Health Bulletin 08/ October/ 2024
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Delhi government extends resident doctors' tenure and permits ad-hoc recruitment
The Delhi Government has extended the tenure of existing regular and ad-hoc Senior Residents (SRs) and Junior Residents (JRs) in all Government Hospitals under the Health Department till the completion of the recruitment process by the Centralized Committee.
Further, the State has allowed the Delhi Government hospitals to recruit JRs/SRs on an Ad-hoc basis per the existing rules/guidelines.
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Doctors urge health minister to intervene amid NEET PG counselling delay
Highlighting the concerns of the postgraduate medical aspirants regarding the delay in the commencement of the National Eligibility-and-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2024 counselling, the United Doctors' Front Association (UDFA) recently wrote to the Union Health Minister J P Nadda, urging to intervene.
The association wrote to the Union Health Minister after the NEET PG aspirants wrote to UDFA and pointed out how the All India Quota NEET PG Counselling was delayed even though the exam was conducted on August 11 and the results were declared on August 23, 2024.
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Odisha doctor under crime branch scrutiny for 11-month delay in postmortem report of rape-murder case
In a case involving an alleged rape and murder of a woman in the Mayurbhanj district, an Odisha-based doctor who previously worked as a medical officer has come under the heat of the Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha Police for submitting the post-mortem report to the police 11 months after the alleged crime.
Seeking disciplinary action against the doctor, the Crime Branch sent a letter to the secretary of the State Health Department indicating that the investigation into the case had not progressed for nearly one year due to a delay in submission of the report, as per a TNIE report.
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Police bust ₹10 crore kidney racket run by MBA graduate
The Delhi Police have dismantled a significant illegal kidney transplant racket after a six-year investigation. The operation was led by an MBA graduate, who previously served as a kidney transplant coordinator at several hospitals, including Max Hospital in Gurugram. He is accused of facilitating 34 illegal kidney transplants. The racket, involving Arya and his eight-member gang, operated across five states: Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat.
The gang members held various positions in hospitals across these states, aiding in the identification and connection of donors and recipients. Police estimate that their operations totaled around ₹10 crore. The racket was uncovered in June when a complaint was filed against the mastermind and his partner. The complainant alleged that they had defrauded her husband of ₹35 lakh without delivering a kidney transplant, which ultimately resulted in his death on December 24, 2023.
2024 Nobel in medicine honours discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been jointly awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
They received the honour "for their discovery of a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated," said the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet in their statement.
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