In a significant move aimed at reducing the treatment burden for patients battling cancer and rare genetic disorders, the GST Council has removed the 12% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 33 expensive and life-saving medicines and diagnostic kits- making them completely tax-free, while other essential medicines, including those under Ayurveda, Unani, and Homoeopathy, will […]
Patna: In an unfortunate incident, a Muzaffarpur-based junior doctor allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a licensed double-barreled gun at his residence. According to his family members, the doctor had recently appeared for the postgraduate examination, and when the results were declared a few days ago, he was marked as failed. Following this, he […]
Doctors getting admitted to postgraduate medical courses in Karnataka will have to undergo one year of compulsory bond service in a Government hospital. This rule applies to all the candidates who take admission to PG Medical Degree/Diploma courses in Government / Private / Deemed colleges under Government quota or Private quota, NRI quota or Management […]
Here are the top health stories of the day: PGI Chandigarh Faces Scheduled Caste Panel Inquiry Over Discrimination Claims The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, has come under the scanner of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) over allegations of discrimination and harassment faced by Scheduled Caste employees. The Commission […]
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, has come under the scanner of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) over allegations of discrimination and harassment faced by Scheduled Caste employees. The Commission issued a formal notice to PGIMER on September 4 after receiving a complaint from a doctor on February 21, […]
New Delhi: Through a recent notice, the Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed the Nodal Officers in charge of District Residency Programme (DRP) to deploy PG medicos in the flood/disaster-affected areas of northern States/UTs. The PG Board of the Apex Medical Commission clarified that the deployment of PG medical […]
Chennai: The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Graduate and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry has secured 4th rank in the medical colleges category in NIRF Rankings 2025 released by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi recently. The Institute has risen to the 4th position this year, moving up from its 5th rank in 2024-a testament […]
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court recently expressed shock upon learning that nearly 17 per cent of patients who underwent open heart surgery at the Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgery (CTVS) wing of SCB Medical College & Hospital (SCBMCH), Odisha’s largest government-run healthcare facility, died following the procedure between January 2023 and August 2025. Expressing concern over the […]
Madrid: Routine coronary computed tomography (CCT)-based follow-up after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the left main coronary artery did not reduce death, myocardial infarction (MI), unstable angina or stent thrombosis compared with symptom-based follow-up, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2025 The left main coronary artery supplies […]
Pulsed field ablation did not have superior efficacy to radiofrequency ablation in patients with drug-resistant paroxysmal (intermittent) atrial fibrillation, according to results from a late-breaking trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2025. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. Patients whose AF is not controlled by antiarrhythmic […]