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Consumer Commission grants relief to Doctor, Nurse after 16 years, slams District forum's 'obnoxious' order
Exonerating a Government doctor and nurse from the charges of medical negligence and carelessness after long 16 years, the Telangana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently clarified that the doctors and staff of Government hospital, where no kinds of fees are collected from the patients, cannot be held guilty of medical negligence under the jurisdiction of the consumer protection act.
The District Forum had allowed the complaint on the basis of the contention that the parents of the complainant were legal taxpayers. However, referring to such observations made by the District Consumer Court as "obnoxious", the State Commission set aside the order of the District Forum and noted, "The observations of the District Forum that since the citizens pay taxes to the Government and the Government is running the hospital, they are liable, is obnoxious."
Document Claims Student Secured MBBS Admission at Sion Hospital, NMC Declares Fake
Warning candidates of a fake document that claims that a particular aspirant secured an MBBS seat, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a public notice in this regard.
The public notice issued by NMC, the apex medical education regulatory body, contains the fake document attached with it.
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Document Claims Student Secured MBBS Admission At Sion Hospital, NMC Declares Fake
KNRUHS Reservation Policy upsets In-service Doctors
Unhappy with the reservation criteria for the in-service doctors, as mentioned in the recent notification issued by the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), the doctors have demanded to revoke the same.
The PG medical admission Prospectus issued by KNRUHS has referred to the G.O 155, which mentioned that the in-service doctors of the State will get 20% reservation in clinical subjects and 30% reservation in pre and para-clinical subjects in government medical colleges.
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KNRUHS Reservation Policy Upsets In-Service Doctors
Neurosurgery Medico of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research sent on leave after being diagnosed with depression due to workload
A resident doctor associated with the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has been sent on leave after she was diagnosed with depression due to workload in the institution.
The doctor working with the department of neurosurgery was sent to her hometown in Lucknow post counselling.
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Neurosurgery Medico Of PGIMER Sent On Leave After Being Diagnosed With Depression Due To Workload
Hospital 'treats' Lord Krishna Idol for a broken arm
A district hospital in Agra recently found itself in a perplexing situation after a priest approached them with a broken idol of Shree Krishna, a Hindu deity, asking them to fix it.
The priest, who was wailing, asked the hospital staff to bandage the arm of the idol, saying that he accidentally broke it while giving it a bath in the morning.
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