Is India Winning the War Against Rising Non-Communicable Diseases? The latest health statistics paint a concerning picture: diabetes, heart disease, and cancer rates are climbing, impacting millions across the country. From rural healthcare access to the burgeoning urban health crisis, challenges remain significant. This week, we delve into the crucial initiatives underway – government policies, technological advancements in telemedicine, and the rising role of preventative healthcare – that aim to address this national health emergency. Experts weigh in on the effectiveness of current strategies and the critical need for increased public awareness campaigns targeting lifestyle diseases. Are these efforts enough? Explore Abtak.com's in-depth coverage on healthcare in India and discover the vital information you need to protect your well-being and the future of public health. Stay informed; stay healthy.
A British mother claims a Turkish clinic charged her £8,000 in hospital bills to save her life after they botched her 'mummy makeover' - then threatened to 'hold her hostage' if she didn't pay up. Holly Guest travelled to Turkey earlier this month to undergo a tummy tuck, breast implants with uplift, and liposuction - otherwise known as a 'mummy makeover'. The 31-year-old had already undergone a successful gastric sleeve operation in January in a bid to lose weight after having three children. After dropping a whopping six stone in six months, the business owner began researching further surgeries to achieve her dream body. Ms Guest, who lives in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, came across a Turkish clinic on Facebook that had glowing reviews of its 'mummy makeovers' and paid £7,900 for the operation. However, after waking up from surgery, she says she faced a number of complications - collapsing eight times and having to undergo four blood transfusions. She was so scared for her life that she believed she would never see her children again after the surgery - and was stunned when she was hit with an £8,000 bill for further unplanned care she needed after the operation. When she refused to pay, Ms Guest claims staff threatened to block her returning home by cancelling their flight unless she paid the extra charge. Holly Guest said she feared she wouldn't see her children again due to complications following the surgery Ms Guest now faces further surgeries to remove the three haematomas in her stomach doctors discovered back in the UK She was left covered in bruises following the 'mummy makeover' procedure The 31-year-old had already undergone a successful gastric sleeve operation in January in a bid to lose weight after having three children Fearing that the clinic might be able to do this as they had her flight number and passport details, Ms Guest claims she rushed to the airport and booked another flight to flee the country as quickly as possible. She now faces further surgeries to remove the three haematomas in her stomach doctors discovered back in the UK. 'I had a gastric sleeve in January by another company in Turkey and I had no problems whatsoever,' she said. 'After I lost a lot of weight, I felt insecure, like most women do, and despite my husband telling me I didn't need it, I still felt like I did. 'I thought I just needed a bit of lipo, but the surgeons in Turkey said I needed a full tummy tuck. 'I found this clinic on Facebook and there were loads of amazing reviews. It wasn't until after the surgery that I realised these were all fake profiles set up by the clinic themselves. 'I was quite excited going into it. It was a state-of-the-art hospital and thought the care would be second to none. 'When I woke from surgery, and they had taken my catheter out, I got up to go to the toilet and collapsed. This happened a further eight times. I was having mini fits. 'They said my blood count was low and I needed a blood transfusion. I had four or five blood transfusions, which didn't make sense because I didn't lose much blood. 'I was also taken for an ultrasound scan but they blamed it on my liver and gallbladder but I don't have any issues with my liver.' The mother-of-three said her husband 'walked into my room and thought I was dead' after the surgery She said: 'For 48 hours, I genuinely didn't think I was going to get home to my children. I thought that was my life over. My husband walked into my room and thought I was dead. 'It was absolutely horrible. I didn't think I was coming out of it. My husband was absolutely petrified. 'I felt a bit better after my blood transfusions. I was told the transfusions were £350 each and was given this ridiculous bill. I was billed £8,770 [after my surgery] which was made up of several things. 'One of them being a general surgery consult which I didn't have - a doctor did come in asking if I was in pain then left. There weren't any discussions about extra costs. We had to pay that bill and they're still trying to say I owe them another £5,000.' Ms Guest said she received a phone call from the clinic demanding more money for her treatment or they would 'cancel her flight'. 