Health Bulletin 2/February/2023

Here are the top health stories for the day:

Union Health Budget 2023: Govt shifts its focus to nursing college 

After setting up several medical colleges under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme, the Central Government has now shifted its focus in setting new nursing colleges across the country and this was reflected in the Union Budget 2023, presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

"157 new nursing colleges will be established in co-location with the existing 157 medical colleges established since 2014," the Finance Minister announced in the Parliament.

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Union Health Budget 2023: Govt Shifts Its Focus To Nursing College

AIIMS Delhi cancels candidature of few INI CET January 2023 candidates

The candidature of some candidates for admission to PG courses for INI-CET for the January 2023 session that required correction in their application has been canceled. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS Delhi) has announced this through a written notice. The courses included are MD/MS/DM (6 years), MCH (6 years), and MDS.

Previously AIIMS had released a notice stating that the provisionally eligible candidate for an open round of seat allocation of INICET January 2023 session was mandatorily required to deposit Rs.3.00 Lakh through RTGS / NEFT by 5 pm on 18.1.2023 to be considered for seat allocation in the open round. It has been found at the time of payment verification/reconciliation that some candidates have not uploaded details of the payment or submitted incomplete/invalid details. (Annexure-1).

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AIIMS Delhi Cancels Candidature Of Few INI CET January 2023 Candidates

FMG files complaint against National Medical Commission's lawyer after not getting favourable order, faces HC's wrath

The Bombay High Court bench recently slammed a foreign medical graduate for lodging a complaint in the Bar Council against the lawyer of the National Medical Commission (NMC).

While the FMG had alleged that the NMC lawyer had made a false statement before the another bench of the High Court, the HC bench opined that the act of lodging complaint was an attempt to intimidate the lawyer.

Slamming the concerned medical graduate from abroad, the HC division bench of Justice G.S. Patel and Justice Neela Gokhale noted, “This is an attempt to intimidate an advocate at our bar who is appearing for the respondent (NMC) and who is doing his job. He (NMC’s advocate) is pointing out an order to the bench led by Justice Dhanuka…Does he (petitioner Yati Patil) understand the implications of what he said about Justice Dhanuka? 'Justice Dhanuka was misled, Justice Dhanuka did not understand what was placed before him' … All this is implicit in his complaint.”

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Foreign Medical Graduate Files Complaint Against National Medical Commission's Lawyer After Not Getting Favourable Order, Faces HC's Wrath

Social isolation and loneliness linked with higher rates of heart failure

Studies have shown that social isolation and loneliness are important risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but less has been known about their specific connection with heart failure. A new study published in JACC: Heart Failure shows that both social isolation and loneliness are associated with higher rates of heart failure but whether or not a person feels lonely is more important in determining risk than if they are actually alone.

Social disconnection can be classified into two different, but connected, components. “Social isolation” refers to being objectively alone or having infrequent social connections, while “loneliness” is defined as a painful feeling caused when someone’s actual level of social interaction is less than they would like it to be.

Reference:

Liang, Y. Y., Chen, Y. el at, J. (2023). Association of Social Isolation and Loneliness With Incident Heart Failure in a Population-Based Cohort Study. JACC: Heart Failure. DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.11.028