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 […]
A 71-year-old doctor from Delhi was reportedly blackmailed into paying Rs 8.60 lakh after being caught in a sextortion scam. The police arrested two accsued in connection with the case. Two persons have been arrested for allegedly extorting from a doctor after threatening to post online his obscene video that they recorded after making a […]
Discovering an illegal abortion racket that has been operating in the city for the last three years, the owner of the private hospital in Nelamangala has been booked for allegedly conducting 74 illegal abortions without the necessary authorization. As of now, the doctor is on the run. The charges have been labelled against the hospital […]
Amid the demands of the aspirants to postpone the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) MDS 2024 exam, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has now confirmed that there will be no change in the schedule of the exam and it will be conducted on 18th March 2024, as announced earlier. However, based on […]
Faridabad: The Employees State Insurance Corporation Medical College and Hospital, (ESIC Hospital Faridabad) has released vacancies for Super Specialists posts on a Contractual Basis in different departments in this medical institute. The selection will be made on the basis of the performance of the candidate in an interview before the Selection Board. ESIC Medical College […]