The non-teaching doctors in Goa now need retire only by the age of 62. The approval to this end was given by the cabinet on Tuesday. Before this, the retirement age was 60 years. The new retirement age will benefit about 100 doctors in the state. Talking to the media on Tuesday, Chief Minister Laxmikant […]
Decision has been taken by the Ministry of Health and family Welfare for a policy initiative that will set an upper limit on the fee charged by medical colleges in India-in both the private and government sectors. The idea of capping the fee comes as part of an amendment to the Indian Medical Council Act […]
A recent proposal made by a high level committee which has the NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya at its helm has many intrigued. The proposal mentions replacing the Medical Council of India(MCI) with the National Medical Commission(NMC). In view of the frequent reports of corruption in the MCI, the central government instituted a panel the […]
This is probably not a good time to be the Medical Council of India (MCI). In what is seen as an embarrassment to the organization, a panel appointed by the Supreme Court overruled its decision that denied permission for 86 new medical colleges in the academic session starting September 30. The panel, in fact was […]
Instigating Ayush in 2014 was one of the more talked about moves in Indian medicine in recent times. And a significant question that many began asking after it concerned a possible future in which the best of both traditional and western medicine are clubbed for the greater good. The question has divided people with different […]
Of late, patient engagement has earned more significance than ever before. Many reasons could be cited for this but the most important would probably be a more informed patient’s demand for better care. A good patient engagement is also important to setting the grounds for establishing trust. Indeed, quality patient engagement can be considered as […]
Given below are the things that you should know in the event of a legal case. But these rights are more than just good-to-know given how there’s an alarming rise in such cases. 1)If an act is deemed negligence in civil law, it needn’t necessarily be so in criminal law 2)An act is criminal negligence […]
When a 37 year old software engineer was recently diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer, it was already spreading fast, rising the risk of both the breasts being removed. Faced with the crisis she consulted Dr.Somashekhar S.P, one of the leading oncologists in the country at a Bengaluru hospital. The doctor fed the […]
The fact that public health is one crucial yet overlooked arena in India is no secret. And if recent trends of policy-making(or the lack thereof) are any indication things are largely gonna remain the same. But what exactly brought about this scenario? The apathy-for that’s what it is, has a cluster of reasons. The World […]
Doctors, including the ones who cannot draw well being enthusiastic about learning to draw to better doc-patient communication: If the idea sounds crazy, you are probably not the only one. But when Sharad Sharma-as part of the social venture, Grassroots Comics went to AIIMS Delhi recently to conduct a workshop, he was flabbergasted. The workshop, […]