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BENGALURU: A local court in Bengaluru on Wednesday rejected bail for Dr Mahendra Reddy GS, who was arrested on charges of murdering his dermatologist wife, Kruthika Reddy, by administering an overdose of anaesthesia in April 2025. A general physician at the Institute of Gastroenterology and Organ Transplant in Victoria, Reddy was arrested by Marathahalli police in October 2025 after Kruthika's post-mortem report confirmed a large quantity of anaesthesia in her body. Since his arrest, Mahendra Re ...Read More >
"For the Nuh district, higher remuneration has been approved to attract specialists. Doctors with MBBS and diploma qualifications will be paid Rs 1.5 lakh per month, while those with MBBS and MD/MS/DNB qualifications will receive Rs 2 lakh per month," she said, according to an official statement. The health minister said the government aims to ensure better and timely healthcare services for all citizens of the state. Appointment of specialist doctors in government hospitals will not only impr ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) Haryana Health Minister Arti Singh Rao on Monday said that 195 specialist doctors will be recruited on a contractual basis in government hospitals to address the shortage of specialists. The minister said the recruitment process will be transparent and merit-based. "For districts other than Nuh, specialist doctors with MBBS and diploma qualifications will be paid Rs 1 lakh per month, while those with MBBS and MD (doctor of medicine)/MS (master of surgery)/DNB (a postgra ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The police claim that they have come across a message sent by Bengaluru surgeon Mahendra Reddy to his lover moments after he allegedly killed his wife Kruthika with a lethal dose of anaesthetics on April 23 this year. Kruthika was also a doctor and the couple worked at a hospital in the city. Mahendra has since been arrested. According to NDTV, forensic analysis of his phone revealed a chilling message he sent to his lover shortly after the crime. The message, sent via a digital pay ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a chilling twist to the murder of dermatologist Dr Kruthika Reddy, police have revealed that her husband, Dr Mahendra Reddy GS, who is accused of killing her with anaesthesia on April 24, sent messages to at least four to five women after the murder, including one that read, "I killed my wife for you." Murder and Digital Trail According to investigators, Mahendra, 32, allegedly administered anaesthetic drugs to his 29-year-old wife Kruthika before killing her at their Bengaluru h ...Read More >
A study published in the journal Music and Medicine demonstrates that intraoperative music therapy significantly reduces the amount of propofol and fentanyl required during laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed under general anesthesia. Patients exposed to therapeutic music also experienced smoother awakenings and lower physiological stress, as measured by decreased perioperative cortisol levels. "These findings show that this is more than just simple background music, rather an integration of ...Read More >
Bengaluru, October 22: On Wednesday, October 22, the Bengaluru police said that they arrested a dermatologist for "sexually harassing" a 21-year-old woman who visited his clinic in the city for a consultation. The alleged incident occurred at around 7.30 PM on Saturday, October 18, when the woman complainant visited the dermatologist for treatment of a skin infection. The accused was later identified as Dr Praveen (56). In her complaint, the woman claimed that the doctor allegedly misbehaved wi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Officials of the Telangana Drugs Control Administration (DCA), along with the Karkhana police, on Friday raided an unlicensed premises in Namalagundu of Secunderabad following a tip-off about the illegal sale of prescription drugs. During the raid, officials seized 66 vials of 'Termin' and 'Termiva' injections from the premises, which was being run by one M Naresh.According to officials, the injections were being stocked and sold illegally to gym-goers for bodybuilding and performance ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has allotted 422 additional postgraduate medical seats this year to Karnataka medical colleges, taking the total to 2,116 seats this year. Karnataka Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil said the notification on the number of additional seats allocated for PG medical courses is yet to be uploaded online. "We had asked NMC for 572 PG seats, but they have approved 422, which is good. Last year, the total number of seats was 1,694. Besides ...Read More >
NIMS | Hyderabad, Oct 17 (Maxim News): The suspicious death of an anesthesia medical student at NIMS Hospital in the city is causing a stir. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp The deceased has been identified as Nithin, a B.Sc. Nursing student. Nithin, who had attended duty last night (Thursday), was found dead in the operation theatre this morning (Friday). Based on information given by the hospital staff, the police reached the spot, registered a case and started an investigation. The deceased st ...Read More >
