Health Bulletin 29/January/2026
Here are the top health stories for the day:
NEET PG Cut-off Row: Allahabad HC Upholds Relaxation for Reserved Categories
The Allahabad High Court has recently dismissed a PIL challenging a decision of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to allow the counselling of SC, ST and OBC students who scored minus 40 out of 800 in the NEET PG 2025 exam.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Allahabad High Court challenging the recent decision of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to lower the NEET PG cutoff percentile.
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NEET PG Cutoff Row: Allahabad HC Backs Relaxation for Reserved Categories
185 Doctors’ Appeals Heard, 256 Non-RMP Pleas Rejected in 5 Years: NMC RTI
After replacing the erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI), the National Medical Commission (NMC) has rejected 256 appeals filed by patients/non-RMPs, while taking up 185 appeals by doctors against decisions of State Medical Councils since 2020.
Non-RMPs could earlier approach the erstwhile Medical Council of India against the State Medical Council decisions; however, the rules were changed after the NMC replaced the MCI.
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185 Doctors’ Appeals Heard, 256 Non-RMP Pleas Rejected: NMC RTI
Granting relief to the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR), the Supreme Court has allowed adding 49 postgraduate medical seats at the institute for the NEET PG counselling for the academic year 2025-2026.
The apex court bench of Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan issued specific directions in this regard to the National Medical Commission, which had earlier withdrawn the 49 MD seats at the institute based on purported letters of Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University).
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SC Directs NMC to Add 49 HIMSR Seats in NEET PG Counselling
NEET PG Aspirants’ Data Allegedly Misused; Doctors’ Body Seeks Probe
Highlighting the issue concerning possible misuse of the data of National Eligibility-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) aspirants, a doctors' body has now sought a probe into the matter.
Speaking about this, Dr. Lakshya Mittal, the Chairperson of the United Doctors Front (UDF), told Medical Dialogues, "In this crucial stage when the counselling for NEET-PG is going on, UDF has been receiving multiple complaints from the aspirants, as they are getting targeted calls for guaranteed admissions, with the promises of fixed packages and confirmed seats. The pattern and timing of these calls are raising serious concerns and possibly indicating towards data misuse and data leak."
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NEET PG Aspirants’ Data Allegedly Misused; Doctors’ Body Seeks Probe
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