New Delhi: The National Medical Commission’s (NMC) panel, which was formed based on the Supreme Court’s directions to examine the issue of advertising by corporate hospitals, is going to submit its recommendations to the Supreme Court. Reaching a consensus, the NMC panel has opined that the rules of advertisement shall be the same for the corporate […]
New Delhi: In its latest drug safety alert, the apex drug regulatory body, the Central Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has flagged 58 medicine batches for failing to qualify for a random sample test for February 2023, while 2 drug samples have been declared as suprious. These drugs include Acepik – P (Aceclofenac and Paracetamol Tablets) […]
The Urbal II Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Bengaluru recently directed an Orthopaedic Surgeon to pay around Rs 4 lakh compensation to a patient for medical negligence while conducting Total Knee Replacement Surgery. After the surgery, the patient had to suffer unbearable pain and had to seek treatment at another hospital. The Consumer Court […]
Through a recent notice, the Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) has informed that the security deposit for super speciality counselling has been refunded to the concerned candidates. As per the notice, “It is for the information of all the candidates participated in SS Counselling 2023 that as per the eligibility conditions mentioned in the SS Information […]
Rahway: Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, then continued as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment, for resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at high risk of recurrence in adults. This approval […]
In a major relief to medical colleges across the country who were asked to submit their Annual Declaration details/data of respective Institutions on National Medical Commission (NMC) portal as required in the NMC Act, 2019 and various other regulations, the NMC has now given them an extension to submit the required detials Through a public […]
Bengaluru: A renowned nephrologist Dr Sundar Sankaran has recently taken to social media to address the issue of receiving an overwhelming number of spam calls from HDFC bank’s loan department. Terming the callers as a ‘nuisance’, the Bengaluru-based doctor who is a program director at Aster Institute of Renal Transplantation Bangalore in a post on […]
Chennai: Doctors, who qualified in last year’s MRB examination held to recruit assistant surgeons for 1,021 posts, are upset with the new recruitment notification issued by the Medical Services Recruitment Board (MRB) inviting applications for 2,553 vacant posts of assistant surgeons temporarily in the Tamil Nadu Medical Service. According to a recent report by The Hindu, […]
Here are the top health news for the day: NMC extends deadline for submission of annual declaration details In a major relief to medical colleges across the country who were asked to submit their Annual Declaration details/data of respective Institutions on National Medical Commission (NMC) portal as required in the NMC Act, 2019 and various […]
Latur: A shocking case of assault has emerged from Latur in Maharashtra, where a lift installation technician was allegedly thrashed by a doctor and five others over a monetary dispute, reportedly triggered by caste discrimination. The victim had got a contract of Rs 19 lakh to install a lift in a new hospital and had started […]