As time runs out for his 3-year-old daughter, a desperate father seeks Sushma Swaraj’s help to save her

Yogesh Mule’s daughter Aaradhya was diagnosed with end-stage heart disease in April last year and needs a heart transplant urgently

For Yogesh Mule, time is fast running out to save his three-year-old daughter Aaradhya, who was diagnosed with end-stage heart disease in April last year. In his relentless efforts to save his daughter, Mule has taken to twitter to seek Union External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj’s help. Mule is hoping that Swaraj will help him […]

‘Seeing him smile, I feel proud to be a doctor’

It was an emotional meeting on Thursday when Dr Gayatri Patankar visited Neelmani Sharma at SevenHills Hospital, who she had saved from the jaws of death at Mumbai airport

He still doesn’t know if there’s a god. But in the last few days, Neelmani Sharma has certainly found his angel. On Thursday morning, as our nation celebrated its sixty-eighth Republic Day, 46-year-old Sharma couldn’t control his emotions as Dr Gayatri Patankar walked into his cabin ward at the SevenHills Hospital in Andheri. With his family […]

Dental college students create awareness by painting messages on walls as part of R-Day celebrations

It is a well-known fact that there is very low awareness on importance of oral and dental hygiene. Simple steps like brushing twice a day and taking care of the gums can help people maintain oral health better

Taking a cue from Maharashtra government’s ‘Swachh Mukh Abhiyan’ and ahead of Republic Day celebrations, dental students of the Government Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai, decided to paint the walls of their college premises to spread awareness on oral and dental care. Dr Mansing Pawar, Dean of GDC, said the students approached him to do […]

Heroic doctor goes beyond the call of duty, saves life of a passenger at Mumbai airport

Dr Gayatri Patankar, an anaesthesiologist, was returning from a family vacation in Dubai when she noticed an unconscious man in wheelchair. He was lying pulseless and cynosed (bluish discoloration of skin), when she administered CPR and saved him

They say a doctor is always on duty. Such is the nature of their job that it goes beyond their regular work and work hours because more than a profession it is considered to be a service to society and humanity. Living up to this in its true spirit, a Thane-based doctor, who was returning […]

Mumbai doctor travels to Egypt to meet world’s heaviest woman

Dr Muffazal Lakdawala is making arrangements to airlift Eman Ahmed, who weighs 500 kgs, from Alexandria, Egypt to Mumbai and conduct obesity surgery on her

Mumbai doctor who will soon be operating 36-year-old Eman Ahmed - world’s heaviest person - met her at her house in Alexandria in Eygpt this week. Ahmed has been confined to her bed for last 25 years. Eman’s sister Shaimaa Ahmed had got in touch with Mumbai-based bariatric surgeon Dr Muffazal Lakdawala and explained him […]

SC gives permission to abort 24-week-old foetus of Mumbai woman

The woman was forced to approach SC last week to seek permission to abort her unborn after a routine sonography test revealed that foetus has a serious developmental defect called anencephaly – absence of brain

“Weeks of mental agony has come to an end. I hope my case will now benefit other couples and they do not have to go through the trauma like us,” said a relieved Santosh Pal, after the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday gave permission to his wife to abort her 24-week foetus. The couple was […]

Ray of hope for traumatised Mumbai couple as KEM doctors inform SC they favour abortion

A month ago multiple sonography done on Santosh Pal's wife had shown that the unborn child has serious developmental defect called anencephaly – absence of brain – which is incompatible to life. The child will not survive even a day after it is born

The anxious wait for traumatised Mumbai couple got stretched a bit more on Friday, when government lawyer asked for time till Monday from the Supreme Court (SC) to study the report submitted by the KEM doctors. However, there was a ray of hope, when the apex court judge said that the KEM doctors in their […]

Traumatised couple waits anxiously for Supreme Court nod

A month ago multiple sonography done on Santosh Pal's wife had shown that the unborn child has serious developmental defect called anencephaly – absence of brain – which is incompatible to life. The child will not survive even a day after it is born

“What we are going through, no other couple should ever face it. We were supposed to celebrate, instead are fighting to abort it,” says a sombre Santosh Pal, as he waits for his wife outside the sonography department of KEM Hospital, Mumbai. Pal’s wife, who is in her 24th week of pregnancy, was being examined […]

Mumbai woman moves Supreme Court seeking permission to abort foetus with serious abnormality

The 23-year-old woman hails from a low socio-economic background and came to know that the foetus has serious developmental defect called anencephaly – absence of brain – in a routine sonography test

After a sonography revealed that her unborn baby has serious abnormality and may not survive after birth, a Mumbai woman has moved the Supreme Court (SC) seeking permission for abortion in the 24th week of her pregnancy. After hearing her petition on Wednesday, the apex court has passed an order directing KEM Hospital, Mumbai, doctors […]

Mumbai’s first paediatric heart transplant girl prepares for 12th exams exactly a year after her historic surgery

Sweden D'Souza's father is happy with her recovery. He is also trying hard to manage money for medicines, which cost Rs15,000 per month

Diagnosed with an end-stage heart disease, doctors had told teenager Sweden D’Souza that her survival chances were only up to six months if she did not undergo a transplant surgery. While she was inching close to death, on January 2, 2016, Sweden’s desperate prayers were answered when she received a call from Mulund’s Fortis Hospital […]
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