Health Bulletin 1/December/2022

Here are the top health stories for the day:

Scientists revive 48,500-year-old 'Zombie Virus' buried in ice in Russia

French Scientists have revived the 48,500-year-old 'Zombie Virus' buried in ice in Russia. Zombie virus is the term given to a virus frozen in ice and, therefore dormant.

New York Post has quoted a viral study that is yet to be peer-reviewed.

Reference: Reference : Alempic, J. (2022, January 1). An update on eukaryotic viruses revived from ancient permafrost. bioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.10.515937v1

MCC stray vacancy round: 905 NEET PG, 79 NEET MDS seats up for grabs at deemed Universities

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the seat matrix for the stray vacancy round of NEET PG and NEET MDS counselling with respect to MD, MS, MDS, and PG Diploma admissions at Deemed Universities.

According to the seat matrixes, a total of 905 PG seats are available for the NEET PG stray vacancy round and 79 for NEET MDS counselling under Deemed universities quota.

For more details, check out the link given below: 

MCC Stray Vacancy Round: 905 NEET PG, 79 NEET MDS Seats Up For Grabs At Deemed Universities

Drug safety alert: IPC flags adverse reactions linked to Norfloxacin

The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), through its recently issued drug safety alert for the month of November, has revealed that Norfloxacin which is widely used to treat certain bacterial infections, is linked with adverse drug reaction skin hyperpigmentation.

This came after preliminary analysis of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) from the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) database.

For more details, check out the link given below:

Drug Safety Alert: IPC Flags Adverse Reactions Linked To Norfloxacin

Consumer Court slaps Rs 20 lakh compensation on Udupi Hospital, doctors for leaving surgical mop inside patient during C-Section

A Consumer Court in Bengaluru has directed a private hospital based in Udupi and its doctors to pay Rs 20 lakh compensation to a patient for leaving surgical mop inside her body while conducting caesarean section operation.

The Bengaluru Rural and Urban 1st Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Shanthi Nagar took this decision after perusing the discharge summary of Kasturba Hospital, where the patient had to undergo surgery for removal of the cotton swab.

For more details, check out the link given below: 

Consumer Court Slaps Rs 20 Lakh Compensation On Udupi Hospital, Doctors For Leaving Surgical Mop Inside Patient During C-Section