Chennai- In a bid to enhance dental services in Tamil Nadu, the Health Department has decided to establish multi-speciality dental centres across the state. These centres will be set up within four government medical college hospitals situated in Madurai, Salem, Coimbatore, and Tirunelveli. It has been decided that these multi-speciality dental centres will be set […]
New Delhi- The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will organise the ICMR Health Communication Internship Program (IHCIP) in May-July 2024. On this, ICMR is inviting applications for the program and has also released a notice giving details of the internship program. ICMR Health Communication Internship Program is a full-time opportunity designed to be an […]
New Delhi: Delivering an interpretation of the powers vested in the appropriate authorities under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) PC PNDT Act, 1994, the Supreme Court of India recently clarified that the authorities can only suspend/cancel the registration of hospital/clinic under Section 20(3) of the Act when such an action […]
Sambalpur: Protesting against the non-payment of stipend for months, the junior doctors at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR) have threatened to go on strike if their demands remain unfulfilled by March 13. It has been alleged by the resident doctors at the institute that there are large-scale irregularities in the institute […]
India Live 2024 , the paramount global cardiology event hosted by the Interventional Cardiology Foundation of India, focused on Interventional Cardiology: enabling quality outcomes for heart disease patients. Amidst this backdrop, Lupin Digital Health and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) announced a pioneering collaboration to introduce Digital Therapeutics (DTx) in India, aimed at delivering […]
New Delhi: Noting an unmet medical need, the Subject ExperCommittee (SEC) functional under the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has granted approval to the drug major AstraZeneca to import and market Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate powder for oral suspension (Lokelma 5g and 10g). However, this approval is subject to a condition that the drug major […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to establish a policy for online drug sales within four months, emphasizing that this is the final opportunity for the Ministry to do so. The division bench, led by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, […]
Aiming to combat the issue of ghost faculty in medical colleges and to streamline the attendance of medical students and faculty, the National Medical Commission (NMC) is soon going to launch a portal. According to NMC officials, the new portal will have a biometric attendance system and the doctors will have to punch once in […]
New Delhi: The faculty requirement for opening up a new medical college has gone up, but it has not been doubled, the National Medical Commission (NMC) officials recently clarified, rebutting the claims of many in the medical profession that the Minimum Standard Requirements (MSR) 2023 regulations are much harsher for running medical colleges and adding to […]