Health Bulletin 18/November/2025
Here are the top health stories for the day:
NEET PG 2025: MCC releases revised counselling dates
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the revised tentative schedule for the NEET PG online counselling for the academic year 2025 and seat allotment process for 50 per cent All India Quota (AIQ), 100 per cent Deemed/Central Universities, and AFMS institutions.
The schedule has been released on the official website of MCC. The counselling will be conducted in four rounds, i.e. Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, and the Online Stray Vacancy Round, starting from October 17, 2025, and continuing until January 15, 2026.
ESIC Patna FMG interns protest and shut OPD over 5-month unpaid stipend
The foreign medical graduates (FMGs) undergoing their mandatory internship at ESIC Medical College, Patna, have not received any stipend for the last five months.
Upset over the delay in disbursement of stipend, the medical graduates from abroad today protested inside the medical college hospital and kept the Outpatient Department (OPD) services briefly closed. Around 70-80 such FMGs who are undergoing internship at the medical college participated in the protest. The emergency services remained unaffected and were kept operational.
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NO stipend for 5 months: ESIC Patna FMG interns protest, shut OPD
Kerala Consumer Court exonerates urologist and hospital in kidney stone removal negligence case
The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kerala, recently exonerated a Thiruvananthapuram-based hospital and its urologist from charges of medical negligence while conducting a kidney stone removal surgery on a patient.
The history of the case goes back to 2014 when the patient approached the treating doctor at the Thiruvananthapuram-based hospital with severe pain in the left portion of his stomach. After examining him and conducting tests, the treating doctor prescribed some medicines.
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Kerala Consumer Court relief to urologist, hospital in kidney stone removal negligence case
World Cervical Cancer Day: UN Raises Alarm as Disease Kills A Woman Every 2 Minutes
Every two minutes, a woman dies from cervical cancer, a largely preventable and treatable disease, the UN revealed on the first World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day, November 17. Despite its preventability, cervical cancer remains the fourth most common cancer in women globally, with about 660,000 new cases and 350,000 deaths in 2022.
The vast majority—90%—of these deaths occur in low-income countries due to limited access to HPV vaccination, screening, and treatment. Persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause, with women living with HIV at six times higher risk, the WHO reported.
The WHO emphasizes that cervical cancer can be eliminated through widespread vaccination, regular screening using high-performance tests, and timely treatment of pre-cancerous lesions. The global target, termed the 90-70-90 goals to be achieved by 2030, aims to vaccinate 90% of girls by age 15, screen 70% of women by ages 35 and 45, and treat 90% of women diagnosed with cervical disease. Bold collective action is urgently needed to eliminate cervical cancer and ensure health equity worldwide.
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