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TopicNational Medical Commission Bill

Topic: National Medical Commission Bill

SubscriberWrites: Replacing Hippocratic oath with Charak Shapath redundant. Oaths do not ensure ethics

Oath, in whatever form or language, is useless unless one who takes it, follows the same in letters and in spirit, writes Sibu K Das

Indian healthcare needs foreign medical graduates. Draft rules do just the opposite

National Medical Commission’s overtly stringent draft regulations will end up creating a new set of barriers for graduates who have done MBBS in foreign universities.

National Medical Commission proposes new rules, likely to abolish 5-acre land requirement

The regulations proposed to reduce the minimum bed requirement for a medical college & make skill labs mandatory. NMC has sought feedback from stakeholders by 19 October.

YV Reddy questions Fin Commission mandate on defence funding, K Sujatha Rao on new medical bill

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Lok Sabha passes National Medical Commission Bill, replaces MCI with new body

BJP leader Mahesh Sharma said the 1956 India Medical Council Act has completely failed to fulfil aspirations of the people and had become a den of corruption.

On Camera

The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

As floods ravage orchards & highway closures choke trade, Kashmir apple growers fear Rs 200 cr loss

New Delhi: On 4 September morning, apple growers in south Kashmir’s Pulwama woke up to knee-deep water in their orchards, ripe apples scattered all over,...

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?