Assam- The Public Works (Buildings and NH) Department (PWD) in Assam is actively working on the construction of a new medical college and hospital in the Morigaon district of Assam. This endeavour is to meet the increasing demand for health facilities in the state of Assam. This project involves the acquisition of a land parcel […]
New Delhi: A Parliamentary Committee on Health recently advised the National Medical Commission (NMC) to make it easier for the medical students and their parents to report ghost faculty and zero attendance. In its One Hundred Fifty-Seventh report, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare discussed several issues related to medical education such […]
New Delhi: Through a recent gazette notification, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has placed Oseltamivir and Zanamivir to Schedule H1 of the Drug Rules, 1945, restricting the sale of these two antiviral drugs on a prescription from a Registered Medical Practitioner. This move came in line with the draft notification […]
New Delhi: Pioneering French interventional cardiologist, Dr Alain Cribier, credited with performing the world’s first transcatheter aortic valve implantation in 2002 has reportedly died at the age of 79 years. His death was confirmed on X, formerly known as Twitter by President EAPCI (European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions), who wrote ” The #EAPCI community […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has now issued notice on the plea seeking the postponement of the NEET MDS 2024 examination and the extension of the internship completion deadline. While considering the plea, the Apex Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submission […]
Noida: The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC Model Hospital, Noida) has released vacancies for Senior Resident posts on a Contract Basis in various departments. ESIC is a statutory body constituted under an Act of Parliament (ESI Act, 1948) and works under the administrative control of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. Vacancy […]
In Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, a heated altercation between a doctor and a home guard, who was assisting an accident victim, escalated quickly and was captured on video, sparking widespread outrage on social media. The incident occurred when the home guard, in his duty to ensure proper care for the injured, requested a CT scan and […]
India is set to witness its first Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) which will operate from All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rishikesh. Through HEMS, the government intends to expand medical outreach and access to trauma care services to a wider population across the country using helicopters. For more details, check out full […]
Here are the top health stories for the day: Ganga Ram Hospital cleared by Medical Council, questions Consumer Court’s compensation demand Defending itself against the recent order by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, which ordered it to pay compensation for medical negligence while treating a patient who underwent splenectomy, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has […]
Berhampur: Taking serious cognizance of a ragging incident against a junior medical student, the anti-ragging committee of the MKCG Medical College, here suspended two fourth-year MBBS students for two months. Speaking to PTI, the college’s dean-cum-principal, Santosh Kumar Mishra, confirmed the suspension of the students. Also Read:1 st year MBBS student accuses seniors of ragging […]