Pregnant woman dies after pre-delivery injection at Navi Mumbai hospital NAVI MUMBAI: The family of a 23-year-old pregnant woman has alleged negligence at NMMC’s Rajmata Jijau Hospital, Airoli, after she and her unborn child died due to complications she developed after getting a standard pre-delivery injection on July 1.Sonam Dongre, who was eight months pregnant,…
The inspection was conducted following complaints Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected the state-run JJ Mahanagar Blood Bank located within the JJ Hospital complex in Byculla following a series of complaints, officials said. The blood bank was closed to the public during the inspection. The inspection was underway at the time of…
– Female doctor filling up medical form on clipboard, closeup. Reflecting glass table is a physician working place. Healthcare, insurance and medicine concept. Mumbai: Two years before her controversial remarks about a cadaver sparked widespread outrage, KEM Hospital’s third-year medical student Sejal Pawar stood before a camera to champion the cause of body donation. As…
Mumbai: Bombay high court permitted medical termination by JJ Hospital of the 27-week pregnancy of an 18-year-old collegian, observing that she had made a choice.“We see no difficulty in the team of medical doctors proceeding with the process of termination of pregnancy as desired by her as she has made a choice,’’ said Justices Bharati…
Mumbai: Nine months after a dedicated psychiatry ward was inaugurated at the state-run St George’s Hospital near CST, female patients are still unable to get admitted here because the hospital has not appointed a female night attendant, a requirement for admitting female patients.A 20-bedded male psychiatry ward has been functional since Sept 2025, with mostly…
Mumbai: In the pipeline for close to 10 years, DCM Eknath Shinde has asked Mumbai city collector Aanchal Goyal to fast-track transfer of 11 acres of Richardson & Cruddas land in Byculla to JJ Hospital.Officials said the land was transferred to the city collector on paper way back in 2016 but wasn’t handed over to…
Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has raided a Palghar-based manufacturer for supplying unsterilised surgical gloves falsely labeled as ‘sterile’ to state-run medical colleges, including JJ Hospital and St George. Following the raid, authorities froze Rs 1.26 crore worth of stock pending investigation.The stock was imported from Malaysia by Saachi Medic, which has…
Mumbai: A 29-year-old man fell to his death from the 18th floor of an under-construction building at Goregaon West recently. Police registered an FIR against the contractor and developer for putting him up on the 18th floor without any precautionary measures for his safety. In another incident, a 32-year-old labourer died after he fell from…
Avascular Necrosis (AVN), also known as osteonecrosis, is the death of bone tissue due to a lack of blood supply For four years, a 54-year-old Malvani resident was a prisoner of his own bed, immobilised by a hip joint collapse. His doctors suspect the condition, avascular necrosis (AVN), was triggered by haphazard steroidal use during…
