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Healing a Village for 55 Years: Service Over Self

Context For over five decades, Dr. K. Yusuff Karimpanakkal and Dr. A.M. Sankaran Namboothiri have been running a rural clinic in Naduvannur, Kozhikode, setting an example of selfless service in healthcare. Their unwavering commitment to affordable, patient-centric medical care has made them pillars of the community. About Their Work: Grassroots Healthcare Pioneers: Established a clinic …

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Medical Ethics: ‘Cash-for-Kidney’ scam

GS Paper 4  Syllabus: Applications of ethics    Context: The Health Ministry is investigating Indraprastha Apollo Hospital over allegations of a ‘cash-for-kidney’ scam, following reports that the hospital is involved in a racket enticing impoverished individuals from Myanmar to sell their organs.   What is Organ transplantation? It is a medical procedure in which an …

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EU Commission proposes a common ethics body

GS Paper 4 Syllabus: International Ethics, Medical Ethics    Source: TH   Context: The European Union’s (EU) executive arm proposed to create an ethics body that would set up common rules of conduct for institutions after the cash-for-influence scandal. With the establishment of the Ethics Body there will, for the first time, be common standards …

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