Health Bulletin 21/November/2022

Here are the top health news for the day:

TN Govt Doctors Association threaten stir over negligence case against medicos

Raising their voice against the possible arrest of two doctors who were booked for the alleged medical negligence leading to the death of teen footballer Priya R, the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors' Association (TNGDA) has warned the authorities to initiate an indefinite strike.

The doctors belonging to TNGDA demanded that the allegations of medical negligence get investigated as per the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court, as per which, opinion of a specialist doctor is required before initiating proceedings against the doctors, and arrest of the doctors is completely unnecessary.

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Tamil Nadu Doctors Threaten Indefinite Strike, Protest Criminal Prosecution Of Colleagues In Footballer Death Case

Medical teachers of 13 govt medical colleges on strike

Opposing the proposed handover of the top job at government medical colleges to bureaucrats, the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College's faculty and staff to go on protest on November 22. Currently, doctors head medical colleges.

"We oppose the appointments of administrative officials in medical colleges. The government plans to place the proposal in the cabinet meeting on Tuesday. We will intensify our protest if the government passes any such proposal," the president of the Medical Teachers' Association Madhya Pradesh, Dr Arvind Ghanghoria, was quoted as saying by Free Press Journal.

Coronary stents add to National List of Essential Medicines  

In a move to ensure affordable medical devices in the country, the Union health ministry has announced the inclusion of coronary stents in the National List of Essential Medicines, 2022.

The move is based on the recommendations by an expert committee constituted to review the inclusion of stents in the list based on the requirement.

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) will now fix the price of coronary stents. On November 6, the Standing National Committee on Medicines (SNCM) had submitted its recommendation for the inclusion of coronary stents in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM), 2022 in two categories — Bare Metal Stents (BMS) and Drug Eluting Stents (DES) which include metallic DES and bioresorbable vascular scaffold (VBS)/biodegradable stents.

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Coronary Stents Now Included In NLEM 2022