Doctors contend that current system limits growth opportunities & drive fellow colleagues to private sector. They have set 15 August deadline to implement the policy.
Annual Doctors’ Day award ceremony was held in Delhi Sunday. Dr Bhardwaj is associated with Deepanjan Charitable Trust, providing free care to BPL families, with focus on women’s health.
Vidit Gujrathi-Abby Philips war of words and the debate that followed revives age-old question discussed among practioners of traditional and modern medicine in India.
Instituted in 1962 by the erstwhile MCI, the original award was considered the most coveted for the medical fraternity in the country but was discontinued in 2019.
IMA president Dr RV Asokan’s statement calling for the legalisation of prenatal gender determination is more than just IMA’s obligation to ensure doctors’ ease of doing business.
Survey sought responses by 3,885 doctors—both from public & private hospitals—from 22 states & UTs. Nearly 80% of those surveyed were junior doctors, who are mostly on night duties.
Dr RV Asokan, national president of the Indian Medical Association, took suo-motu cognizance amid grievances put up against Ghosh in dealing with rape-murder at the Kolkata hospital.
Health ministry has issued order to increase security by 25% in all central govt medical hospitals. States have laws to protect healthcare workers, says a senior health official.
According to the medical association, OPDs and elective surgeries across the country will be halted starting 6 am. They also sought the safety of doctors.
Under IPC, punishment for death due to negligence by doctors entailed either financial penalty or imprisonment, but under new law, jail term is mandatory.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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