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Open school students eligible for MBBS entrance exam
Now all the candidates who have passed their 10+2 exam from open schools will be eligible to appear in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) as the Supreme Court has recently observed that all the open schools recognized by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the State Education Board shall now be recognized by the National Medical Commission (NMC) for the entrance test for admission to undergraduate medical courses.
Previously, such candidates were barred from appearing in NEET exam under Regulation 4(2)(a) of the Medical Council of India Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997.
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Ganesh Baraiya: Gujarat's 3-feet tall medico triumphs against MCI odds for MBBS degree
When Ganesh Baraiya wanted to take admission to medical college, the erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI) now National Medical Commission (NMC) did not believe that he was capable of becoming a doctor, because he is all of three-feet tall.
But he did not let the MCI rejection trip him up, and today he is `Dr' Baraiya, an MBBS intern.
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Lancet study warns about "overmedicalisation" of menopause
Man vaccinated for Covid 217 times reports no side effects
Who hasn't felt a twinge of apprehension before getting their COVID-19 vaccine? The fear of needles or the worry about potential side effects is something many of us can relate to. But imagine a man who not only overcame these fears but went on to get vaccinated a staggering 217 times. In a surprising discovery, researchers found that a 62-year-old German man willingly got 217 doses of different COVID-19 vaccines. Despite concerns about too many vaccines, he didn't experience any reported side effects.
Initially, people thought he was collecting vaccine cards for bad reasons, but later investigations showed he genuinely got all those shots over 29 months.
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