'They said they could cancel our flight and keep us in the country. I thought "no they can't do that". 'Despite my husband telling me I didn't need it, I still felt like I did,' she said of the surgery 'And then I remembered they had my flight number and passport details so I'm sat there thinking that they must be able to do it. 'I ended up putting the phone down and booking another flight. We didn't want to get stuck in Turkey. It scared us that much into booking a new flight. 'I returned home a day early due to the clinic threatening to keep us in the country if I didn't pay them more money. 'We were in a foreign country sat there thinking if we get to tomorrow and someone's at the airport waiting for us, we're screwed. 'It was a case of literally packing everything in a bag and leaving there and then. We ended up missing that flight and having to rebook another flight for three hours time. 'I think it was disgusting they threatened something like that. We were almost held hostage. We have kids at home. It was bad enough they had been through thinking their mum wasn't coming home. 'We were fortunate enough to be able to book another flight but some people wouldn't have been able to.' The mother was told she had three haematomas in her stomach and will have to undergo private surgery to remove the lump 'I'm still really swollen. I regret this. I barely leave the house, I still feel so poorly. Just think twice before getting this surgery,' she said After returning home, Ms Guest began feeling unwell - and noticed a small football-sized lump on her stomach. The mother was told she had three haematomas in her stomach and will have to undergo private surgery to remove the lump. She said: 'I can't even stand up straight even four weeks later. I get all this pain on one side of my stomach. The haematomas should've been drained in Turkey but now it's very hard and set. 'Because of the size of one of the haematomas, I'm at risk of getting sepsis. It's a month later, and it hasn't shrunk. I'm going to have to pay for another surgery to remove it. 'I'm still really swollen. I regret this. I barely leave the house, I still feel so poorly. Just think twice before getting this surgery,' she warned others. 'Your life isn't worth going abroad and saving a bit of money.'
Jaipur: The 23-year-old patient who received the heart, kidney and lungs of a brain-dead patient -- that were airlifted in the first such instance of organ transport in Rajasthan -- died on Tuesday late night at the SMS Hospital here. The hospital's senior doctor and spokesperson Dr Manish Agarwal said the complicated surgery was successful. Doctors tried hard to save the woman, but could not succeed, after which the patient died. The organs were airlifted for the first time in Rajasthan. The heart, kidney and lungs of Vishnu Prasad, a brain-dead youth in Jhalawar, were transported to Jaipur ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Two hospitals in Coimbatore collaboratively performed the country's first inter-hospital swap liver transplant on two patients suffering from end-stage liver disease. The complex procedure was executed between GEM Hospital and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital in Coimbatore. The patients, a 59-year-old man from Salem admitted in GEM and a 53-year-old man from Tirupur in Sri Ramakrishna, were both in need of liver transplants. Their wives were willing to donate, but blood group incompatibility ruled out direct donation. In a rare stroke of opportunity, doctors identified that a 'swap transpla ...Read More >
Dehradun: A probe has been ordered after a man alleged that his 26-year-old wife died nine months after childbirth as doctors left a bandage inside her abdomen. Officials confirmed on Wednesday that a committee, headed by the chief medical officer of Dehradun Manoj Sharma, will probe the death of Jyoti Pal at a private hospital in the city. In his complaint, Prajjwal Pal has claimed that Jyoti delivered a son via cesarean section at the Eye and Mother Care Centre in January this year. He alleged that doctors left a bandage inside her abdomen during the surgery and stitched her up, a lapse th ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 14 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the state's health services must be made future-ready to keep pace with global advancements and effectively respond to emerging challenges. He was speaking at the foundation stone laying and inauguration ceremony of various health projects worth Rs 1,000 crore at King George's Medical University (KGMU) here. Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who also holds the Health portfolio, and Medical Education Minister Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh were present on the occasion. The chief minister said institutions like K ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Two liver failure patients in Coimbatore -- a 59-year-old in GEM Hospital and a 53-year-old in Sri Ramakrishna Hospital -- were desperate when doctors told them a transplant would be complicated as their wives' organs were incompatible. However, their doctors found a possibility for a swap transplant, which allows patients to exchange donors with another family in a similar situation.Both hospitals performed the surgeries simultaneously in two different operation theatres located 5 km ap ...Read More >
