Poorly regulated Medical Council of India could soon be defunct, what next?
If the National Medical Commission Bill, 2017 becomes an Act, the Medical Council of India will be replaced and doctors will not have regulatory …
Why is there a witch-hunt against doctors in India?
So asks a doctor as he narrates the plight of his tribe, which he feels, is being increasingly targeted in the country
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Children dead in Firozabad: How poor health services, official laxity burdened UP city
As many as 41 people, including 36 children, have died of dengue fever so far
Why knowing Ayurveda’s limitations and improving clinical exposure are important while teaching traditional medicine
There is urgent need to update Ayurveda curriculum while also evolving it on its fundamental principles
Families of 120 of 121 doctors who died of COVID-19 in Bihar yet to get compensation
The delay in compensation have demoralised doctors who are living in fear after the recent spate of deaths in the state
COVID-19: Did IMA meet lead to hundreds of doctors in Bihar testing positive
Out Patient Department and other healthcare services affected in Bihar due to sheer number of infections among doctors, say reports
Where are the doctors’ bodies when common man suffers due to poor treatment?
Notwithstanding lack of government support, the medical associations are strangely absent whenever the needy suffers due to unethical practices, …
Why Cuban doctors deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
Cuban medical workers are risking their health to break the chain of COVID-19 infection. They have also developed drugs to help fight the disease
Junior doctors protest mandatory rural posting for PG admission
Health officials say if medical graduates have problems with poor infrastructure they should demand better facilities instead of making it an …
Too hot, heading south: how climate change may drive one-third of doctors out of the NT
If they do, this would leave a large gap in the territory’s health-care system, which already suffers from a fast turnover of staff
Faculty shortage continues to plague AIIMS across India
AIIMS Rajkot fares the worst, where only 40 of the 183 sanctioned posts have been filled
Antibiotics: even low use in children can have a negative impact on health – new research
Preschool children who had taken 2 or more antibiotic courses for acute respiratory tract infections in the preceding year had around a 30% …
Violence by State in hospitals unacceptable, says IMA
Doctors’ body condemns denial of care to protesters by police, establishment
Dearth of doctors: Odisha lets pharmacists prescribe meds from a list
As many as 1,286 posts of doctors of the 8,729 sanctioned for government hospitals are vacant.
Massive surge in COVID-19 infections in Uttarakhand’s remote villages. But who will treat them?
Residents in several villages report symptoms but not tested; many doctors and medical officers infected
COVID-19 Surge: The battle to save lives amid scarce resources
Community health experts and microbiologists in Karnataka suggest the second wave wasn’t unexpected but the quantum was not assessed …
DMF best practices: How Bijapur started a new healthcare model
Mining-affected districts have hired doctors, upgraded hospitals and improved last-mile healthcare access to communities with mining-related …
Ayurveda: Regulation of this alternate system of medicine is urgently needed on many fronts; here is why
Ayurveda’s popularity has arisen since the pandemic; but many still equate ‘natural’ and ‘traditional’ with ‘…
Bengal to draft quack doctors in fight against COVID-19
Patients in rural, peri-urban areas often depend on quack doctors for initial medical needs
NMC Bill protestors divided: Resident doctors call off strike, IMA calls for another
While resident doctors are content on being assured to be consulted, the IMA insists on continuing the protest
‘National Medical Commission Bill will encourage corruption, centralise power’
The Indian Medical Association and experts list a bunch of problems the Bill may introduce in the health sector if passed by the Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha passes National Medical Commission Bill
The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha recently, has been objected to by the medical fraternity on a number of grounds
No new vision in BJP manifesto
The document makes the same old promises of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, housing for all and bridging the doctor-patient ratio
National Medical Commission Bill: IMA defers protest
The association wants to first take public into confidence and wait for 'current political situation' to get better