While recent events brought to light show the violence against doctors in India, the scenario is the same in China too. Chinese doctors too, face violence on an everyday basis and the profession has become a life threatening one. “Last October, Dr. Wang Yunjie was stabbed to death, and two other doctors were wounded by […]
“Recently, an MCI notice is doing rounds in the social media based on a Supreme Court order that apparently states that action will be taken on every doctor involved in strikes.” So we decided to do bring out the facts about the order and the notice. And present it here so that you can decide what really […]
This article is reproduced with permission from Dr. Roshan Radhakrishnan – an Anaesthesiologist. Friend. Foodie. Occasionally published here and there. Aquarian. Winner of the “Best Creative Writing Blog in India” award. He blogs at http://www.godyears.net/ Why I will never allow my child to become a doctor in India A pup was walking down the street when it came […]
Well, you read it right but it’s not the lines on your palm that’s important but the strength of hold that your palm generates. The Prospective Urban-Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, grip strength and predicting mortality The study points out that a grip strength test could be used as a rapid, low-cost screening tool for healthcare professionals to […]
British researchers have found that many fixed-dose drug combinations (FDCs) in India lack central regulatory approval despite concerns over the safety and efficacy of such combinations. A study led by Queen Mary University of London, revealed that these FDCs are being sold in substantial numbers in India. In 2012, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) advises scientists and public health officials to take care when naming new human infectious diseases because the wrong name can have adverse side-effects Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO’s assistant director general health security, said in a press release, “In recent years, several new human infectious diseases have emerged. The use of […]
AIPGMEE rank has been announced. Got my rank letter. What should I do? Firstly, download your rank letter in the pdf format and save it in your email ID/google drive. Rank letters are made available on the website for a limited period of time. Better save a copy at the first instance […]
The Medical Council of India (MCI) is going to conduct surprise inspections to review the standard of medical colleges in the country. It will be giving approvals only to those institutions that have full-time faculty. Several complaints of colleges ‘borrowing’ staff at the time of inspection had been brought to the regulatory body’s notice. MCI […]
Cuba is famous for cigars and so it’s no surprise that lung cancer is the fourth leading cause of death in Cuba. And Cuba has found a solution too! Medical researchers at the Center for Molecular Immunology have worked on lung cancer vaccine, Cimavax, for 25 years before the Ministry of Health made it available […]
2015 May AIIMS Questions and answers – previous question papers. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) conducts PG Entrance examination twice a year for admission to 160 MD/MS and MDS seats in various streams out of which 150 are medical and 16 are dental seats. The MD/MS and MDS entrance exam for AIIMS […]