Medi News India

01/02/2026

As per Union Budget 2026-27, presented on February 1, 2026 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Government of India announced a significant healthcare relief measure by exempting basic customs duty on 17 key cancer drugs.

The finance ministry has added the following 17 cancer drugs to the list of medicines exempted from basic customs duty on import:

Ribociclib
Abemaciclib
Talycabtagene autoleucel
Tremelimumab
Venetoclax
Ceritinib
Brigatinib
Darolutamide
Toripalimab
Serplulimab
Tislelizumab
Inotuzumab ozogamicin
Ponatinib
Ibrutinib
Dabrafenib
Trametinib
Ipilimumab
This list spans targeted therapies, immunotherapies, gene-modified cell therapies, and small-molecule inhibitors widely used in advanced oncology care.

08/03/2020

21-year-old Pune student undergoes hand-transplant, here’s everything about curious case:
Shreya Siddanagowder 21-year-old student wrote in her notebook a year after her hand transplant, “Sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together.”

Today, her handwriting almost matches her original, but what has left doctors surprised is how the colour of Shreya’s hands, which once belonged to a 20-year-old man from Kerala until his death in August 2017, had changed to match the rest of her skin tone.

She said “I don’t know how the transformation occurred. But it feels like my own hands now. The skin colour was very dark after the transplant, not that it was ever my concern, but now it matches my tone,” says 21-year-old Shreya, who underwent Asia’s first inter-gender hand transplant.

She underwent the double-hand transplant at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) Kochi, surgeons are researching whether female hormones could hold the key to such changes.

06/01/2018

01/12/2017

Delhi based Max hospital declares newborn twins dead, one found alive by family:
New Delhi: In a shocking case of negligence, parents of a twin born prematurely at Max hospital Shalimar Bagh alleged that the hospital declared one of them dead when the baby still had signs of life.

Police have registered a case in the matter under Section 308 of the IPC which governs cases related to attempt to commit culpable homicide and can attract imprisonment of up to seven years.

The parents, residents of Nangloi, were taking the twins for last rites when they discovered that the child was alive.

They took the baby to a nursing home near their residence where he is still admitted, though the condition remains critical.
Reacting to the incident, Health Minister JP Nadda said he had directed the Delhi government to look into the matter and take necessary action.

The Delhi government has ordered an inquiry into the matter. "Sought a report on shocking criminal negligence by Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh and directed Dept to conduct a inquiry into this unacceptable act," tweeted health minister Satyender Jain.

A Max hospital spokesperson stated: "It has been brought to our attention that a pre-mature (22 weeks), new born baby who is reported to be on life support at a nursing home was unfortunately handed over without any sign of life by Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh. This baby was one of the twins delivered on the morning of Nov 30. The other baby was still-born. We are shaken and concerned at this rare incident. We have initiated a detailed enquiry, pending which, the concerned doctor has been asked to proceed on leave immediately. We are in constant touch with the parents and are providing all the support needed."

The statement said a detailed enquiry was initiated, pending which, the doctor concerned was asked to proceed on leave immediately and they were in constant touch with the parents and are providing all the needed support.

News Resoruce - Times of India, 01-12-2017