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’.
Before Parliament passed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Indian Medical Association wrote to Home Minister asking for death by medical negligence to be treated as civil, not criminal, matter.
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.
It also lists bodies opposed to professional conduct norms for doctors & adds that there is no provision in 2019 act giving NMC & state medical councils powers of civil court.
Rule part of Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023. Opponents include Indian Medical Association, but some see it as a move in the right direction.
National Commission for Indian System of Medicine says ‘defaming’ registered ISM doctors violates laws safeguarding right to practice. Letter to ‘protect them in court of law’.
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.
Let us take life one step at a time. Deal decisively with what the promoters have themselves tendered unqualified apologies for. Selling spurious cures for Covid at the height of the pandemic.
Let us take life one step at a time. Deal decisively with what the promoters have themselves tendered unqualified apologies for. Selling spurious cures for Covid at the height of the pandemic.