The wife, Kruthika M Reddy, reportedly fell ill and was rushed to the nearby hospital in Ayyappa Layout, Munnekolalu. The doctors examined her and confirmed that she was brought dead. Six months after the death of a 29-year-old dermatologist from Bengaluru, Marathahalli Police have arrested the victim's husband, a fellow doctor, for allegedly murdering his wife by injecting anaesthetic drugs, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, the husband, Dr Mahendra Reddy, allegedly overdosed ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Bengaluru has been left shaken by the chilling story of Dr Kruthika M Reddy's death -- a case that began as a suspected natural death and turned into one of the city's most shocking murders. Months after her passing, her father, Muni Reddy, has donated the Rs 3 crore house he built for her to ISKCON, a gesture meant to honour her memory even as the truth behind her death continues to haunt the family. According to reports in News18, Hindustan Times, and The Times of India, Dr Kruthik ...Read More >
Bengaluru crime news: Mahendra Reddy 32, who was an agro-surgeon in the Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, was alleged to have utilized his profound understanding about the body to save the life of a patient, but rather to take away one. His expertise, which could have served as a means of healing, was instead an instrument against his wife. A little over six months following Bengaluru doctor murder case aged 28 authorities have said Mahendra had planned crime in Bengaluru with a sly wit, utilizin ...Read More >
Chennai - Rainbow Children's Hospital, India's leading Paediatric multi-specialty and perinatal care hospital chain, has achieved a landmark in the nation's medical history by performing India's first live Paediatric liver transplant for Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 13 (PFIC 13). The procedure was carried out on an eight-year-old boy from Thoothukkudi at the hospital's state-of-the-art Center of Excellence for Paediatric Liver Transplant. Alongside this national first, the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Jammu, Sep 25: On the occasion of the fourth Navratra, Kunwarani Dr Ritu Singh, co-founder of the Maharaja Hari Singh Foundation, celebrated the festival with cancer patients at the Government Medical College Hospital and distributed blankets, pillows, and bedsheets to underprivileged patients in the Oncology Ward. The statement issued on Thursday stated that the initiative, led under the banner of the Maharaja Hari Singh Foundation, reflected the Foundation's continued mission to serve humanit ...Read More >
At Bharat Mandapam in Delhi, the country's largest medical equipment exhibition, Medicall, became the stage for a moment that symbolised India's growing leadership in healthcare innovation. Medisys, one of India's oldest homegrown medical device companies, unveiled its new range of next-generation anaesthesia and neonatal technologies- designed, developed, and manufactured in India with a singular promise: Patient First. For decades, Medisys has been known as the company that created India's fi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Citing her 25 years of experience, Dr A Namratha of Srushti Test Tube Baby Centre -- arrested by Hyderabad police along with seven others in the alleged baby-selling racket -- insisted that the complainant couple opt for surrogacy. This, despite the couple's medical tests confirming them fit to conceive. The tests were worth Rs 66,000.These revelations have come to light in the remand report filed by Gopalapuram police recently. The report also stated that the doctor used to store all ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR, July 19: A 15-year-old girl was set on fire by unidentified persons in Odisha's Puri district on Saturday, officials said. The girl is undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar and she is in a critical condition, having suffered 70 per cent burn injuries, but she is able to speak, they said. Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, who is in charge of the Women and Child Development Department, said the government will bear the expenses of the girl's treatment and that the police hav ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 13 (PTI) The health condition of a 20-year-old college student, who immolated herself over an alleged sexual harassment incident in Odisha's Balasore district, remained critical, with doctors at AIIMS Bhubaneswar starting her dialysis as part of the initiation of renal replacement therapy, a treating medical practitioner said. The second-year student of the integrated B Ed programme at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore had on Saturday set herself on fire, demanding a ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, has constituted a high-level expert committee to oversee and monitor the treatment of the Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College