Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Mending broken bones
A bonesetter from Old Delhi explains his popularity: Unlike doctors, he is more accountable to people
Parliamentary panel raps Medical Council of India for failure in performance
Panel's report highlights corruption in the MCI, lack of transparency in appointments, failure to provide a robust system of medical education …
Simply Put: Sold on Dolo
Amendments proposed to National Medical Commission Act allow patients to appeal against erring doctors
Under the current framework, only medical practitioners and professionals are allowed to file appeals before the Ethics and Medical Registration Board
There's an unhealthy alliance between doctors and pharma firms
The government has shown little interest to penalise pharma companies that offer sops to doctors to push their drugs
State of Health: Acute shortage of doctors, lab technicians, radiographers in India’s rural health centres
India needs at least 36% more community health centres
Five questions for African countries that want to build climate-resilient health systems
Health systems also need to explicitly address the risks of climate change
As told to Parliament (August 10, 2021): A third of India’s coastline under erosion
All that was discussed in the Houses through the day
Union Budget 2020-21: Unremarkable for health sector
Allocation increased but just enough to offset inflation; new schemes criticised by experts
Calling Ramdev’s yogic bluff
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Shortage of specialist doctors: DNB course can be a way forward
Training in Diplomate National Board course has helped deal with shortage of specialists in rural areas and skewed population-…
Turtles in trouble
Faulty lake development design is pushing rare Bostami turtle of Tripura to extinction in its only known refuge—the Kalyan Sagar lake