Health Bulletin 14/ February/ 2025
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Within a few days of the Delhi Government threatening to dissolve the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) for violation of orders, the Registrar of DMC, Dr. Girish Tyagi resigned on Monday, TOI has reported.
Issuing a show-cause notice last week, the Delhi Government raised concerns about the operational irregularities of the Council, especially the extension of the registrar's tenure beyond the permitted age limit.
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In an unfortunate incident, a 27-year-old postgraduate student at B M Patil Medical College allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her hostel room.
The medico's father who filed a complaint at the police station claimed that she was feeling helpless and frustrated from being sexually harassed by a senior medical student on the campus.
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Doctors under the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) have urged the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to extend the cut-off date for the National Eligibility-Entrance Test Super Speciality (NEET-SS) 2024 examination by 15 days.
Even though as per the NBE notice, the cut-off date to be eligible to appear in the NEET SS 2024 exam is 30th April 2025, FORDA has pointed out that due to the delay in the commencement of the academic year for the 2021 batch Postgraduate medical students, the tenure of PG medical courses for several doctors will be completed after the cut-off date.
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