By Prof Bejon Kumar Misra When the COVID-19 pandemic tightened its grip on the country, going out for anything, including any exigencies, seemed like a daunting task. Hospitals were overflowing with patients, hospitals beds not available and doctors were struggling to deal with the sudden deluge. At that point, telemedicine seemed like a godsend as … Read more
Balakrishna Shetty. Pro-Chancellor, Malla Reddy University, Hyderabad; H.R. Shivakumar, administrative officer, Karnataka Examinations Authority Bengaluru; Shivakumaraiah, CEO, Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumakuru; Sangappa S.B., national executive council member, Indian Society for Technical Education, and Syed Sadathpasha, career counsellor and UPSC coach, at the career counselling at Siddaganga Institute of Technology in Tumakuru on Sunday. | … Read more
New Delhi: Medical publishing company Thieme India recently signed a partnership agreement with UK’s EIDO Healthcare to enable a comprehensive medico-legal compliant content and digital consent solutions that support informed shared decision-making. The signing of the partnership agreement was carried out in the presence of officials from the Department for International Trade, James Bowler, Permanent … Read more
Children younger than 16 are unlikely to be able to give informed consent, three judges rule. Source link