Over 37,000 medical students respond to NMC survey, confirm suffering from mental health issues
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The shocking picture concerning the mental health of medical students has come to light as more than 37,000 medical students have submitted applications before the government authority, indicating that they are suffering from mental stress, Live Mint has reported.
Taking cognisance of this, the apex medical education authority has prescribed several measures including regulating the duty hours of the students and initiating a suicide watch. These recommendations by the National Medical Commission (NMC) will be submitted before the Union Health Ministry for further implementation across the medical colleges in the country.
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