Health Bulletin 18/March/2023

Here are the top health stories for the day:

Health ministry alerts six states on new and emerging covid cases

Six states have been directed by the government to examine the rising coronavirus situation at the micro level and surveillance, test, and monitor new and emerging covid clusters.

A significant rise in cases of coronavirus has been noticed in six Indian states, i.e., Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. Maharashtra has reported an increase in weekly cases from 355 to 668 with positivity rate of 1.92%.

India's Health Ministry website targeted by Russian hacker group Phoenix: Report

In an alleged case of a cyberattack, the Union health ministry approached the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to look into the reported attempt of hacking its website by a Russian hacker group 'Phoenix'.

Cyber security experts from CloudSEK have claimed that the Russian hacker group ‘Phoenix’ targeted the website and managed to get access to the ministry’s Health Management Information System portal, which has details of all the hospitals of India and employees and physicians.

For more details, check out the link given below:

Health Ministry Website Allegedly Targeted By Russian Hackers, CERT-IN Support Sought

NEET SS: NMC directs medical universities to furnish tentative exam schedule for broad speciality PG courses 2020 batch

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked all the medical universities to furnish the tentative examination schedule for the Broad Specialty PG Courses (NEET SS) for the 2020 batch.

Giving a deadline to all the concerned Registrars, Aujender Singh, Deputy Secretary to PG Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of NMC, has asked for an urgent submission of the said exam schedule by 17th March 2023.

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NEET SS: NMC Directs Medical Universities To Furnish Tentative Exam Schedule For Broad Speciality PG Courses 2020 Batch

SC comes to rescue of dermatologist; quashes all criminal proceedings alleging illegal stocking of medicines for sale

Quashing all criminal proceedings against a Dermatologist who was accused of stocking medicines for sale, the Supreme has ruled that a doctor's act of storing small quantities of medicines will not amount to an offence of unauthorized stocking of medicines under Section 18(c) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940.

The apex court observed that the ''extremely small'' quantity of medicines which was seized could easily be found in the house or consultation room of a medical practitioner. Therefore, "considering the small quantity of medicines, most of which were in the category of lotions and ointments, it cannot be said by any stretch of the imagination that they could be stocked for sale," the top court stated.

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SC Comes To Rescue Of Dermatologist; Quashes All Criminal Proceedings Alleging Illegal Stocking Of Medicines For Sale