Health Bulletin 02/November/2023

Here are the top health stories for the day:

More than 2,000 vacant MBBS seats to be filled in special stray vacancy counselling round

The Medical Counselling Committee's (MCC) decision to hold a special stray vacancy round has come as a huge relief for the medical aspirants as more than 2000 MBBS seats are still lying vacant across the medical colleges in the country and this also includes a total number of 156 MBBS seats in the all-India quota.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that around 2000 MBBS seats are likely to remain vacant this year due to the mismanagement of the counselling process and the violation of MBBS admission guidelines.

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More Than 2,000 Vacant MBBS Seats To Be Filled In Special Stray Vacancy Counselling Round

Drug safety alert: Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission flags adverse reactions linked to Co-trimoxazole

The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), through its recently issued drug safety alert for the month of October, has revealed that Co-trimoxazole which is indicated to treat certain bacterial infections, is linked with adverse drug reactions (ADRs) named Fixed Drug Eruption.

In connection to the above, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has cautioned healthcare professionals to diligently monitor the potential occurrence of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) when administering Co-trimoxazole.

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Drug Safety Alert: Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Flags Adverse Reactions Linked To Co-Trimoxazole

One doctor, one registration: How the National Medical Register will remove duplication of state medical council registrations

The much-anticipated National Medical Register (NMR) will finally come into effect by the end of the next year i.e. 2024 or in 2025, the National Medical Commission (NMC) officials have informed.

The implementation of the NMR will finally give people an exact answer to a simple question that is most often approximated: "How Many Doctors are there in India?"

Replacing the existing Indian Medical Register (IMR), the new National Medical Register will ensure that each of the doctors in India has a Unique ID and registration number that would be linked to their Aadhar numbers. The NMR, which will be available in the public domain and placed on the NMC website, will display all the details regarding a doctor including his/her UID, registration number, name, place of work, qualifications, speciality, and name of the Institute/University from where the qualifications were obtained, etc.

For more details, check out the link given below:

One Doctor, One Registration: How The National Medical Register Will Remove Duplication Of State Medical Council Registrations