They say that changes are inevitable. And though many doctors feel that many things in the medical landscape are not changing as fast as they should, some things are prone to make a transition. Here are three practices that ought to be outdated in the near-future. 1.Not putting what a drug treats on the label […]
A study suggests that doctors are way better than symptom-checker points at reaching a correct diagnosis. A head-to-head comparison showed that human doctors with access to the same info about medical history and symptoms as a symptom checker had a 72 percent success in reaching the right diagnosis. For apps, it was just 34 percent. […]
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 […]
The idea of a personal tragedy leading to something that’s to the advantage of the society isn’t limited to fiction. At least, that’s what the story of how Advanced Trauma Life Support(ATLS) came into being shows: The year 1976 turned out to be tragic for Dr.Jin Styner. In that year, the American orthopedic surgeon crashed […]
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, […]
The new bill drafted by NITI Aayog has come under criticism from the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) Some key points the doctors raised include: The bill promotes accelerated privatization and commercialization of medical education By proposing that for-profit entities be allowed to start and run medical colleges, the bill legalized profiteering in […]
Faced with mounting allegations against MCI, the council’s president Dr Jayshree Mehta defends the council, saying the body was not ‘given a reasonable opportunity’ to present their side of the story. Some of the things she said in this regard are: The negative attention which fell on the council is unfair. Though time was sought […]
One factor that increases the cost of treatment in India is that 70% of medical devices are imported. Innovating in India could actually bring that cost down by 50% according to consensus. Doctors are bringing a change to this scenario, combining their insights about the medical practice with local conditions to create extremely cost-efficient solutions […]
The world gets it first exclusive vaccine for leprosy from India. The vaccine is to be piloted in five districts of Gujarat and Bihar in the coming weeks. This comes as part of India’s efforts to eradicate the disease which cripples 1.25 lakh people every year in the country. Around 60% of leprosy patients in […]
All allopathy doctors who practice in Telangana, counting around 45,000 in numbers, including 18,000-odd medical practitioners in Hyderabad will get a unique identity card. This comes under the Digital Mission Mode Project(DMMP), as decided by the MCI. The DMMP is an e-governance project the aim of which is to create a unified database for all […]