The Indian Medical Association(IMA) has requested for setting up counselling centres and a 24×7 helpline in all medical colleges and teaching institutions to help students deal with mental health issues. The IMA has also launched an initiative named Doctors 4 Doctors(D4D) which aims at preventing burn out, address mental health challenges and reduce the incidents […]
The draft National Education Policy 2019 recommends extensive changes in medical education. One of the radical suggestions is the proposal to allow lateral entry of nursing and dental graduates into the MBBS course with a common foundational one to the two-year course for doctors, dentists and nurses. The other changes also include curbing the role […]
A new study published by the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) has shown that two out of every three healthy persons in India are now resistant to common antibiotics. The study was based on the analysis of stool samples of 207 people who did not use antibiotics for at least a month and did not […]
The resident doctors across India have joined hands to start a unique campaign called – “I am overworked.” The move aims at demanding regulated working hours and standardised working and living conditions. It aims at highlighting the issues of unregulated duty hours, poor working and living conditions and an increasing number of depression and suicides […]
The deadly Nipah virus which claimed 17 lives in Kerala about a year ago seems to have returned in the state once again. Kerala Health Minister KK Shylaja has confirmed one case of Nipah virus infection in the state. A 23-year-old man admitted to a private hospital in Kerala’s Ernakulam has been tested positive for […]
PGI has become the first centre in the country to start FDA approved treatment “Endovenous superglue obliteration of varicose veins.” This non-painful treatment does not involve multiple injections as in conventional treatment. The new technique doesn’t need admission unlike the traditional way done by laser or radiofrequency ablation, hence ensures the patient’s rapid return to […]
The Medical Council of India(MCI) has amended the existing rules under ‘Number of Post-graduate students to be admitted’. MCI will increase the number of PG seats in Karnataka for the 2020-21 academic year. The MCI has also revised the teacher-student ratio from 1:1 to 1:3 students at the Professorship level. The MCI has told the […]
The World Health Organisation(WHO) has passed legislation that will no longer categorize being transgender as a mental disorder. The decision was taken following a major resolution to amend its health guidelines was approved earlier this week on May 25. According to the newly-updated version of the International Classification of Diseases (known as ICD-11), published by […]
Doctors at Narayana Health City have performed a rare procedure on conjoined twins who shared a single heart and successfully managed to save the life of one of the twins. The doctors performed what they claim the world’s first PDA stenting as well as the region’s first thoracopagus separation surgery to separate the twins. The […]
Burnout! We all know what it is and how it feels like to face that situation. A feeling of extreme stress, it is so common that everyone in any career is susceptible to burnout. The World Health Organisation, for the first time, has recognised burnout in the International Classification of Diseases, or the ICD-11, the […]