CHENNAI: GEM Hospital and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, located five-kilometre apart in Coimbatore, have pulled off simultaneous liver transplants for two men in their fifties, involving an inter-hospital swap of organs from donors, who were each other's wives. Addressing the media here on Friday, the hospitals claimed that this was the first time in India that such liver transplants involving inter-hospital swap were done. The patients, aged 59 from Salem and 53 from Tiruppur respectively admitted in GEM and Ramakrishna hospitals, were in dire need of liver transplants. Although their respective ...Read More >
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a way to teach the ruling Congress party a lesson for its unfulfilled promises. Rao emphasized that t ...Read More >
HAPUR: In a startling medical case, surgeons in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, removed 50 objects, including 29 steel spoons, 19 toothbrushes, and two sharp pens, from the stomach of a 40-year-old man from Bulandshahr. The emergency surgery, led by Dr. Shyam Kumar on September 17, revealed an extraordinary collection of everyday objects inside one person's body. The man, who had been admitted to a de-addiction centre in Ghaziabad a month earlier, complained of severe abdominal pain before being rushed to the hospital. Doctors explained that his behavior was linked to a psychological condition where in ...Read More >
PNN Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], December 17: Vadodara-based Gujarat Kidney and Super Speciality Limited is a multispecialist company providing healthcare services at several locations in Gujarat. The company is bringing an IPO on the NSE and BSE mainboard to meet its desired capital requirements for the proposed acquisition of Parekhs Hospital in Ahmedabad, partial payment of the purchase consideration for the already acquired "Ashwini Medical Center", financing the company's capital expenditure requirements for setting up a new hospital in Vadodara, purchase of robotics equipment for the Vad ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Surgeries under Urology Unit I at the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College, led by the Head of the Department Dr Haris Chirakkal, is all set to resume following an intervention by Health Minister Veena George. The procedure had been halted after the probe used in the EMS lithoclast device malfunctioned last week. Following this, the Health Minister directed officials to ensure that a replacement probe was provided without delay. However, similar surgeries were carried out by another urology unit in the hospital the very next day, despite allegations that the surgic ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): BJP MP Gulam Ali Khatana, who was part of the all-party parliamentary delegation to Europe, said that during their recently conclued visit they successfully communicated India's development story and its resolute stand against terrorism, particularly emanating from Pakistan. Highlighting the delegation's key discussions during the tour, Khatana told ANI, 'We discussed how we dismantled the terrorism factory in Pakistan by responding... We also talked about tourism infrastructure, G20 Summit, and projects like the six-lane roads, bridges, solar initiatives, our ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A 38-year-old woman from Kolar district in Karnataka has been identified with a previously unknown blood group, now officially recognised and named CRIB by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT). CRIB stands for Cromer India Bengaluru. "Cromer" refers to the blood group system under which the antigen has been classified. "India" indicates the country of discovery and "Bengaluru" marks the city where the blood sample was studied. The discovery was made during routine testing before the woman was scheduled for cardiac surgery. Doctors at RL Jalappa Hospital in Kolar f ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Doctors at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have successfully removed a denture lodged deep inside a man's food pipe using an advanced endoscopic procedure involving a laser cutter, helping the patient avoid the need for surgery. According to the doctors, the patient was brought to the hospital with severe respiratory