painful journey of three-year-old Aaradhya Mule who is fighting an end-stage heart disease. It shows the struggle of her hapless parents who are running from pillar to post in search of a heart for transplant

Save Aaradhya: A call to the nation to save a life#SaveAaradhya - Do you have a ‘Heart’ for this 3-year-old? (An English Documentary)   Who is Aaradhya Mule? Aaradhya Mule is a three-year-old Mumbai girl who is suffering from end-stage heart disease (Dilated Cardiomyopathy) in April, 2016. Aaradhya has viral myocarditis, which is a viral infection affecting function of the heart. Only 5% to 1% […]

Medical student starts online petition to ‘Save Aaradhya’, urges youngsters to join the campaign

Taking ahead My Medical Mantra’s campaign to #SaveAaradhya, an doctor has started an online petition for Aaradhya. The aim is to reach out to youngsters and spread awareness on organ donation

Medical student starts online petition to ‘Save Aaradhya’, urges youngsters to join the campaignTaking ahead My Medical Mantra’s campaign to #SaveAaradhya, a medical student has started an online petition for Aaradhya. The aim is to reach out to youngsters and spread awareness on organ donation. Ashwini Kawade, a student at MGM Institute of Health Sciences, said the online petition on change.org has been started to spread awareness on […]

Hepatitis A and E prime reason for maternal deaths in Mumbai

According to the figures provided by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) health department, 135 pregnant women have lost their lives to the infection in last three years

Hepatitis A and E prime reason for maternal deaths in MumbaiIn the last three years, while Mumbai has seen a dip in number of maternal deaths, there has been a steady rise in percentage of maternal deaths due to Hepatitis A and E. According to the figures provided by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) health department, 135 pregnant women have lost their lives to the infection […]

Shocking: Door-to-door TB drive finds 180 new cases in Maharashtra, 45 in Mumbai

In a first-of-its-kind door-to-door campaign carried out by Maharashtra’s health department finds that patients were unaware that they had Tuberculosis (TB)

Shocking: Door-to-door TB drive finds 180 new cases in Maharashtra, 45 in MumbaiDespite having created strong awareness on Tuberculosis (TB), Maharashtra’s health department has found 180 new cases of TB in the state, of which 45 are from Mumbai. In the new cases, which were found in a first-of-its-kind door-to-door campaign carried out by the state health department, the patients were unaware that they had TB. The […]

Mumbai Police Commissioner launches Save Aaradhya documentary

Appeals to Mumbaikars to spread awareness regarding organ donation. Assures that Mumbai police too would do its best to spread the word around for Aaradhya

Mumbai Police Commissioner Datta Padsalgikar on Monday (February 20) launched the English documentary of the #SaveAaradhya campaign. The documentary was launched at the police chief’s office in Crawford Market, Mumbai. The commissioner who was moved by the condition of 3-year-old Aaradhya, said that, proper awareness needs to be created with regards to organ donation. Speaking […]

Moved by her story, visually-challenged schoolgirls join Save Aaradhya campaign

Struggling to find a heart for last 10 months, Aaradhya needs a donor heart whose weight is around 25-30kg and has blood group A +ve / A +ve / O +ve / O-ve

Girls of Kamla Mehta Blind School in Dadar joined My Medical Mantra’s #SaveAaradhya campaign and vouched to spread awareness on organ donation. Three-year-old Aaradhya Mule, who lives in Navi Mumbai, was in playschool last year when she was diagnosed with end-stage heart disease. She needs a donor heart whose weight is around 25-30kg and has […]

BMC begins lepto control measures three months ahead of rainy season

In last three years, the infection has claimed 35 lives in Mumbai. In 2016, 180 cases of leptospirosis were reported, along with 9 deaths, till October

BMC begins lepto control measures three months ahead of rainy seasonMonsoon may be three months away, but Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) health department has begun its work to ensure leptospirosis cases are in control this time year during rains. “Rodent control measures have already begun. In phase I, we have identified waterlogging areas in Mumbai with the help of BMC’s disaster control department,” said Rajan […]

New 3D technology used to construct a new jaw for 62-year-old woman

Often the only solution is to fully remove the region containing the tumour, resulting in damage to the patient’s face in Sujata’s case doctors reconstructed the jaw bone with the help of left leg bone

Sujata More, a Ratnagiri resident suffered from ameloblastoma tumour (it is a rare tumour, commonly appearing in the jaw). “She often used to complain that something is biting her from the inside and also she was not able to have food properly. So we thought of getting her admitted to KEM hospital” said Aruna Rahatwal, […]

A first – civic hospital put on alert to treat election campaigning related injuries and alcohol abuse

BMC hospitals have also been asked to keep an extra stock of medicines and beds as Mumbai goes to polls for civic elections on February 21

A first – civic hospital put on alert to treat election campaigning related injuries and alcohol abuseAhead of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, public hospitals in Mumbai have for the first time made arrangements to tackle injuries and alcohol abuse during election campaigning. The BMC run hospitals have been put on alert for the same. “All electorates will cast their vote on 21st February. As there could be fights, alcohol abuse during […]
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