Ludhiana: A doctor recently got fined Rs 50 lakh as a bond penalty to the Punjab Health Department as he could not fulfill his bond service commitment and remained absent from duty since March 2018. As per the rules, if a Government doctor pursues a postgraduate medical course like MD/MS, they have to submit an undertaking […]
Pune: In an extremely rare incident, Sahyadri Hospitals in Pune has achieved a medical milestone by successfully conducting an arm-level re-implantation on Diwali, the festival of triumph and homecoming. This extraordinary feat was accomplished by a skilled team of medical professionals led by Dr Sumit Saxena, a plastic and cosmetic surgeon and consultant at Sahyadri […]
New Delhi: Through a recent notification, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India, has fixed the retail price of 19 formulations, including pain killers, anticancer drugs, and those used to treat high blood pressure. This came in line with the decision of the 119th Authority meeting dated […]
New Delhi: Regarding the conduction of a study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ondansetron Extended-Release Injectable Suspension Intramuscular when compared to Ondansetron IM Injection for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV) in patients receiving moderate and highly emetogenic chemotherapy, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) functional under the Central Drug Standard Control […]
Puducherry: The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER Puducherry) has released vacancies for the post of Senior Resident on an ad hoc basis in different departments in this institute. JIPMER became an institution of national importance under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in the year 2008. JIPMER […]
New Delhi: Indian pharmaceutical companies must meet new manufacturing standards this year, according to a government notification released on Saturday, although small companies have asked for a delay, citing their debt load. Jolted by a string of overseas deaths linked to Indian-made drugs since 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has stepped up scrutiny of pharmaceutical […]
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the supply of substandard medicines in Delhi government hospitals on Friday. Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj welcomed the move and demanded the immediate suspension of the health department’s secretary. With a CBI inquiry being ordered into the supply of substandard medicines […]
Here are the top health stories for the day: 12 Covid deaths, 774 fresh cases reported in 24 hours On Friday, India recorded 774 new Covid-19 cases and 12 fatalities within a 24-hour period. Among the reported deaths, five were in Kerala, four in Karnataka, two in Maharashtra, and one in Uttar Pradesh, according to […]
New Delhi: The newly notified Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations (PGMER) 2023 have specified that all post-graduate students will work “reasonable working hours” and they will also get “reasonable time for rest in a day”. Apart from this, there is also a provision for 20 days of paid casual leave, and five days of academic leave per […]
New Delhi: Following allegations that an accused patient succumbed to his injuries after being denied treatment at four government hospitals, the state health department has advised implementing disciplinary actions and issuing suspensions to the four doctors associated with Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) Hospital and Lok Nayak Hospital in connection with the case. The four doctors […]