Somita Pal Dna

• Tata Memorial Hospital goes online

  With the rising number of foreign patients, the Tata Memorial Hospital has decided to go online to ensure patients get the optimum care.  "We have been registering international and national patients online. But now, we have started checking online medical reports before asking the patient to come down. The doctor goes through the report and t...

• Cosmetic surgery among elderly on the rise in Mumbai

  A 55-year-old businessman underwent cosmetic surgery at Breach Candy Hospital last week. While there is nothing unusual in the above statement, what makes the case interesting is that the man went under the knife on the insistence of his 24-year-old son. He wanted his father to look young and re-marry. This is not an isolated case. If the city cosm...

• Girls from downturn Mumbai smoke more than those in suburbs: Study

  College girls from downtown Mumbai smoke more than those living in the suburbs, according to a study conducted by the Cancer Patient Aid and Association (CPAA). The non-governmental organisation working for the welfare of cancer patients found that 43% of girls smoke in the city compared to 18% in the suburbs.Addiction to the deadly stick starts ea...

• City records fall in HIV cases

  In tune with the global trend, the HIV/AIDS epidemic appears to be slowing down a little in Mumbai with the city registering a lower number of new HIV positive cases. According to a study conducted by the Mumbai District AIDS Control Society (MDACS), the prevalence of HIV infection in pregnant women has come down from 1.24% in 2005 to 0.53% in 2010...

• Husband of woman charged with baby's murder blames doctors

  Deepika Parmar, who threw her 45-day-old girl child out of the bathroom window at KEM Hospital on Tuesday morning, could not see her babies suffer. Stating this, Manish, her husband, blamed the doctors for directly informing his wife about the condition of the twins. "Doctors should not have informed her about their condition. After losing two...

• BMC loses 1 crore in dog tax

  This is no stray fact: There are 19,495 unlicenced pet dogs in the city, who have collectively chewed off over Rs 1 crore from the civic body's coffers.In a reply to an RTI query, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revealed its latest census shows there are 27,147 pet dogs in the city, but only 7,652 of them have licences. "Section 19...