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Residents doctors in Karnataka are paid the least in India. While these Doctors are the backbone of the tertiary care system they are often payed much lesser than a lift operator working in the same hospital. Residents work tireless 24 hours often taking huge risks and most importantly these Doctors are not students, making them […]
Doctors across hospitals in Karnataka are on strike today after the state government has not given a clear indication that the doctors demands regarding salary, DA and time off are being taken seriously. The last hike in stipend for doctors four years ago in November 2011. On Aug 21 when the issue was first raised, […]
A BBC exclusive report titled “Are Pakistan’s female medical students to be doctors or wives?” took a close look at the trend among female med school students at Pakistan’s premier medical schools. The findings were quite interesting. Trend #1: Female students outshine & outnumber their male counterparts However, many don’t end up practising as doctors […]
Yesterday in a bizarre incident at the AIIMS casualty, this man was apprehended. He claimed to be an Orthopedic SR with a MBBS degree from VMMC, Safdarjung Hospital. Here is how he was caught- He pulled up a chair next to the CMO in the casualty, and started reading a CT scan. But the CT […]
Dr Shahirsha, the Superintendent of Punalur Taluk hospital who over the past 5 years had transformed the neglected and deteriorating hospital into a superb multi-speciality hospital, has received his transfer orders to the Thiruvananthapuram general hospital overnight via a Watsapp message! It is believed that Dr. Shahirsha is being transferred because he did ‘too […]
Blood banks can no longer issue blood based on prescriptions by AYUSH doctors, says a circular issued by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). This announcement comes as a result of rampant use of blood transfusion treatments that has lead to infections and death. The Reason behind the Circular Alternate medicine practitioners are in […]
In a strong show of support for doctors and their future on Thursday, the Bombay High Court had a very sharp question for the Central Government, “Do you have enough jobs for doctors?” The HC is currently hearing a petition from the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) over the Centre’s decision to not issue […]
Resident doctors working in government medical college hospitals across Karnataka have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Aug 31 if the government fails to fulfil their continued demands. The major demands are for increased stipends, addressing disparity in dearance allowance, reduced working hours and getting a weekly off. A member of the Karnataka Association […]
In June 2014, the United States President Barrack Hussain Obama posted his entire health report on the internet for the world to read and it wasn’t an extravagent gimmick or attempt to gain attention. The White House’ official physician Dr. Ronny L. Jacskon gave President Obama a clean bill of health other than the ocassional […]