Federation of Resident Doctors Association is the second body after Medico-Legal Society of India to oppose first-ever ICU guidelines issued by health ministry in December 2023.
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.
4,88,861 Covid patients have so far required ICU beds, while ventilator support has been administered to 1,70,841, Harsh Vardhan says at Group of Ministers meeting.
Imposition of formal rights and digital compliance mechanisms introduces new expectations for both employers and workers. This transition will require sustained awareness efforts.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Speaking to ThePrint, Salman Akram urges dignity in tragedy, recalling the loss of his brother, Wing Commander Nauman Akram, in similar crash & the mockery his family faced after.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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