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Woman Collapses Mid-Flight Due To Heart Attack, 4 Doctors Save Her Life
Dr Shrivastava said that it is difficult to put in a cannula in a hospital in such cases, and “doing it mid-air was even more challenging.”
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Dr Bhasha Mukherjee Crowned As Miss England 2019
A 23-year-old Indian origin doctor, Bhasha Mukherjee won the title of Miss England 2019. She holds a double degree in medicine and has an IQ of 146.
India’s First Test Tube Baby Is A Mother of Two
Dr Indira Hinduja had performed India’s first successful IVF delivery on August 6, 1986. Mani Chawda’s daughter, Harsha, became the country’s first IVF baby. Thirty years later, Dr Hinduja delivered Harsha’s baby, defying the myths which say that IVF babies cannot lead a normal life. Dr Hinduja had attempted IVF with about 17 couples before she met the Chawdas, […]
Doctor Who Donated Blood 53 Times Honoured
A Jammu-based organisation recently felicitated a woman doctor for donating blood 53 times in a period of three decades. the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohematology (ISBTI) awarded Kiran Sharma, a senior medical officer at the Police Hospital for her consistent contribution in the voluntary blood donation movement. Established in 1972 after the Indo-Pak war, […]
Natural births vs C-Sections: Emotional tales of five women in India
Maneka Gandhi, Women and Child Development minister, recently spoke against the rise in the number of C-sections in the country. SheThePeople.TV talked to five women from different ages and backgrounds to know of their experiences; and opinions on the rise in C-Sections. [Feature Image Credit: scha.com] Lack of beds in government hospitals “I find it true that […]
Drinking From Plastic Bottles Affects Foetus: Study
Scientists have found that a chemical named bisphenol A or BPA, which is a hormone disruptor is likely to increase an unborn child’s risk of being obese. DNA reports that pregnant women drinking from plastic bottles could be risking their child to this chemical. A study by Endocrine Society posted the risks of endocrine disrupting the BPA […]
Rukhmabai Broke Barriers To Be The First Indian Woman To Practise Medicine
Before it became a norm for girls to become doctors and boys to become engineers, there was a time when medicine too, like any other profession in India, was a men-only job. This changed when Rukhmabai became the first woman to practise medicine in India and paved paths for generations to come.
