No doctor can be arrested directly for medical negligence under the Bihar Medical Institution and Protection Rules 2018. The state cabinet has approved the rules of Bihar Medical Institution and Person protection act 2011. As per the Indian Medical Association (IMA), this will boost the doctors’ security and protect healthcare facilities. Doctors could previously be […]
Last six months was a roller coaster ride for a four-year-old little girl and her family. As the fate played tricks in her life in the form of a fatal accident, severe head injuries and trauma were the ordeals for the little girl and her family. The four-year-old however miraculously survived, but the accident left […]
The Chennai city-based doctors have carried out an innovative technique called ‘pinhole pupilloplasty’ which is aimed to correct the vision of patients with astigmatism. The doctors have sutured up the iris, the coloured part of the eye to reduce the size of the pupil to a pinhole. The technique has helped ten people with astigmatism, […]
For the Indian medical graduates who return to India after completing the studies abroad, the life that follows is different from what we anticipate. Take the example of Kumar Yadav, who completed his MBBS from a Medical College in Nepal. He completed his studies in 2016 but hasn’t visited his hometown in Bihar in two […]
The government has appointed a seven-member board to supersede the Medical Council of India. The new board will now be going to run the Council till the parliament passes the National Medical Commission Bill. Following an ordinance signed by the president Ram Nath Kovind, the health ministry has issued a notification asking the officials of […]
‘DNB qualifications of a candidate who have done their course from 500 bedded hospitals will be considered equivalent to MD in all respects,’ clarified the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Earlier, this has been limited for only those DNB candidates who have completed their course from MCI recognized medical colleges. The latest declaration […]
A Right to Information (RTI) reveals that the National Board of Examination (NBE) collected Rs. 48 crore as NEET-PG application fees, though it may have spent merely a third of that amount to conduct the examination. NBE is an autonomous government agency that conducts the national entrance test for the postgraduate medical courses. Students allege […]
From 2010, since she found out she carries cancer causing BRCA1 (BReast CAncer gene) mutation, she was determined not to pass on the cancer-causing oncogene to her children. Hence, with the help of all modern techniques, Bengaluru’s Swayam Prabha gave birth to twins who don’t carry the mutation, which is first of such case in […]
Doctors at Hindu Rao Hospital in North Delhi have gone on an indefinite strike over non-payment of salaries for the past 3 months! Hindu Rao Hospital that caters to over 1,000 out patients daily is one of 6 hospitals run by the North Delhi corporation which is facing a deficit of Rs 300 crores. This […]
58 districts will have new medical colleges set up, leading to 5,800 fresh MBBS seats in India. This was the statement made to the Parliamnet by Health Minister JP Nadda. These colleges would be established under the centrally sponsored scheme for ‘Establishment of Medical Colleges attached with existing District/Referral hospitals.’ “In the first phase, total 58 […]