IMA has written to home ministry stating that jail term for doctors charged with causing death by negligence should be considered only when probe officer is ‘satisfied of recklessness’.
National Medical Commission has asked students, faculty and institutions whether a single test can replace final year MBBS exams & entrance test for PG seats in medical colleges.
Terminally ill patients with a medical judgment of futility should not be offered ICU interventions, guidelines state. However, they are advisory in nature & not binding on hospitals.
L-G recommends CBI probe based on report by Directorate of Family Welfare after random monitoring of the clinics, a flagship initiative of Kejriwal govt. AAP points finger at Centre.
In a letter to Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya, People for Better Treatment says bill gives ‘unparalleled ammunition for the most reckless members of the medical profession’.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023, passed by Lok Sabha Wednesday, prescribes 5-yr jail term for causing death by negligence for all but registered medical practitioners.
Five-member panel suggests doctors can't be given brand reminders exceeding Rs 1,000 each, Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices to remain voluntary, but strengthened.
The year was eventful with National Medical Commission's flip-flops over controversial decisions, tightening of various norms and launch of made-in-India drugs to treat rare diseases.
While writ petition in SC argued unfettered advertising puts doctors running own clinic at disadvantage, corporate hospitals say ads key to developing health seeking behaviour.
Police have arrested 2 doctors & 2 technicians associated with Agarwal Medical Centre in Greater Kailash. Procedures performed by unqualified people allegedly resulted in 2 deaths.
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.
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