Health Bulletin 29/January/2022

Here are Top Health stories of the day

Delhi sees 4,044 new Covid-19 cases; thin crowd on day 1 of no odd-even rule

 High Courts Cannot Issue Mandamus Providing Reservation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently made it clear that High Courts cannot issue any mandamus directing States to provide reservation.

Challenging this, several pleas had been filed before the High Court and in its order dated 23.08.2018, the HC in its order opined that the reservation should be extended to private institutes as well. However, when the order of the HC was challenged before the Apex Court, the bench while dismissing the plea noted that order passed by HC shall not be treated as a precedent.

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High Courts Cannot Issue Mandamus providing reservation: Supreme Court 

 NEET counselling 2021: MCC pulls down round 1 provisional results, Details

The Medical Counselling Committee, MCC of DGHS, on January 27 released and later took down the provisional allotment results of the Round 1 NEET Counselling 2021 from its official website.

"The Candidates participating in NEET-UG, 2021 counselling are informed that the provisional result of round 1 has been pulled down due to the hearing held on 27/01/2022 in W.P. of 2022 in the matter of Gidla Bala Surya Chandra & others v/s UoI & Ors. before the Hon'ble High Court of Judicature at Madras," the MCC in its notification, posted on the website said.

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NEET Counselling 2021: MCC pulls down Round 1 provisional results, Details

Drug makers to add SJS, TEN in package insert of Ciprofloxacin: CDSCO panel

The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) functional under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has recommended that CDSCO may request State Drugs Controllers to direct the manufacturers of Ciprofloxacin to incorporate drug associated Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) / Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) in the package insert of the drug.

This came in line with the recommendation of the signal review panel, Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI), and the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), which was placed before the committee.

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Drug makers to add SJS, TEN in package insert of Ciprofloxacin: CDSCO panel 

Doctor alleges sexual abuse by colleagues, FIR against 2

Based on a complaint of a 27-year-old doctor, an FIR has been filed against two of her colleagues who allegedly thrashed and sexually harassed her on Wednesday night.

The 27-year-old victim doctor moved a case of sexual harassment at Pratap Nagar police station against two of her colleagues, another doctor and a female staffer

The woman doctor further alleged that the two persons named in the FIR forced her to consume liquor and held her against her will so she could not leave.

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Doctor Alleges Sexual Abuse By Colleagues, FIR Against 2