Health Bulletin 12/December/2023

Here are the top health stories for the day:

TN Hospital, doctor penalized for forcing patient to buy from overcharging in-house pharmacy

Holding a Tirunelveli-based hospital and its attending doctor guilty of unfair trade practices and services deficiencies, the Circuit Bench of the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Madurai directed them to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Welfare Fund.

The consumer court gave such an order after noting that the hospital and its doctor forced patients to exclusively buy costly medicines from the pharmacy of the hospital. Further, the complainant was forced to purchase blood even though her sister had the same blood group and they were also charged more than the MRP of the medicines.

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Forcing Patient To Buy Medicine From In-House Pharmacy, Charging More Than MRP: TN Hospital, Doctor Slapped Compensation

26-year-old doctor collapses, dies in Delhi metro

While travelling in the Delhi metro, a young doctor lost his life within seconds due to a cardiac arrest in front of a crowd inside the metro train near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro Station on Saturday.

The student was travelling to ISBT by boarding the Delhi Metro from Ballabhgarh when he suddenly collapsed inside the train and suffered cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, despite being taken out of the metro at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro Station and rushed to the nearby hospital, he could not be saved.

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Shocker: 25-Year-Old MBBS Doctor Dies Of Cardiac Arrest While Taking Delhi Metro Ride

TN: GMC Kanyakumari kickstarts its first breast milk bank

Government Medical College Hospital, located in Kanyakumari, has started its first breast milk bank in the hospital. Kanyakumari Collector said that this facility will be of great help to many neo-natal patients. Doctors at the hospital's neo-natal department outlined the six stages of the breast milk collection process.

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TN: GMC Kanyakumari Kickstarts Its First Breast Milk Bank

All FMGs who returned till 31.03.2022 can avail Academic Mobility Programme till March 7, 2024: NMC

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has now set a deadline for Foreign Medical Graduates to avail the benefits of the Academic Mobility Programme.

Issuing a Public Notice on 07.12.2023, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) mentioned that medical students abroad are allowed to migrate to other countries to complete their medical education till 07.03.2024.

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All FMGs Who Returned Till 31.03.2022 Can Avail Academic Mobility Programme Till Mach 7, 2024: NMC