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NMC guidelines stress on developing scientific temperament in medical students
Issuing the guidelines specifying the professional responsibilities of MBBS and PG students, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has mentioned that medical students are expected to develop a scientific temperament and strive toward excellence.
"Students are expected to develop scientific temperament and strive towards excellence," the Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of NMC mentioned in the Guidelines.
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NMC Guidelines Stress On Developing Scientific Temperament In Medical Students
Excess fee, ghost accounts at 13 private medical colleges in Telangana: HRDA writes to FRC seeking action
Alleging that several private medical colleges in Telangana are collecting extra fees from medical students, the Healthcare Reforms Doctor's Association (HRDA) has recently written to the Telangana Association and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC) urging it to take strict action in this regard.
The association has also pointed out that many of the self financing medical colleges are creating dummy accounts to show fake transactions in the name of paying stipend to PG students.
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Climate change spurring surge in dengue, chikungunya: WHO
PG medical seats are national resource, meritorious candidates should not waste them: Madras HC
Madras High Court recently observed that candidates should consider that a Post Graduate seat is a national resource, and therefore, meritorious candidates getting admitted to such seats should not waste the seats by discontinuing the course.
With this observation, the HC bench of Acting Chief Justice T. Raja and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy pointed out that "...there was another candidate who missed the seat just by a fraction of marks and therefore, should be more careful in planning their career and personal life."
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PG Medical Seats Are National Resource, Meritorious Candidates Should Not Waste Them: Madras HC
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