AIPGMEE rank has been announced. Got my rank letter. What should I do? Firstly, download your rank letter in the pdf format and save it in your email ID/google drive. Rank letters are made available on the website for a limited period of time. Better save a copy at the first instance […]
The Medical Council of India (MCI) is going to conduct surprise inspections to review the standard of medical colleges in the country. It will be giving approvals only to those institutions that have full-time faculty. Several complaints of colleges ‘borrowing’ staff at the time of inspection had been brought to the regulatory body’s notice. MCI […]
Cuba is famous for cigars and so it’s no surprise that lung cancer is the fourth leading cause of death in Cuba. And Cuba has found a solution too! Medical researchers at the Center for Molecular Immunology have worked on lung cancer vaccine, Cimavax, for 25 years before the Ministry of Health made it available […]
2015 May AIIMS Questions and answers – previous question papers. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) conducts PG Entrance examination twice a year for admission to 160 MD/MS and MDS seats in various streams out of which 150 are medical and 16 are dental seats. The MD/MS and MDS entrance exam for AIIMS […]
A new minimally invasive surgical technique for treating a severe form of epilepsy, especially in children, has been devised by doctors at AIIMS. Developed by Dr P Sarat Chandra, Professor of Neurosurgery at All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, it has been published in reputed journals and presented at multiple international and national […]
“When the heroine Shruthi is hit by a scooter, doctors at Patil Hospital insist on expensive tests though she is not badly injured. The hero, Aditya sets out to expose how helpless patients and their families are fleeced and often, inhumanly treated.” Then starts the most instigating part of the film. The punch line of […]
When Andhra Pradesh Medical Council(APMC) started digging into the details of the nexus between an Ahmedabad-based pharma company and 40 doctors from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, they unearthed a deep nexus which involved several other companies. Doctors were found to be pushing sale of drugs of half a dozen other companies in exchange of gifts. […]
LTMG Sion hospital, one of the three tertiary care hospitals of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), recruited forty bouncers from a private security agency to protect its medical staff from angst relatives of patients. The dean of the hospital, Dr. Suleman Merchant took this decision after two incidents of manhandling of staff in their hospital. On […]
In accordance with the Indian Medical (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, Punjab Medical Council has asked all doctors, institutions and hospitals to display the rate list for various treatments. “PMC president Dr G S Grewal and registrar Dr Manjit Kaur Mohi recently issued a press release advising all registered medical practitioners, institutions and […]
During an expedition to the Antarctic, Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov, did something that had never been done before in history – He cut out his own appendix. A team of 12 had been sent to build a new base at the Schirmacher Oasis, as part of the sixth Soviet Antarctic expedition. On completing their mission […]