Health Bulletin 8/June/2023

While medical students in India and medical graduates from abroad are waiting with bated breath for any clarification regarding the National Exit Test (NExT), which will serve as a common exit and licentiate exam in the country, a viral NMC notification had earlier today set Twitter on fire.

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Fact Check: Beware of Fake NExT exam Alert that is viral on social media

Woman with rare disorder leaves hosp after 5 mths

A 27-year-old was clinically diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare condition in which a person's immune system attacks the peripheral nerves, in November last year. Both sides of her body got paralysed. She recently rolled out of Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in a wheelchair, after staying on a ventilator for more than five months.

9-month-old treated in Nagpur for rare heart defect

A surgical team of New Era Mother and Child Care Hospital has performed the complex procedure on a 9-month-old baby boy diagnosed with a rare congenital heart condition called Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC). TAPVC is a complex congenital heart defect in which the pulmonary veins, responsible for carrying oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart, are abnormally connected. The surgery was led by renowned paediatric cardiac surgeon Dr Sandeep Khanzode and cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Anand Sancheti.