student who attempted self-immolation. The woman student was admitted to the institute following her self-immolation bid before the principal's chamber Saturday over alleged harassment by the Head of Department (HOD). As per the office order issued by the Medical Superintendent of AIIMS ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday told a Delhi court that the Gandhi family's claim of having no control over Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the publisher of National Herald, is false. During the hearing at the Rouse Avenue Court, the agency accused senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of fraudulently acquiring property worth Rs 2000 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the original publisher of the Nati ...Read More >
Shimla: To address the acute shortage of trained technical staff in various health institutions impacting the delivery of healthcare services, the state govt has decided to enhance the number of seats for technician courses after nearly 23 years.The installation of modern machinery in healthcare institutions requires trained manpower, and the state govt decision aims to provide quality healthcare services to the people of the state, said a govt spokesperson.The govt has enhanced the seat capacit ...Read More >
KOZHIKODE: A two-month-old baby boy died on Sunday in Kakkur, Kozhikode, after receiving local anaesthesia for a circumcision procedure at a cooperative clinic. The incident has prompted a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the child's death, while the Child Rights Commission has also taken suo motu cognizance of the case. The deceased is Emil Adam, the son of Imthiyaz and Shadiya, residents of Poovanath near Muthuvad School in Pallippoyil, Chelannur. According to initial r ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: ASI on Monday completed the ambitious repair and restoration of Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar (treasury), paving the way for a much-awaited inventory of the valuables, carried out last in 1978."The extensive repair work, which began on December 17, 2024, required about 333 hours (332 hours and 47 minutes precisely) of labour, spanning 95 days. Our next step is to shift the valuables from the temporary strongrooms to the renovated Ratna Bhandar. Subsequently, inventory of the valu ...Read More >
Noida: The central govt has directed Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) to complete the Rs 440 crore medical device park being constructed in Sector 28 by Jan next year. The 350-acre park is set to be a major hub for medical device manufacturing and innovation.According to YEIDA officials, external and internal development work - such as roads, drainage, and sewerage systems - is currently underway. The administrative building is already complete, while construction has b ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7: A shocking incident has come to light from Kerala, where a two-month-old baby allegedly died after circumcision. It is learnt that the baby boy died after he developed uneasiness during a circumcision procedure in the Southern state. The alleged incident occurred on Sunday, July 6, at a private clinic in Kerala's Kozhikode. The deceased infant was identified as Emil Adam. According to a report in India Today, the deceased baby boy was the son of a couple from Feroke. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Tihar administration has released a statement regarding the controversy surrounding the health of separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah and denied that he was detected with prostate cancer. Tihar has also rejected allegations that he is not being provided with treatment."Rumours are being circulated on social media alleging that inmate Shabir Ahmad Shah is critical. In this regard, it is clarified that the said inmate has been regularly provided with all medical attention and his condition ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) Authorities on Saturday barred Eid prayers from taking place at the Eidgah ground and the Jama Masjid in the old city here, while Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed that he was put under house arrest. "Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar deeply regrets to inform that the authorities have once again disallowed Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the Eidgah as well as at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar by closing the gates of the mosque and deploying police pers ...Read More >
JAIPUR: A case of sexual assault has emerged from the ESIC Medical College Hospital in the MIA area of Alwar, where a female patient admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was allegedly raped by a nursing staff member. According to reports, the incident took place around 1:30 am on the night of June 4. The 32-year-old victim had been admitted to the hospital on June 2 for a tube operation and was shifted to the ICU following the procedure on June 4. Station House Officer (SHO) Ajit Badsara ...Read More >
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