Hillary Rodham Clinton, head of the US President's task force on health, has a tough task ahead in providing Americans with low cost, quality health care.

Allegations of financial irregularities are likely to be highlighted at a crucial session scheduled shortly in Geneva.

The Union and Madhya Pradesh governments have been ruled culpable by a Rome-based tribunal of violating the rights of the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy. The Permanent People's Tribunal

Several voluntary organisations have started taking up cases of medical negligence, even as the debate over the liability of doctors continues.

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The Supreme Court will decide whether medical practitioners can be held guilty of criminal negligence under the Consumer Protection Act.

Doctors and manufacturers seem unperturbed by the ever increasing price of Acetrome, a drug for heart valve transplant patients.