After hearing a counsel on 24/03/2015, the Supreme court of India stipulated a new time schedule to initiate the academic year 2015-16 for all medical and dental postgraduate courses throughout the country. The new schedule was passed considering the counselling dates of various states and 3rd counselling by all India entrance exam. It states that all […]
The Medical Council of India (MCI), approving the decision of its Ethics Committee has decided to permanently debar the principal of JSS Medical College, Mysore, Dr H. Basavanagowdappa, from taking up the posts of principal/dean, administrative, medical superintendent and/or any other teaching post in any medical college. The reason for the extreme punishment is that, […]
In May 2013, Angelina Jolie had a well publicised double mastectomy to minimise the risk of developing breast cancer. And now she has revealed that she has also had her ovaries and fallopian tube removed to prevent the possibility of ovarian cancer. The 39-year-old hollywood star published a lengthy opinion piece, titled ‘Angelina Jolie Pitt: […]
In a recent turn of events, Medical Council of India(MCI) has debarred 7 ghost doctors.3 of the punished doctors hail from telangana and 4 from Andhra Pradesh. The doctors had their names as teaching/hospital faculty at a private medical institute in Puducherry. But, it was identified that they were ghost doctors since 5 years only […]
In the cut-throat competition for postgraduate medical entrance, where a single question can change the fate of a PG aspirant, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) in Maharashtra has committed 43 mistakes in Common Entrance Test(CET) question paper for MD/MS admissions. The examination held on January 4, grabbed an attendance of 9,815 students, […]
Death and the doctor’s reaction – This viral image of grieving doctor is making headlines everywhere
Imgur user : NickMoore911 The heartbreaking image of an emergency room doctor grieving after he failed to save his 19-year-old patient has gone viral. Initially posted in the Facebook by one of his friend has been reposted in Reddit, where it has received more than 4000 upvotes and was also posted in Imgur. The friend, […]
A recent circular has been passed by Health & Family Welfare Department (H&FW Dept.) of Delhi favouring the resident doctors. The government has finally taken notice to the hardships faced by the resident doctors in various hospitals at the national capital territory of Delhi. This circular was issued by H&FW department considering that resident doctors […]
The MCI zeroes in on Advanced technology to crackdown on ‘Ghost walking’ faculty doctors. Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) system, an apparently error-free system has been resorted to keep the faculty at their colleges until the closing time. In this system, a database consisting of all the faculty doctors is created. The MCI intends to achieve this […]
On the 17th of march 2015, bangalore witnessed, doctors representing various medical institutions across the city staging a protest condemning the atrocities against medical fraternity. Over 4000 doctors and allied health professional took part in the 4 hour long protest at freedom park, demanding the freedom to practise fearlessly. Health care institutions, once thought of […]
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