distress, throat pain, and difficulty swallowing after he accidentally ingested his denture. The denture eventually became lodged just below the junction of the food pipe and windpipe in the upper oesophagus, causing significant chest discomfort, they said. Subsequent ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In a major medical breakthrough, a city hospital has successfully performed the living donor liver transplant in combination with double heart valve surgery. The rare and high-risk procedure was conducted on a 55-year-old woman from Kyrgyzstan suffering from end-stage autoimmune liver disease and severe dysfunction in both the mitral and tricuspid heart valves. The patient, Anara M, sought treatment at Paras Health, Gurugram, on February 25, after years of hospitalisation. The pre-su ...Read More >
Saveetha Medical College & Hospital collaborates with Apollo Hospitals to offer affordable liver transplants in India. This alliance brings world-class care at reduced costs, making life-saving surgeries accessible to all. The partnership combines Apollo's medical expertise with Saveetha's social mission, transforming healthcare accessibility nationwide. In a landmark agreement poised to transform the landscape of affordable tertiary healthcare in India, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital has p ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have successfully removed a denture lodged deep inside a man's food pipe using an advanced endoscopic procedure involving a laser cutter, helping the patient avoid a major surgery, officials said on Friday. The patient was brought to the hospital with severe respiratory distress, throat pain and difficulty in swallowing after he accidentally swallowed his denture, which got stuck just below the junction of the food pipe and windpipe in the upper esophagus, doctors at the hospital said. He was also experiencing significant chest discomf ...Read More >
New Delhi: In what the hospital claimed to be a global first, doctors at the RML Hospital have successfully performed a minimally invasive heart surgery on a 31-year-old woman suffering from a rare condition in which the internal organs were arranged in a mirror image of normal organ placement. The patient from Rajasthan suffered from Situs Inversus, a congenital anomaly, and presented with a complete mirror-image reversal of her internal organs, with the heart on the right side, liver on the left, spleen on the right, and stomach to the right, etc., the hospital said. On evaluation, she was ...Read More >
Shivamogga: A shocking case has emerged from the Shivamogga Central Prison, where an inmate swallowed a mobile phone, endangering his life. The incident has once again raised serious concerns about the security and contraband flow inside Karnataka's jails. The inmate, identified as Daulat, is undergoing a 10-year sentence in connection with a 2021 narcotics case involving the transportation of large quantities of ganja. He had been convicted and sentenced in 2024 by a Shivamogga court and lodged in the central prison since. On June 24, Daulat complained of severe abdominal pain to the prison ...Read More >
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health department has urged district administrations to issue a public advisory on JE prevention measures and to i ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have successfully removed a denture lodged deep inside a man's food pipe using an advanced endoscopic procedure involving a laser cutter, helping the patient avoid a major surgery, officials said on Friday. The patient was brought to the hospital with severe respiratory distress, throat pain and difficulty in swallowing after he accidentally swallowed his denture, which got stuck just below the junction of the food pipe and windpipe in the upper esophagus, doctors at the hospital said. He was also experiencing significant chest discomf ...Read More >
Kochi: The Ernakulam First Class Judicial Magistrate Court on Saturday granted custody of filmmaker Ranjith to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kochi City Police till 4 pm on Monday in connection with the sexual assault case registered against him. The case pertains to a complaint filed by a young actress, who alleged that the incident took place inside a caravan during a film shoot in Kochi in January. Allowing the custody plea, the court accepted the prosecution's argument that the gravity of the offence warranted detailed interrogation and further evidence collection. The SIT, head ...Read More >
* Doctors at RML Hospital performed a minimally invasive heart surgery on a 31-year-old woman. * The patient had Situs Inversus, a rare condition with mirror-image organ placement. * She also had a partial AV canal defect causing abnormal blood mixing in the heart. Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: In what the hospital claimed to be a global first, doctors at the RML Hospital have successfully performed a minimally invasive heart surgery on a 31-year-old ...Read More >
