Health Bulletin 6/May/2023

Here are the top health stories for the day:

NEET PG 2023: MCC to begin counselling process soon

NEET PG 2023 counselling to begin soon. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is responsible for conducting the counselling process for seat allotment.

NEET PG 2023 exam was conducted on 5th March 2023. The result was declared on 14th March 2023, and the scorecard was released on 26th March 2023. The NEET PG 2023 counselling schedule will be published on MCC’s official website https://mcc.nic.in. The candidates who qualify in NEET PG 2023 conducted by the National Board of Examination (NBE) will only be eligible for the counselling process.

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NEET PG 2023: MCC To Begin Counselling Process Soon

Violence yet again: Female intern attacked by patient, hair pulled, abuses hurled

Taking prompt action regarding the recent attack on a female intern doctor of Hindu Rao Hospital, the hospital's administration has decided to lodge an institutional FIR.

Apart from this, the Medical Superintendent of the Hospital has also agreed to the demands of the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) regarding the appointment of Bouncers in casualty and emergency.

The MS has assured that the matter will be pressed with higher authorities personally, the president of RDA, Dr. Siddharth Tara informed Medical Dialogues. This comes after the recent meeting between the RDA and the Hospital administration on 03.05.2023 at 2:30 PM.

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Violence Yet Again: Female Intern Attacked By Patient, Hair Pulled, Abuses Hurled

First-ever successful brain surgery on unborn baby performed by US doctors

For the first time, researchers performed a successful in-utero surgery to repair a potentially deadly developmental condition by treating an aggressive vascular malformation, called vein of Galen malformation, in a fetus’s brain before birth, according to new research published today in Stroke, the peer-reviewed flagship journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

Vein of Galen malformation (VOGM) is a rare prenatal condition in which arteries bringing high-flow, high-pressure blood to the brain from the heart connect directly with one of the main collecting veins deep at the base of the brain, rather than to capillaries that are necessary to slow blood flow and deliver oxygen to surrounding brain tissue. Due to changes in the infant’s vascular physiology during and after the birth process, the high flow in the malformation has an even more serious effect on the heart and brain after birth, putting enormous pressure on the newborn’s heart and lungs. This may lead to pulmonary hypertension, heart failure or other potentially life-threatening conditions. VOGM is most often first seen on a prenatal ultrasound and is definitively diagnosed by MRI during the late second or third trimester of pregnancy.

Reference: 

Darren B. Orbach, Louise E. Wilkins-Haug, Carol B. Benson, Wayne Tworetzky, Shivani D. Rangwala, Stephanie H. Guseh, Nicole K. Gately, Jeffrey N. Stout, Arielle Mizrahi-Arnaud and Alfred P., Published 4 May 2023, https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.043421

Limited seats for FMG internship: FORDA raises matter to NMC, assures solution in one week

The issue regarding a limited number of internship seats for Foreign Medical Graduates (FMG) was recently raised by the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) in its recent meeting with the National Medical Commission (NMC).

After the meeting on May 4, FORDA has assured that a solution would soon be provided by the Apex medical commission, most likely within one week.

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Limited Seats For FMG Internship: FORDA Raises Matter To NMC, Assures Solution In One Week