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emergency medicine news

Mumbai paediatrician warns of 4 paediatric emergencies parents must never ignore

Dr Sanket Sontakke explains key warning signs parents should never ignore, including paracetamol poisoning, Type 1 diabetes (acute presentation), foreign body aspiration, and severe diarrhoea.
Published on Jan 20, 2026 04:02 pm IST

Doctors recall horrors of 7/11 Mumbai train bomb blasts

11/7 Mumbai Serial Bomb Blasts - Virar resident, Omkar Tirodkar (26) a victim of the Borivli train blast at Karuna Hospital. HT Photo by MANOJ PATIL. July 12, 2006
Published on Jul 22, 2025 06:35 am IST

Sepideh Moafi joins HBO Max's The Pitt Season 2 cast as series regular

Sepideh Moafi joins The Pitt Season 2
Published on Jun 25, 2025 01:01 am IST

No heat, no rush: Delhi’s RML heatwave clinic sees zero patients this year

The heatwave clinic is equipped with ceramic immersion tubs, ventilator beds, rectal thermometers, ice boxes, and an inflatable cooling tub. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)
Published on Jun 07, 2025 05:20 am IST

Emergency kit: Don’t panic, pack it right in the wake of war: What all to stock?

Pickling is an efficient way to prolong the shelf life of perishable items, which can then be part of your emergency bag/kit in the wake of a war.
Published on May 08, 2025 11:14 am IST

Nemicon-2024: ‘Lifestyle changes have changed nature of medical emergencies’

U.P. deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak at the conference in Lucknow on Saturday (HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 05, 2024 08:08 pm IST

Stung by a bee like Matthew McConaughey? Doctors share tips to treat it

Bees only sting when they are provoked
Published on Jul 26, 2024 09:56 am IST

More South Korea doctors join protest, authorities warn patients at risk

South Korean trainee doctors collectively walked off their jobs Tuesday to escalate their protest of a government medical policy. (AP)
Published on Feb 21, 2024 10:38 am IST

PGIMER: Vacated Nehru Hospital space paves the way for new courses in Chandigarh

A committee is looking into the applications from different departments in order to expand research and start new courses.
Updated on Jan 23, 2020 12:37 am IST

Teenagers using anxiety drugs on rise. Here’s all you need to know

The study stated said that the increased availability of prescription medications is a likely cause of both adult and pediatric poisonings.
Updated on Dec 17, 2019 04:06 pm IST

Government on war footing, sets up tents for displaced people

Until 4 pm on Monday, the city administration had set up about 809 tents and evacuated 5,620 people, government reports stated. By 8:30 pm, the count of the temporary tents had touched 1,000 and at least 8,000 were evacuated.
Updated on Aug 20, 2019 01:04 am IST

Delhi man gulps toothbrush while cleaning throat, wakes up in hospital

On December 10, the toothbrush was pulled out by gastroenterologists performing an endoscopy at AIIMS.
Updated on Jan 04, 2019 12:17 pm IST

UP to have 13 new medical colleges: Yogi Adityanath

CM Yogi Adityanath(centre), health education minister Ashtosh Tandon(2nd from left) and PGI director Rakesh Kapoor(extreme left) during the foundation stone laying ceremony at SGPGI.
Published on Oct 16, 2018 12:51 pm IST

2 Gurgaon Fortis doctors arrested for ‘delay’ in giving patient medicine

A case against four doctors of the Fortis Hospital in Gurgaon was registered on February 20 at Sushant Lok police station on the complaint of the victim’s husband Mukesh Ghai.
Updated on Apr 13, 2018 01:28 pm IST