A visit to the hospital or clinic can turn into a nerve-wracking experience when test results are withheld until the doctor is available. After an MRI or ECG, the waiting game begins as the clock ticks down, and with no information, anxiety builds. The patient, left in suspense, resorts to Google and self-diagnoses an increasing list of conditions. From spondylosis to migraines, ulcers to kidney issues, the search spirals into a cycle of worry. By the time the doctor arrives, the patient is overwhelmed, convinced of a long list of ailments, highlighting the stress of waiting for a diagnosis. ...Read More >
SHIVAMOGGA : A mobile phone was surgically removed from the stomach of a convict at Shivamogga Central Prison, prompting a police investigation into how the prohibited item was smuggled into the facility. The convict has been identified as Dhawlath alias Gundu (30), son of Jabbar Sab. He has been serving a 10-year sentence under the NDPS Act since June 15 last year and has been lodged at Shivamogga Central Prison. Chief Superintendent Ranganath P lodged a complaint against Dhawlath at Tunga Nagara police station in this regard under section 42 of the Karnataka Prisons (Amendment) Act-2022. At ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Two liver failure patients in Coimbatore -- a 59-year-old in GEM Hospital and a 53-year-old in Sri Ramakrishna Hospital -- were desperate when doctors told them a transplant would be complicated as their wives' organs were incompatible. However, their doctors found a possibility for a swap transplant, which allows patients to exchange donors with another family in a similar situation.Both hospitals performed the surgeries simultaneously in two different operation theatres located 5 km apart in Coimbatore. "Real-time video feeds were established to monitor surgical progress and coordin ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rising equestrian talent Stasya Pandya from Mumbai delivered an outstanding performance at the Delhi Horse Show 2026, securing two team medals in the prestigious Young Champion category. Competing against a field of over 200 equestrians across multiple categories, Stasya demonstrated exceptional skill across disciplines. In Dressage, she rode Consul, earning a Team Silver medal with a composed and technically refined performance. Building on this success, she went on to secure a Team Bronze medal in Show Jumping astride Cougar De Fees. Navigating a challen ...Read More >
New Delhi: Television actress Dipika Kakar, known for her popular roles in shows like 'Sasural Simar Ka', has finally opened up about her month-long disappearance from YouTube. In an emotional live session on July 8, 2025, Dipika addressed her fans for the first time since undergoing a 14-hour-long surgery for stage 2 liver cancer and revealed details about her health, recovery and future plans. The actress, who is married to fellow TV star Shoaib Ibrahim, was diagnosed with a tennis-ball-sized tumour in her liver in May. She underwent a complicated surgery in June, during which doctors remov ...Read More >
Srinagar: Searches are being carried out by Jammu and Kashmir Police's counter-intelligence wing at multiple locations in the Valley in connection with a terror case, officials said. The searches by Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) are underway at 10 locations across four districts of the Kashmir Valley, the officials said. Searches are being conducted to locate terrorist sleeper cells and recruitment modules. The CIK searches are being conducted in six locations in Ganderbal, two in Budgam, and one each in Pulwama and Srinagar, they said. ...Read More >
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 19 (ANI): Two hospitals in Coimbatore have collaboratively performed the country's first-ever inter-hospital swap liver transplant, giving a new lease of life to two patients suffering from end-stage liver disease. GEM Hospital Coimbatore was also the first in India to perform laparoscopic living donor surgery in 2017. The complex procedure was successfully executed through a joint effort between GEM Hospital and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital in Coimbatore, marking a historic medical feat that required meticulous planning right from the stage of patient evalua ...Read More >
This is the first installation of Intuitive Surgical's advanced Da Vinci system for training. AIIMS Delhi inaugurated a state-of-the-art 'Da Vinci Surgical Robot' for training in its Skills, E-Learning and Telemedicine Facility (SET) on Thursday. The robot, provided by Intuitive Surgicals under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), opens up a new opportunity for training in robotic-assisted surgery at AIIMS, New Delhi. With the installation of this robot, AIIMS New Delhi is now the only institut ...Read More >