We are holding multiple choice questions (MCQ) based quiz contest on our website at 7 pm on 26th May 2017. Questions will be based on general knowledge of Medicine and Pharmacology, similar to PG medical entrance exams. 8 lucky winners will get 1 copy each of the textbook “Essentials of Obstetrics” by Poonam Sachdeva and […]
Category Archives: News
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Dec
Dec
A newspaper has claimed that MCI and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) have issued an advisory that it is not mandatory for all doctors to install a card swipe machine in their clinics for digital transactions by 1st April 2017. For this doctors have to get a certificate from a bank, failing which […]
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Oct
Oct
A post on Facebook & a blog post narrates allegations by an Endocrinologist on Practo for accessing patients data and selling it to the third parties. The complaint of the doctor on social media is as follows: Dear Doctors, Respected Colleagues, I am Dr Lakshmi Lavanya Alapati, Consultant Endocrinologist, have returned from USA to live in […]
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Aug
Aug
Reportedly a camera was found in the obstetrics Operation theatre (OT) female changing room on 19/08/2016 by a first-year resident doctor from the emergency unit with recording on it. The phone had been strategically placed in a cardboard box hanging from the wall meant for used OT caps. This box had holes in it for the […]
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May
May
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has approved proposal increasing retirement age of central health services doctors to 65 years. It will be effective from from 31st May 2016. The proposal was made by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for enhancing the age of superannuation of all doctors of the Central Health Service to […]
Why Doctors who lad left for Foreign Hospitals & Medical colleges are returning back to India It’s a question Dr Paul Ramesh Thangaraj has been asked several times since 2002, the year he decided to move back to India after a decade long stint in the UK. Why would a cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon based […]
Insurance Cover saved Doctor from Medical Negligence of wrong surgery “The Hospital was vicariously held liable for the Medical Negligence of Doctors” Its indeed Very interesting case. In a very short, 8 Para, judgement of National Commission, NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD V/s.SRI SAI HOSPITAL, U.P., & 3 ORS, date of judgment 4th January, 2016. […]
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May
May
Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) has written a letter to Hon. Dr. J.P. Nadda, Centra Health Minister of Gov. of India as a Proposal to increase postgraduate degree admission in govt. medical colleges. In the letter, central MARD appreciates efforts of the government to increase M.B.B.S seats. In view of the dearth of qualified Post […]
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May
May
In the Hon’ble Supreme Court judgement dated 28/04/2016 in Writ petition 261/2016, SC ordered that NEET will be a single entrance exam for All India UG medical admission. On 09/05/2016, SC order rejected an application by states and private medical colleges including minority colleges to hold their own entrance exam for UG medical admission. SC did […]
Articles, News
Can a Gynaecologist be an expert witness in the MLC involving Chest Medicine or Neurology? Read to Find Out
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Apr
Apr
The National Commission was dealing with this question and expressed its concern that it’s high time in India to have strategies for regulating expert witness testimony in medical negligence cases. M/S. SANKAR PRASAD BOSE & ANR V/s. DR. B.N. BASU MEMORIAL CLINIC APOLLO NURSING HOME & 3 ORS http://cms.nic.in/ncdrcusersWeb/GetJudgement.do… Facts in Brief : 1. 90 […]