Hyderabad: Specialist doctors at the ENT and eye hospitals – both private and government – in the city are baffled by the growing number of black fungus cases by each passing day. Two to five cases of black fungus or mucormycosis per day are reported in these hospitals for the last one week. Dr Manish Gupta of the Government ENT …
Hyderabad: For the past fortnight or so, COVID-19 is confounding doctors in Hyderabad by showing up in the form of severe diarrhoea, vomiting, and headache. Until June 15 or so, the symptoms commonly reported by corona positive patients used to be cold, fever and breathlessness. But since June 15, doctors at the Chest Hospital and King Koti hospital in Hyderabad …
Hyderabad: Discrimination against the girl child is rampant and the arrest of two doctors found to be carrying out sex determination tests has confirmed that the illegal practice is still being carried out in the state. The police have also asked people to report such illegal sex determination tests if it comes to their notice. Dr Sikandar Shaikh, secretary of …
Hyderabad: Severe lapses in sanitation with overflowing manholes and mixing of sewage and water pipelines are leading to contamination of water and food, leading to a spurt of typhoid cases in the city. The number of typhoid cases recorded so far this year has been very high, in comparison to last year, even as every hospital is seeing five new …