Corruption raises cost of healthcare by 25%: Samiran Nundy

Leading gastroenterologist Samiran Nundyco-editor of Healers or Predators?: Healthcare Corruption in India, spoke to Down To Earth about the …

India's health not my worry

Thousands of Indian doctors migrate to other countries every year, while many posts remain vacant in India 

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 …

Inspection of medical colleges to become history soon

No final decision on NEXT, fee yet; NMC to take final call

Medical draft Bill will commercialise education, say doctors

NITI Aayog is championing privatisation and commercialisation of medical education in India, says the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare

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

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

Keshav Desiraju transfer: When right bureaucrats are wronged

Government actions that appear to defend corrupt practices and commercial interests, can only bring down public institutions

From RTI to dam safety, highly contested Bills to be tabled in Parliament’s monsoon session

A slew of crucial Bills are likely to be tabled in the session, which will have only 18 working days

Turmoil in academia

Tenure of Medical Council of India’s governing body set to expire; Centre unclear about next move

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-…

15 doctors went on foreign jaunt sponsored by pharma company, says Lok Sabha member

Doctors and pharma company deny charges

Experts demand regulator for nutrition institutes

Standard training would ensure nutritionists prescribe diets suited to Indians, and not those set by western countries

‘Stem cells – more hype than hope’

Scientific community calls for more stringent regulation of basic stem cell research and clinical trials

Supreme Court issues notices on unethical drug trials

1,727 persons have died during drug trials between 2007 and 2010, says public interest petition

SC gives Centre six weeks to file response on illegal clinical trials

Around 2,000 people who underwent clinical trials in India have died since 2008

Push to create cadre of family doctors for rural India

Government's National Health Systems Resource Centre is finalising recommendations which are likely to seek inclusion of family medicine in MBBS …