Health Bulletin 29/ January/ 2025

Although the complainant argued that the patient had died as the doctor was not qualified to treat the patient and had not referred him to any specialist in time, the Commission noted that the patient was taken to the Casualty, where the treating doctor was on duty.

Altogether 2,779 doctors in Himachal Pradesh failed to renew their registration as of September 2022 and despite this, they did not face any action by the State Medical Council (SMC), revealed a recent report on the healthcare system by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

The report highlighted that even though the Himachal Pradesh Medical Council Act, 2003 requires doctors practicing modern medicine to mandatorily register with the Council, not all the employed doctors in the State were registered with the Council. It also noted that no mechanism was adopted by the Council to track such non-registered employed/non-employed doctors.

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Pointing out how the NEET PG 2024 Round 2 State Counselling has not been concluded yet in Madhya Pradesh, the NEET PG aspirants across the country have claimed that this is giving an undue advantage to the Madhya Pradesh students where people can choose between State Round 2 and AIQ Round 3 seats.

Apart from this, the candidates have also claimed that there was a huge negative shift in the seat allotment and upgradation of seats and institutes, compared to last year.

As per the Chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC) Dr BN Gangadhar, in the CBT mode, the exam will be conducted in multiple shifts and multiple question papers, which could result in logistical issues. Further, lakhs of computers will be required and the candidates, especially those belonging to rural and remote areas will need to get comfortable with the new pattern.