The National Network of Designated Health Care Professionals (NNDHP), which represents senior NHS doctors and nurses who fulfil child-safeguarding roles in England, has recorded 47 cases of early medical abortions that actually resulted in mid- to late-pregnancy terminations, across all ages, since the start of the pandemic, in March 2020. Source link
March 8, 2022 — Everyone’s been there. You’ve arrived for your scheduled doctor’s office visit and the first order of real business is the reunion with the blood pressure cuff. The first reading might be high. A second reading looks a bit better — or maybe a bit worse. Which one’s right? The answer: Perhaps … Read more
New Delhi : Health-tech startup My Family First will be opening 500 Digitally Enabled Smart Health (DESH) clinics in rural areas across the country in the next two years to connect patients in remote villages and towns with medical specialists in metro cities. The company began operations in mid-2021 and has since then opened 30 … Read more
They will be kitted out with equipment to carry out X-rays, breast screening, ultrasounds and scans. Source link
Bengaluru: AstraZeneca India on Wednesday signed an MoU with Bengaluru-based Docon Technologies for digitising 1,000 clinics across India. Under the partnership, Docon will equip the identified clinics with customised Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems enabling clinicians to access complete patient history, and thus, help the clinical community better treat chronic patients and manage long-term complications … Read more
By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News Wednesday, April 21, 2021 (Kaiser News) — Facing a yearlong siege from the coronavirus, the defenses in another, older war are faltering. For the last two decades, HIV/AIDS has been held at bay by potent antiviral drugs, aggressive testing and inventive public education campaigns. But the COVID-19 pandemic … Read more
Women are being offered controversial “virginity tests” at British medical clinics, an investigation by BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women has found. Source link
Image copyright Getty Images People with “long Covid” symptoms will be offered specialist help at clinics across England, the head of NHS England has announced. Sir Simon Stevens said there were “tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands” of patients affected. People with relatively mild coronavirus infections as well as those who have been treated … Read more