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| Focus |
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Movement
disorder, a neglected specialty
Shortage of experts, training centres, genetic
facilities dwarf movement disorder specialty ,
finds out Shardul Nautiyal
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| Interview |
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'India
has an optimal time advantage in providing emergency
night shift services to US hospitals'
Set up in 2002 to provide teleradiological services
to hospitals in the US, Teleradiology Solutions
in a short span of three years has emerged a leader
in the imaging market in the country. Today, the
company provides teleradiology services to hospitals
around the globe.Dr Arjun Kalyanpur is CEO and
chief radiologist, Teleradiology Solutions. In
an interview with Falaknaaz Syed, Dr Kalyanpur
discusses India's position in providing imaging
services to the west, the hurdles faced by entrepreneurs
in providing teleradiology solutions, and the
future of teleradiology in India.
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| Policy |
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Restricted
antibiotic policy: Rational approach towards antibiotic
resistance
Because of increasing concern and awareness of
antibiotic resistance problems worldwide and frequent
inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents in hospitals,
these drugs have often been the target of attempts
to restrict and control their use.
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| Training |
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Train
the trainer: Way forward to in-house training
If any hospital wants to compete on a global level
and provide services as per international standards
even in loco-regional area, it is imperative that
it nurtures competencies as per strategy, acquires
and retains a workforce which is cohesive, committed
and delivers high performance.
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| Management |
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Enzymes
and combination therapy
Doctors fear that if the use of antibiotics is
not curtailed we may soon approach a day when
untreatable infections will rule the roost, say
Dr Anita Joshi, Dr Varsha Shahane, Dr Renu Bharadwaj
and Shilpa Risbud
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| Legalities |
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Should
IPC Section 304A be applicable to doctors?
The question has caused heated debates throughout
the medical community, as well as involving specific,
if not partisan position from the police and the
legal community.
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| Pharma |
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‘Women
are leading the biotech industry in Australia
and India’
Incomplete
applications delay generic drug exports
Where’s
my share of the pie?
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| Hospital Architecture |
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Healthcare
architecture vis-a-vis handicapped children
The article is headlined “Designing Child
Care For A Handicapped Community: The National
Children’s Center” by Marcie Meditch
Murphey, Cooper-Lecky Architects, PC, Washington,
DC, USA.
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| In News |
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Shroff
Eye Hospital introduces paediatric ophthalmology
clinic
WHO
supports GAIL to promote anti-malarial insecticide
net
‘1298-Dial
For Ambulance’ launched in Mumbai
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| Conference Watch |
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Fortis
hospital holds conference on head and spine trauma
Mumbai
to host nursing conclave
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| Insight |
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The
importance of light in healthcare environments
Architect Mies van der Rohe stated: “The
history of architecture is the history of man’s
struggle for light, the history of the window.”
However, in the rush to create commercially-viable
and technologically advanced healthcare institutions,
the importance of appropriate lighting has been
forgotten and the cost of employing people outnumbers
the cost of operating a lighting system by approximately
150 to one.
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| Products |
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Products
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| Anaesthesiology |
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Insight
into the emerging technique of awake surgery
Anaesthesiology, a vital ingredient in the recipe
for a safe and successful surgery, has advanced
in leaps and bounds.
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