Health Bulletin 21/ January/ 2025

Releasing the Draft Teachers Eligibility Qualifications 2024 Regulations, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has specified that non-medical teachers can work as senior residents and faculties in medical colleges to teach three subjects including Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology.

To become eligible to teach these subjects in medical colleges, non-medical teachers must have an MSc and PhD degree in these specialities. However, the Apex Medical Commission has clarified in the Draft TEQ 2024 rules that non-medical teachers will be eligible for appointment as Senior Resident and Faculty (Assistant Professor and beyond) to teach these Broad Specialty subjects during the transitional period.

Almost five months have passed since the National Medical Commission (NMC) initiated the process of doctors' registration on the newly launched National Medical Register (NMR).

However, while responding to the Right to Information (RTI) application filed by Health Activist Dr KV Babu, NMC has revealed that till January 14, 2025, only 8598 applications have been filed by Registered Medical Practitioners to enrol them in the NMR.

The Supreme Court bench has denied imposing a stay on the Telangana High Court order striking down the amended criteria to determine the 'local' status of candidates in post-graduate medical admissions.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the Telangana High Court granted major relief to the medicos who pursued MBBS degrees in Telangana but completed their schooling from outside the State, allowing them to participate in postgraduate (PG) medical counselling within the State as local candidates.

In an unfortunate incident, a 25-year-old BHMS (Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery) doctor from Bibvewadi allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in her clinic after being deceived by a man she met on a matrimonial website. The man, who hid his marital status, allegedly promised to marry her and extorted Rs 10 lakh from her.

The accused, despite being married, created a profile on a matrimonial website as a single person and entered into a romantic relationship with the doctor, promising to marry her. However, after extorting money from her, he confessed to being married and revealed that his wife was pregnant. This revelation reportedly caused severe emotional distress and shock to the doctor, which is believed to be the reason behind her taking such an extreme step.