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| Interview |
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‘We
require awareness on spine surgery and spine instrumentation’
Dr Hillol Kanti Pal is the first spine surgeon
in north India to perform a two-level lumbar disc
replacement (spine arthroplasty) on a 38-year
old woman. An AIIMS alumnus, Dr Hilol is presently
working at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital,
New Delhi . His areas of expertise include spine
instrumentation, basic neurosciences, neurotrauma,
skull base surgery and medical videofilms. Dr
Hilol was the first surgeon in India to conduct
extra cranial-intra cranial by pass surgery. A
quest for challenge made him foray into spine
arthroplasty. Dr Pal spoke to Sapna Dogra about
the procedure and other aspects related to spine
surgery.
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| Telemedicine |
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Video
conferencing boosts telemedicine
Hospitals are adopting video conferencing to enhance
tele-medicine, says Atanu Kumar Das.
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| Events |
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Manipal
Hospital uses Gamma probe to localise brain tumours
Hiranandani
Hospital, Thane completes one year
IMA,
Thyrocare Technologies join hands to provide diagnostic
facilities at subsidised rates
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| Planning |
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Role
of strategic asset management plan & medical
audit
The complexity and sophistication of decision-making
involved in providing healthcare services in an
increasingly complicated operating environment
requires strategic management. Managing various
and multifaceted internal activities is only one
aspect of the modern healthcare executive’s
responsibilities.
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| Management |
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Standards
in hospitals
Recognising that the care of the sick is their
first responsibility, hospitals must at all times
strive to provide the best care and treatment
to those, who are in need of hospitalisation.
Some hospitals, in very early times, accepted
certain values and principles that conformed to
high professional standards.
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| Conference Watch |
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Conference
Watch
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| Accreditation |
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Accreditation
of Hospitals: An overview
Health services in many developed countries have
come under severe scrutiny in recent years. Positioned
against the backdrop of globalisation, there is
an intense move towards accreditation of health
services.
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| Research |
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XIGRIS:
A novel agent in severe sepsis
Xigris (drotrecogin alfa activated) was introduced
in India in October 2002 by Eli Lilly, marketed
aggressively as a biological agent for use in
severe sepsis. Xigris is recombinant human activated
Protein C that has antithrombotic, anti-inflammatory
and profibrinolytic properties.
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| Pharma |
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Preserving
the Cord of Life
The concept of banking umbilical cord stem cells
was already creating a significant buzz in medical
circles within the country. The emergence of private
and public cord blood banks in India has added
resonance to the issue. Divya Nair looks at this
area of medical science which is promising but
still under scrutiny.
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| Insight |
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Mergers
and acquisitions in Pharma
A new report by PWC indicates that global consolidation
will continue in the near future, especially in
the Asia-Pacific region. Sapna Dogra reports.
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| News |
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WB Govt
gets Rs 750 cr grant from DFID to restructure
state primary health
Tata
Group to invest Rs 92 crore in its Kolkata cancer
hospital
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| Products |
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Products
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| Viewpoint |
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Effective
communication; the key to success
Very often we get news of doctors being manhandled
by a mob or furious relatives. Recently, there
was a news of a resident doctor in a peripheral
hospital in Mumbai suffering the wrath of an angry
mob.
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