NITI-Aayog has pitched for the enactment of National Medical Commission Bill (NMC) observing that regulatory bodies the Medical Council of India and the Nursing Council of India have “failed” to ensure adequate availability and quality of health professionals. The quality of health professional training and adherence to standards is sub-optimal, including in the private sector, […]
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 […]
Does anyone know the exact number of doctors registered/ practicing in India? Well, according to the data presented to the government by the Medical Council of India, there are more than 10.8 lakh doctors registered in India. It’s just the total number of doctors But do they know how many of these doctors are available […]
The Dental Council of India(DCI) can now hope for the best as the Medical Council of India has agreed to consider their proposal to introduce a bridge course for dentists that will allow them to practice as general physicians. According to DCI, this move will benefit both dental and general doctor professions. The senior officials […]
A letter that was allegedly written by a doctor working in the Srinagar Medical College to the MCI has irked the college authorities. In the letter, the doctor- who is a faculty member of the college urged the MCI to cancel the college’s affiliation until the conditions improve. But instead of taking any positive measures […]
The fresh guideline issued by MCI urging doctors to prescribe generic instead of branded medicines hasn’t found many takers. For instance, at PGIMER where the notification was endorsed by the administration two months back, the doctors continue to prescribe branded drugs. The notice issued by the MCI in September reads thus: “Every physician should prescribe […]
The Medical Council of India’s latest order for doctors is that they should write legibly on prescriptions, preferably in capital letters. The gazette notification regarding this came out last month. It says, “Every physician should prescribe drugs with generic names legibly and preferably in capital letters, and he/she shall ensure that there is a rational […]
A circular issued by the Medical Council of India states that the postgraduate diploma in HIV Medicine, Health Management, Maternal and Child Health and Geriatric Medicine offered by IGNOU are illegal. The circular declared PG courses in emergency medicine offered by Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai and AMRI Hospital in Bhubaneshwar as illegal as […]
To revive the fading touch of the family physician, the Medical Council of India(MCI) steps into the picture MCI has decided to initiate an MD course in family medicine An official statement to this effect was made by Dr H S Ballal, Pro Chancellor, Manipal University, Karnataka Dr Ballal said that the decision was made […]
The MCI has given approval to three new medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh These colleges will start functioning with academic sessions for the year 2016-17 The three colleges come under the jurisdiction of NTR University of Health Sciences at Vijawawada The colleges are: Gayathri Vidya Parishad Institute of Medical Care and Health Technology at Marikavalasa, […]