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In the wake of ongoing cross-border tensions, all the private hospitals and nursing homes in the national capital have been directed to paint their hospital roofs with the Red Cross Symbol. The order, issued by the Directorate General of Health Service (Nursing Home Cell) of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, mandates immediate compliance from all registered nursing homes and private hospitals in the region.
All the private hospitals and nursing homes have been further ordered to check the position of their stock and ensure the availability of specialists in their nursing homes in response to the current geo-political situation.
The Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the Gujarat University and the Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) after more than 30 medical students, who failed their postgraduate medical exams, filed pleas before the High Court seeking legal redress.
These students, who failed the exams by a narrow margin, argued that their answer scripts should have been marked by two evaluators as required by regulations. They claimed that only one examiner assessed their papers.
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Claiming that the new curriculum handbook for physiotherapy uses "outdated" and "derogatory" terms for the disabled, doctors have urged the Chairperson of the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) to align the curriculum with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2026 and the Human Rights Standards before its rollout in 2026.
The Doctors with Disabilities, a network of health professionals with disabilities, has alleged that despite the RPDA 2016 mandates and the WHO's call for rights-based disability competencies in the 2022 Global Report, the Bachelors in Physiotherapy (BPT) Curriculum failed to incorporate disability as a human rights issue and it relied solely on the medical model, reducing disability to management and treatment, and omitted the core principles such as ableism, dignity, universal design, and reasonable accommodation.
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Delhi Government is planning to host a Global Ayurveda Conference, with participants from various countries expected to attend the event, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Thursday.
Rekha Gupta praised the efforts made to bring Ayurveda to a unified platform for the entire nation, highlighting its holistic approach to health.
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