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From today Vaxiflu-S will be available for Rs. 350 on prescription; it will be effective for one year India on Thursday launched its first indigenously manufactured anti-influenza vaccine that will protect people against the A(H1N1) flu, which has killed over 1,500 people in the country since the pandemic broke out last year. Manufactured by Zydus-Cadila Healthcare, Vaxiflu-S will be available in markets from Friday. The monovalent single-dose vaccine, available for Rs.350 on prescription, will be...

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The president of the Medical Council of India (MCI), Dr Ketan Desai, has submitted a letter to the Health Ministry seeking legislation to regulate the pharmaceutical industry’s practice of giving freebies to doctors to influence their prescribing habits. “The MCI has no jurisdiction over the pharma industry. The MCI’s ban on doctors accepting gifts, travel facilities and hospitality of any kind from any pharmaceutical or allied health care industry will only apply to doctors. But...

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Doctors were told to contribute to the construction of a new wing at the hospital. What did they do? The allergists voted to scratch it. The dermatologists preferred no rash moves. The gastroenterologists had a gut feeling about it. The neurologists thought the administration had a lot of nerve. The obstetricians stated they were laboring under a misconception. The ophthalmologists considered the idea short-sighted. The orthopedists issued a joint resolution. The pathologists yelled, "over my...

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has come up with the set of measure for infection control at health facility. These measure are mentioned below. For full details refer to the original document here. Droplet Precautions: Advise healthcare personnel to observe Droplet Precautions (i.e., wearing a surgical or procedure masks for close contact), in addition to Standard Precautions, when examining a patient with symptoms of a respiratory infection, particularly if fever is...

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"Doctor, Doctor, You've got to help me - I just can't stop my hands from shaking!""Do you drink a lot?""Not really - I spill most of it.

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"Doctors at a hospital in Brooklyn, New York have gone on strike. Hospital officials say they will find out what the Doctors' demands are as soon as they can get a pharmacist over there to read the picket signs!"

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How does one deal with threat to property and person, by patient's or their relatives?

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A pretty young lady named Nancy just broke off her engagement to a young doctor.Do you mean to tell me, exclaimed her friend, that he actually asked you to return all the presents?Nancy: Not only that, but he also sent me a bill for house calls.

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Forgetting your child's vaccination dates? Not anymore! meraMD has launched a free email reminder service to remind you of your child's vaccination. It's simple to use and can be accessed from anywhere over internet. For using this service you need to register with meraMD at http://www.meraMD.com/signup and select the user type as "General User".Once you have registered and activated your account, you can create your child's vaccination profile by entering your child name and date...

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Sponsors   To take the Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai initiatives forward, Hosmac Knowledge Forum, CSR arm of Hosmac India Private Limited, intends holding the next seminar on ‘Sustaining Quality in Healthcare: Accreditation & Beyond’, on 07th November 2009 at Trivoli Gardens New Delhi India. Accreditation of hospitals is a voluntary process, by which, an authorised agency or organisation evaluates and recognises health services according to a set of standards describing the structures and processes that...

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