To revive the fading touch of the family physician, the Medical Council of India(MCI) steps into the picture MCI has decided to initiate an MD course in family medicine An official statement to this effect was made by Dr H S Ballal, Pro Chancellor, Manipal University, Karnataka Dr Ballal said that the decision was made […]
The MCI has given approval to three new medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh These colleges will start functioning with academic sessions for the year 2016-17 The three colleges come under the jurisdiction of NTR University of Health Sciences at Vijawawada The colleges are: Gayathri Vidya Parishad Institute of Medical Care and Health Technology at Marikavalasa, […]
The new bill drafted by NITI Aayog has come under criticism from the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) Some key points the doctors raised include: The bill promotes accelerated privatization and commercialization of medical education By proposing that for-profit entities be allowed to start and run medical colleges, the bill legalized profiteering in […]
With no provision for promotions, rural doctors are said to retire in the same post they joined in The Rural Medical Officers(RMO) cadre was created by the Punjab government in 2006, so that doctors would be available in rural Punjab The RMOs get neither promotion nor do they merit a quota in PG studies. However, […]
There seems to me no abatement in the number of dengue and chikungunya cases in Delhi. The upswing in numbers has seen the doctors-lesser in number struggling to find time for all the patients. The central zone of South Delhi Municipal Corporation is the worst affected this year Special “camps” have been set up in […]
Faced with mounting allegations against MCI, the council’s president Dr Jayshree Mehta defends the council, saying the body was not ‘given a reasonable opportunity’ to present their side of the story. Some of the things she said in this regard are: The negative attention which fell on the council is unfair. Though time was sought […]
Two hospitals in Orlando, Florida have decided not to bill the survivors of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting. The Orlando Health and Florida Hospital will write off bills of about Rs.36.8 crore for the injured. The health insurers who provide coverage for those treated by Orlando Health will receive bills. But the hospital will write […]
What with the assault on medical practitioners by patients’ attendants getting more frequent, the Madhya Pradesh chapter of IMA wants more safety cover for doctors. Assaults are frequent in the state, the most recent happening at Apple Hospital and MY Hospital Even though the Doctors’ Protection Act is in force in the state, not many […]
There seems to be serious ambiguity regarding who should draw blood sample from patients in AIIMS: the doctors or the nursing staff? Resident doctors of AIIMS have declared that they would stop drawing blood samples from August 26. They consider it the duty of the nursing staff. At present, resident doctors have to generate barcode […]
The tuberculosis rate in India could be way more than what has been estimated, shows a study. Some of the most important facts that the study brings to light are the following: India’s annual TB cases was assumed to be 2.2 million. But the study puts the number at more than 3.8 million in 2014 […]