Mean summer temp in state rose 1.2°C in 70 yrs: Study
Maximum temperatures during summers as well as prolonged stretches with temperatures above 40° Celsius have risen substantially over the past seven decades
After plane crash, Ahmedabad residents lined up to donate blood breaking records
Across Ahmedabad, hundreds echoed the same resolve. As news of the crash spread and fears of mass casualties intensified, people of Gujarat responded with quiet urgency. From teenagers to the elderly, office workers to homemakers, people rushed to blood banks across the city. In just five hours, the Red Cross centre at Navrangpura collected 550 units of blood, smashing all previous records for single-day, single-centre donations in the city. “It was one of the most heartwarming moments of my c...
42-year-old man from Beed undergoes rare small intestine transplant; organ airlifted from Delhi
The patient, Siddheshwar Dake, a resident of rural Beed in the drought-prone Marathwada region, had been suffering from worsening abdominal pain and gastrointestinal issues for more than two years. Despite consulting multiple hospitals, he received inconclusive diagnoses—ranging from ulcers to suspected malignancy. His condition continued to deteriorate until he was referred to the specialised liver, intestine, and pancreas outpatient department at Nanavati Max Hospital earlier in January. A det...
As blood banks in city run dry, patients left to fend for themselves
According to estimates, Mumbai needs an estimated 1,000-1,400 units of blood daily. But as of May 30, only 5,325 blood units and 65 single donor platelet (SDP) units were available across the city, which the State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) warned would last for only five-six days. The acute shortage began in the last week of May, largely due to a seasonal drop in voluntary donations during the summer holidays when many donors were away on vacation and regular blood donation drives in col...
From cancer wards to classrooms: Tata Memorial Centre helps 603 survivors with ₹2.83 crore in educational aid
Mumbai: At just 18, Payal Kumari from Bihar is already defying the odds. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer as a teenager, her life was put on hold as she underwent rounds of intensive treatment at the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in Mumbai. Today, she’s not just a survivor. She is pursuing a BTech in computer science at the United Institute of Technology in Coimbatore, supported for three consecutive academic years by TMC’s ImPaCCT Foundation. Her dream: to become a software engineer and help others f...
15-yr-old 1st in city to get latest heart valve
The boy had undergone corrective heart surgery as a newborn to relieve an obstruction in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), the region of the heart where blood exits the right ventricle and flows into the pulmonary arteries. While the defect was addressed, doctors had to leave the pulmonary valve non-functional, resulting in chronic pulmonary regurgitation. Over time, this caused the right ventricle to enlarge and pump inefficiently. Recently, the boy began experiencing fatigue and redu...
72-year-old’s forgotten bile duct stent migrates, turns into stone inside liver after 10 years
A biliary stent is a small tube inserted into the bile duct to keep it open and ensure proper drainage of bile from the liver to the intestine, typically used to relieve blockages caused by stones, tumours or inflammation. Nalini Devidas Sawaskar, a resident of Dombivli, began experiencing persistent abdominal pain and vomiting late last year. Initially believed to be gastrointestinal distress, imaging at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Navi Mumbai revealed a startling discovery: two plas...
Nearly half of women who developed diabetes during pregnancy have abnormal blood sugar levels years later: KEM study
Of the 531 mothers tracked, 48.6% developed diabetes or pre-diabetes over time, challenging the long-held assumption that gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) resolves after delivery. Doctors warned that this under-recognised risk demands urgent attention, particularly in India, where diabetes is on the rise and postpartum care remains inconsistent and inadequate. GDM is a form of high blood sugar that develops during pregnancy due to hormonal interference with insulin. Its incidence is steadily...
Fear, not funds, keeps doctors away from Sewri TB Hospital’s IRCU
More than a year after it was built, the Intensivist Respiratory Care Unit (IRCU) at Mumbai’s Sewri TB Hospital lies largely idle—not for lack of funds or infrastructure, but due to a more insidious obstacle: fear. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has offered salaries ranging from ₹1.25 lakh to ₹2 lakh per month—well above average for public-sector intensivists—to staff the IRCU. Yet, despite three rounds of recruitment since 2024, the city’s largest TB hospital has failed to fill th...
Mumbai man’s eight-year battle with insurance firm gets him ₹16.5-lakh claim
Experts say the man’s case underscores the emotional and legal toll many policyholders face and highlights growing calls for reform in how insurers assess disability and settle claims. After a road accident in Hyderabad in 2017, Chetan Tolia, a jewellery businessman from Ghatkopar, underwent multiple surgeries, including a failed corneal graft and treatment for retinal detachment. The vision in his left eye was declared permanently and irreversibly lost. Under his personal accident policy with T...
