Image used for representational purpose only. Around 30% of the faculty who teaches first and second-year medical students of the medical colleges doesn’t have MBBS degree themselves, reveals a presentation given to the Board of Governors (BOG), which replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI) as the country’s apex regulatory body for medical education. The […]
“As a child, I had always wanted to know why people behave the way they do. It’s the mind that decides every action. Showing love and affection is done consciously, never without the mind’s consent.” India’s first woman psychiatrist didn’t choose her profession just for its sake. She knows what exactly mental health means and […]
The health department of Kerala has decided to extend the OP timing till 6 pm from 9 am in hospitals with more than four doctors. The department has decided to initiate this despite the protest from the doctors. The doctors association has termed the decision undemocratic since the government didn’t discuss it with the respective […]
The state health department of Uttar Pradesh has proposed to raise the retirement age of government doctors to 70 years. The government has taken this move citing the shortage of doctors. The retirement age of doctors at present is 62 years. “If politicians can work till the age of 75 then doctors who are healthy […]
The doctors joining Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) will now be taught a course in teaching. Besides medical teachers training, the course shall include communication skills and humanities. The teacher training will only be for those PGI doctors who are interested to teach. Apart from that, there will be five new fellowships […]
Following the Make in India initiative, Meril Life Sciences has launched its first indigenously designed and manufactured artificial aortic valve for patients who are at high risk or unwilling to undergo open heart valve replacement surgery. The Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve Replacement (TAVR), which will be sold under the brand name “Myval” is an alternative […]
In a recent move, Bihar Cabinet has decided to provide AYUSH practitioners equal pay as allopathic practitioners. AYUSH(Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) practitioners working with government will now get paid par to the allopathic medical practitioners of the state. The policy has got its approval from the health ministry of the state […]
In a first of its kind in the world, a woman from Brazil, who received the womb from a deceased donor has successfully given birth to a baby girl. The event is a milestone in the medical history since uterus transplants from deceased donors are feasible and may open access for all women with uterine […]
In a first, Dr Tejas Patel, a senior cardiologist from Gujarat, India has performed an angioplasty on a middle-aged woman, who was in the operating theatre of his Apex hospital, 32 km away, through the world’s first in-human telerobotic coronary intervention. The procedure was carried out by an internet-enabled robotic arm at the cath lab […]
Violence against doctors is not new in our country. The list of the doctors who faced such atrocities is endless. Now, to save themselves from such attacks, the doctors across the country will be given a self-defence training. The initiative has been taken by the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), a body which works […]