Despite the high levels of violence that many Maoist affected areas experience, more number of doctors are now opting to work in such regions. The higher salary packages and other perks on offer are deemed as the major reason. In the last two months alone, more than 84 super-specialists and medical officers have joined to […]
At a discussion, the Indian Medical Association(IMA) held that in most of the cases in which actions were taken against doctors for neglect in duty, they have failed in proper documentation which becomes mandatory in case of eventualities. At the discussion the panel-comprised of experts from different fields including law, forensics and others highlighted a […]
A special leave petition has been filed with the Supreme Court that challenged a recent judgement of Allahabad High Court. The judgement implied that strikes conducted by the medical fraternity in government hospitals is illegal and would attract harsh penalties. The High Court came down hard on the doctors of the King George Medical University […]
The Medical Council of India’s latest order for doctors is that they should write legibly on prescriptions, preferably in capital letters. The gazette notification regarding this came out last month. It says, “Every physician should prescribe drugs with generic names legibly and preferably in capital letters, and he/she shall ensure that there is a rational […]
A study suggests that doctors are way better than symptom-checker points at reaching a correct diagnosis. A head-to-head comparison showed that human doctors with access to the same info about medical history and symptoms as a symptom checker had a 72 percent success in reaching the right diagnosis. For apps, it was just 34 percent. […]
A circular issued by the Medical Council of India states that the postgraduate diploma in HIV Medicine, Health Management, Maternal and Child Health and Geriatric Medicine offered by IGNOU are illegal. The circular declared PG courses in emergency medicine offered by Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai and AMRI Hospital in Bhubaneshwar as illegal as […]
The two-room government dispensary in Amritsar’s Naushera Dhalla village is just 200 metres from the India-Pakistan border. Since September 28 when the Uri attack happened, the work shift for an employee has gone up from 6 to 10 hours. However, the only doctor in the dispensary was moved to camps for evacuated villagers in another […]
The Madras High Court Bench dismissed a public interest litigation petition that sought a direction to the State government and Tamil Nadu Medical Council to ban private practice of government doctors in all cadres. The plea was made on the ground that doctors could concentrate more on treating patients at government hospitals. The plea was […]
Recently, two instances of cases being filed against doctors under IPC 336-a criminal act has happened in the subcontinent. Even though both the cases look like therapeutic misadventures the charges are of criminal act, which could result in the imprisonment of the doctors. The first reported misuse from 28 years ago The first reported misuse […]
The hospital that Dr.Ganesh Rakh started in 2007 in Pune delivers girl babies for free. This is done as part of the doctor’s effort to reverse Indian’s preference for male children. As Dr Rakh said to reporters, “As a medical professional I have seen the torture that a mother undergoes when she comes to know […]