Following the threat of mass resignation by doctors in Bhubaneswar unless provided with foolproof security work , the health minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak has stated the government’s plan to implement the Orissa Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act, 2008. On Sunday, Nayak said to the reporters […]
Let’s get real here. India has a sort of ‘pedigree’ when it comes to issuing well-intentioned rules which turn around and strike at the wrong players. Those in the medical profession have found themselves at the suffering end of this phenomenon, time and time again. For one instance of putting rules or initiatives to the […]
Specialists still rule the roost in terms of pay in the medical sector-true anywhere in the world. But that’s just about the only common point or so it seems as the salaries that medical professionals draw vary-sometimes by large degrees from nation to nation. Part of the reason for this discrepancy, of course is macroeconomic. […]
Two doctors at the BJ Medical College in Pune are the latest to join the list of doctors who are assaulted by patient’s relatives in the nation. This time around, the assault happened after the patient passed away on Friday. The patient was suffering from liver cirrhosis. The assault happened Friday night in ward number […]
Kerala Health and Social Welfare Minister K.K.Shylaja said on Monday that government hospitals will see the introduction of the family doctor. To this end, primary health centres are to be upgraded to family health centres. She said that the new system would ensure the presence of a doctor with first-hand information about a family’s health. […]
As part of an indefinite strike against the non-implementation of the amended Dynamic Assured Career Progression(DACP) scheme, the government doctors in Uttarkhand restrained from working for two hours on Monday. The proposed amendment has it that increased salaries which usually come with promotions can also be enjoyed by those who joined the services before January […]
The state-run hospitals in Maharashtra will have increased security with the deployment of more police personnel. This is so that attack on doctors by aggrieved relatives of patients can be prevented. The Maharashtra Government has related this decision to the Bombay High Court. The HC was informed by acting advocate General Rohit Deo about the […]
Let’s just say that there is still a lot left to be done in terms of women’s empowerment in this country. Though feminist based ideas are presented more in the media, the ground reality still remains largely unchanged. Recent reports like how even education isn’t stopping parents from preferring a male child point to this […]
The government spending “a measly” Rs.82 to provide a doctor with food during duty hours is “quite unfair.” It has to be raised to Rs.150 so that better quality of food could be served in hygienic conditions- something said by Dr.G. Srinivas, the president of the Telangana Junior Doctors’ Association. The doctor made the statement […]
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently put out an article that apparently mentions that even a free pizza can influence a doc’s prescription. The article was cited in the news by major media houses in India over the last days. The original article looked into the aspect of around 2,70,000 physicians receiving $1.4 […]