The Government issued the notice after finding that the doctor had not followed any of the conditions that government employees should follow when taking a long leave; hence it sought an explanation for her unauthorised absence from duty for around three years while drawing a salary during this period.
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Health Ministry Issues Notice to GB Pant Ex-HoD for 3-Year Absence, Canada Film Career
Kerala doctors achieve breakthrough in treating rare dual brain infection
Kerala Health Minister Veena George announced on Wednesday that the state's health sector has achieved a rare feat by successfully treating a 17-year-old boy who was simultaneously infected with amoebic meningoencephalitis and Aspergillus flavus.
She said this was the first known case in the world where a patient with both infections had been treated successfully and made a full recovery.
"The boy was under treatment at Alappuzha Medical College Hospital for three weeks and was then shifted to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College. The neurosurgery team conducted surgeries on the patient, and he has now completely recovered after three months of treatment," George told reporters, news agency PTI reported.
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Kerala doctors achieve breakthrough in treating rare dual brain infection
Massive MBBS Seats Vacant Across Indian Medical Colleges, reveals four-year report
Altogether 11,966 UG medical seats remained vacant in the last four years (starting from the academic year 2021-2022), revealed the data shared by the Union Minister of State for Health, Smt. Anupriya Patel in the Lok Sabha.
As per the data shared by the Union MoS Health, the highest number of vacancies was recorded during the academic year 2022-2023 when altogether 4,146 UG medical seats remained unfilled.
In 2021-2022, the total number of vacant seats was a minimum- altogether 2,012 seats remained vacant that year. Thereafter, the number of vacant seats doubled. The following year i.e. in 2023-2024, the number dropped to 2,959 and in 2023-2024, the number of vacant UG medical seats further got reduced to 2,849.
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Massive MBBS Seats Vacant Across Indian Medical Colleges, reveals four-year report
Rajasthan Increases PG Bond Penalty to Rs 1.5 Crore for Key Specialties
Aiming to meet the shortage of doctors in government hospitals, the Rajasthan Medical Education Department has announced the implementation of a new bond policy in all government medical colleges run under the Government and Rajasthan Medical Education Society (RajMES) from the academic session 2025-2026.
Under this bond system, the medical students pursuing postgraduation (PG) will have to submit a service bond undertaking of Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1.5 crore at the time of admission, depending on their specialities. They will have to pay the bond amount if they do not wish to serve in the State Government hospitals for two years after completing their course.
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Rajasthan Increases PG Bond Penalty to Rs 1.5 Crore for Key Specialties
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