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Doctor Puts US Return On Hold, Treats Farmers For Free At Delhi Border
Amid the ongoing farmers protest against the Central agri laws at Delhi borders, American cardiologist Dr Swaiman Singh has decided to put his return to New Jersey on hold and has been camping at Tikri border for the past 3 months providing free medical checkup and medicine to protestors.
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Amritsar Eatery Starts Langar Service At Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Border
After free medical camps by non-government organisations at Singhu border, an Amritsar-based eatery has come forward to provide charity meals to the agitating farmers at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghazipur.
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Madhya Pradesh Official Suspended After Botched Surgeries Blind 11
The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended a top medical officer following the loss of vision of 11 patients who underwent free cataract surgery at a private hospital in Indore on August 8. Two other officials have been given show cause notices.
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Know Who's Testing You at the Free Health Camp? It Could Be a Layman
It is not always a doctor who is checking people - blood sugar, blood pressure, haemoglobin and other parameters - at the free health camps in India. The prestigious medical journal from UK, British Medical Journal, better known as BMJ, says it is mostly unlicensed sales representatives.
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At Least 14 People Lose Eyesight After Free Eye Surgery Camp in Punjab
At least 14 people have lost their vision after cataract surgery at an eye camp organized without permission by an NGO in Punjab last month. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered an inquiry.
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Chhattisgarh Sterilisation Deaths: PM Modi Asks Raman Singh To Ensure Thorough Probe
Medical negligence - a fallout of meeting government's sterilisation targets - is suspected to be behind the deaths of 11 women in Chhattisgarh.The woman had undergone tubectomy operations at a free camp organised by the government on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Chief Minister Raman Singh to ensure a thorough probe into the inc...
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28 lose vision at free eye camp in Madhya Pradesh
Twenty eight people, mostly tribals or Dalits, lost their vision after a cataract surgery at a free eye camp organised by a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh's tribal Mandla district.A day after the operation, all patients developed infection and their eyes started bleeding. But they were sent back home after being given a few eye drops."My eyes h...
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Doctor Puts US Return On Hold, Treats Farmers For Free At Delhi Border
Amid the ongoing farmers protest against the Central agri laws at Delhi borders, American cardiologist Dr Swaiman Singh has decided to put his return to New Jersey on hold and has been camping at Tikri border for the past 3 months providing free medical checkup and medicine to protestors.
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Amritsar Eatery Starts Langar Service At Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Border
After free medical camps by non-government organisations at Singhu border, an Amritsar-based eatery has come forward to provide charity meals to the agitating farmers at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghazipur.
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Madhya Pradesh Official Suspended After Botched Surgeries Blind 11
The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended a top medical officer following the loss of vision of 11 patients who underwent free cataract surgery at a private hospital in Indore on August 8. Two other officials have been given show cause notices.
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Know Who's Testing You at the Free Health Camp? It Could Be a Layman
It is not always a doctor who is checking people - blood sugar, blood pressure, haemoglobin and other parameters - at the free health camps in India. The prestigious medical journal from UK, British Medical Journal, better known as BMJ, says it is mostly unlicensed sales representatives.
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At Least 14 People Lose Eyesight After Free Eye Surgery Camp in Punjab
At least 14 people have lost their vision after cataract surgery at an eye camp organized without permission by an NGO in Punjab last month. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered an inquiry.
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Chhattisgarh Sterilisation Deaths: PM Modi Asks Raman Singh To Ensure Thorough Probe
Medical negligence - a fallout of meeting government's sterilisation targets - is suspected to be behind the deaths of 11 women in Chhattisgarh.The woman had undergone tubectomy operations at a free camp organised by the government on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Chief Minister Raman Singh to ensure a thorough probe into the inc...
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28 lose vision at free eye camp in Madhya Pradesh
Twenty eight people, mostly tribals or Dalits, lost their vision after a cataract surgery at a free eye camp organised by a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh's tribal Mandla district.A day after the operation, all patients developed infection and their eyes started bleeding. But they were sent back home after being given a few eye drops."My eyes h...
