Health Bulletin 30/ January/ 2025
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A recent case of fraud in medical admission has come to light in Pune, Maharashtra. A businessman seeking admission for his daughter in an MBBS course was cheated of Rs 40 lakh. In the complaint lodged with the police, the man said that he was promised admission of his daughter to a medical college in exchange for the amount.
According to the News18 Media news report, a 49-year-old businessman living in the Magarpatta area of Hadapsar in Pune was cheated of Rs 40 lakh in the name of getting admission for his daughter in the MBBS course.
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Demanding solutions to the challenges faced by them, the foreign medical graduates in Andhra Pradesh held a peaceful and silent protest in front of the State Medical Council on Tuesday.
It is alleged that the students are being asked to undergo 2-3 years of internship even though they went back to their parent institutes and compensated for their online classes.
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The medical colleges in Rajasthan are facing severe faculty shortages and therefore the students are pursuing their education without proper guidance from the teaching faculties, Dainik Bhaskar has reported.
As per the Daily, since the medical colleges in the State do not have an adequate number of faculties, the students are studying from YouTube videos or websites. Even though there are labs in the medical colleges, the students are unable to undergo practical training as the labs do not have proper equipment.
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Following the recent case of expired saline administration that allegedly led to the deaths of a woman and her newborn, the Calcutta High Court has granted protection to a suspended junior doctor who was reportedly subjected to coercive police action.
The court’s ruling comes after the state government suspended 12 doctors following allegations that the deaths were caused by the administration of expired Ringer’s Lactate supplied by a blacklisted company, Paschim Banga Pharmaceuticals Private Limited.
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