Lasik controversy hits opthalmic practice
The recent controversy surrounding Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (Lasik) surgery being inappropriate for Indian corneas is begining to have a telling effect on the practice of refractive surgeons.

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1st to 15th September 2002

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‘It is a myth that public hospitals do not perform’
On March 27 1997, Dr Vatsala Trivedi performed the first cadaver renal transplant in Maharashtra.

Health System of India: A bane or boon?
No dearth of quality care in West Bengal: Health minister

‘Imaging and genomics must go hand in hand to meet industry demands’
The charismatic and zealous Shanker Annaswamy, President and CEO, GE Medical Systems, South Asia and Managing Director of Wipro GE Medical Systems, is a man of great vision.

HCWMC: Ensuring safe mgmt of biomedical waste
BOA chalks guidelines, post Lasik surgery controversy
No takers for pledge card
Whose cross is it anyway?

Doctor & Law
FDA weighs problem of open but used devices

Electronic claims processing can drive health insurance sector
Calcutta Medical College & Hospital to treat cancer patients with 3-DTPS
Standardisation in nursing education is essential’
Wavelight Laser technology, Germany launches customised Lasik surgery in Aditya Jyot Hospital

Hospitals cite high BMC charges for non-compliance
While the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is in the process of serving notices to 62 hospitals (over 200 bed capacity) in Mumbai to implement with the Waste (Management and Handling)(Second Amendment) Rules, 2000 or face prosecution, hospitals grumble that compliance with the regulations has burnt a hole in their budget.