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No signed consent, no records: Punjab doctor, Hospital ordered to pay Rs 22 lakh for medical negligence
Holding a Muktsar-based doctor and hospital guilty of medical negligence, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC) in Faridkot recently directed them to pay Rs 22 lakh compensation to a patient, who lost career opportunities abroad due to the negligent treatment.
The Commission bench comprising President Rakesh Kumar Singla and member Param Pal Kaur on July 23 directed the Laparoscopic & General Surgeon, his Hospital and Oriental Insurance Company Limited to comply with the order within 45 days.
The Court found that the doctor and hospital failed to maintain proper records, did not provide a discharge summary, and conducted the surgery without a signed consent form. The ultrasound report justifying the procedure was also not properly documented.
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NMC slams medical colleges over errors in MBBS admission data, calls for rectification
Pointing out wrong entries made by medical colleges/institutions while submitting the details of students admitted to the MBBS course in 2024-2025 on the NMC portal, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked for rectification and re-checking of the details.
Issuing a notice, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of NMC clarified that this negligence by the colleges has been viewed seriously by the NMC authorities. NMC has also asked that if any discrepancies are observed on the list, they should be reported to the Commission within 7 days.
Further, the Commission asked the students who were admitted to the MBBS course for the academic year 2024-2025 to consult the concerned Medical College/Directorate of Medical Education/Counselling Authority urgently if their names are not reflected in the list.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that in its notice dated May 30, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) had asked the students admitted to the MBBS course for the academic year 2024-2025 to verify if their names are listed on the Commission's portal.
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NMC slams medical colleges over errors in MBBS admission entries, calls for rectification
NBE warns NEET PG 2025 candidates against sharing exam content
The National Eligibility and Entrance Test-Postgraduate (NEET PG) exam for the academic year 2025 was conducted recently. After the completion of the exam, the exam conducting body, the National Board of Medical Examination (NBEMS), has released an important alert for the NEET PG 2025 candidates through its official WhatsApp channel.
NBEMS said that NEET PG candidates cannot share any exam material for any purpose.
According to the message released on the NBEMS WhatsApp channel, "In terms of the Non-disclosure agreement (NDA), duly published in NEET-PG Information Bulletin and acknowledged by all candidates who have appeared in NEET-PG 2025, NEET-PG is a proprietary examination and is conducted only by NBEMS. The contents of this exam are confidential, proprietary and are owned by NBEMS. NBEMS explicitly prohibits the candidate, from reproducing, transmitting or publishing any or some contents of this exam, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means verbal or written, electronic or mechanical for any purpose whatsoever. No content of this examination must be shared with friends, acquaintances or third parties including sharing through online means or via social media."
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Sharing exam content will lead to cancellation, penal action: NBE warns NEET PG 2025 candidates
104 out of 125 MBBS students fail in AIIMS Gorakhpur Internal Exams
In a shocking outcome, altogether 104 MBBS students out of 125 students from the 2024 batch at AIIMS Gorakhpur have failed the internal examination of the second semester.
The results of the internal examination, which tests students' preparations before the final exam, have left the administration in shock. The failure of so many students at once has raised a question mark on the quality of medical education.
While all of these 104 students failed in the subject of Physiology, 70 students have failed in Biochemistry, and 35 students have failed in Anatomy. The results revealed that 83 out of the 125 students have failed in all three subjects, Dainik Bhaskar has reported.
As per the latest media report by News 18, some of the students scored less than 25 out of 100 marks in Physiology.
This is the first time that the performance of AIIMS Gorakhpur students has been found to be so poor in the internal exams. Sources informed Dainik Bhaskar that the students are suffering due to the scuffle inside the Physiology department. Meanwhile, taking note of the situation, the AIIMS administration has started the studies of the students with full force. For this, the internal exam was conducted once again on Tuesday night and along with the students, the doctors were also called from their homes. In this exam, the students were also told the answers to the questions.
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Shocking! 104 out of 125 MBBS students fail in AIIMS Gorakhpur Internal Exams
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