Health Bulletin 30/April/2022

Here are the top health stories for the day :

MBBS, BDS degrees from Pakistan not valid: NMC, DCI   

Through a recent notice, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has warned the medical and dental aspirants against taking admission in MBBS/BDS courses in Pakistan.

Issuing a public notice in this regard on April 28, 2022, NMC, the apex medical regulator in India has mentioned that the MBBS/BDS graduates from Pakistan will not be eligible to appear in the FMGE screening test and practice in India.

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MBBS, BDS degrees from Pakistan Not Valid: NMC, DCI 

Around 889 seats vacant: Doctors urge Health Minister to lower NEET SS cutoff percentile

Referring to hundreds of vacant seats in the Super Speciality courses, the doctors under the umbrella of Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) have written to the Union Health Ministry seeking a reduction in the cut-off percentile for NEET SS 2021 counselling.

The doctors have pointed out that with the current cutoff mark of 50th percentile, a lot of doctors will be unable to meet the cutoff criteria resulting in a huge vacancy.

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Around 889 seats Vacant: Doctors urge Health Minister to lower NEET SS cutoff percentile

25 % Reservation for Doctors After 3 Years Rural Service in Maharashtra

With an aim to ensure availability of specialists in the rural and tribal areas, the Maharashtra Government has introduced 25 per cent in-service reservation in PG medical admissions in the State.

The medical officers employed under the State Health Department will now be able to avail this reservation benefit after completion of at least 3 years of service in the rural and tribal public healthcare centres.

The Government took this call in a joint meeting held between the Maharashtra Public Health and Medical Education Department. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar chaired the meeting.

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25 percent reservation for doctors after 3 years rural service in Maharashtra 

Kidney stones in teens caused by lifestyle changes: Experts  

Dr Kandarp Parikh said "In the past few years, we have witness strides in fields of minimal access surgeries, flexible uteroscopy, bipolar TURP, HOLEP, etc. - many of which are now used extensively in India. Earlier cost was deterrent, but now the difference is not huge," Organizers added that Summer is often considered season of stones due to dehydration.

Drug safety alert: IPC flags adverse reactions linked to Cefuroxime

The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), through its recently issued drug safety alert for the month of April, has revealed that a cephalosporin antibiotic Cefuroxime is linked with Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) syndrome.

This came after preliminary analysis of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) from the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) database.

Cefuroxime, like the penicillins, is a beta-lactam antibiotic. By binding to specific penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located inside the bacterial cell wall, it inhibits the third and last stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis. Cell lysis is then mediated by bacterial cell wall autolytic enzymes such as autolysins; it is possible that cefuroxime interferes with an autolysin inhibitor.

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Drug safety alert: IPC flags adverse reactions linked to Cefuroxime