Health Bulletin 04/August/ 2025 - Video

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Salem, recently directed a city-based private hospital and its four doctors to pay Rs 6 lakh compensation to a patient who lost three fingers on his right hand while undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Even though the hospital and the doctors claimed that standard treatment using antibiotics fluid, resuscitation, vasopressors and oxygen supplementation was given to the complainant, who was suffering from septic shock, the Consumer Court opined that the doctors should have taken reasonable care in the treatment of the complainant in choosing a method or procedure of treatment.

The court noted that high-dose infusion of vasopressors can induce peripheral vasoconstruction and Vasopressor induced tissue ischemia and gangrene.

The history of the case goes back to 2024, when the patient/complainant was admitted to the treating hospital with a fever. It was alleged by the Complainant that he was admitted to the treating hospital for simple fever, and doctors at the hospital advised ECG, radiology, and microbiology tests for the simple fever treatment.

In a relief to the undergraduate medical education system in Chhattisgarh, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted a conditional approval to all state-run government and private medical colleges in the State for the academic session 2025-2026, as reported by the Hitavada.

Earlier, these colleges had received notices from the Apex Medical Commission for failing to meet the essential standards.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that, noting critical faculty shortage along with a lack of essential resources, NMC had issued show-cause notices to the government medical colleges in Chhattisgarh. In some cases, the Commission had imposed a monetary penalty.

NMC had reportedly imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on Kanker Medical College, Rs 4 lakh fine on Durg Medical College, and Rs 3 lakh fine each in the medical colleges located at Bilaspur, Ambikapur, Mahasamund, and Jagdalpur. Further, the medical colleges in Mahasamund, Kanker, and Raigarh had also received show-cause notices over the shortage of faculty.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) officially released the final seat matrix for Round 1 of NEET UG 2025 counselling, confirming a total of 2,179 MBBS seats across premier institutions, including 20 AIIMS campuses, JIPMER Puducherry and Karaikal, and the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU Varanasi.

As per the MCC data, these 2,179 MBBS seats are distributed among top-tier institutions, including AIIMS New Delhi, AIIMS Jodhpur, AIIMS Raipur, AIIMS Rishikesh, and others. This seat matrix is crucial for aspiring medical students participating in Round 1 of NEET UG 2025 counselling.

The leading institutes in terms of MBBS seat availability under NEET UG 2025 include AIIMS Jodhpur with the highest number at 150 seats, followed by JIPMER Puducherry offering 134 seats. Several other prominent AIIMS institutions - AIIMS Deogarh, Kalyani, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Rishikesh, and Bhopal - each contribute 125 MBBS seats, making them significant contributors in the overall seat matrix.

The Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute (GCRI) in Ahmedabad has treated 4,397 cancer patients between 2020 and 2024, reinforcing the state's emergence as a national hub for advanced lung cancer treatment.