Health Bulletin 15/July/ 2025 - Video
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NMC eases faculty norms to add 75,000 medical seats in 5 years, details
To fulfill the Central Government's vision of adding 75,000 medical seats in India in the next five years, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced several relaxations regarding the recruitment of faculty in medical colleges in the recently released Medical College Faculty Regulations.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that NMC had published the "Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025" in the official Gazette on June 30, 2025. These regulations laid down the eligibility qualifications for medical teachers at medical institutes.
In a recent press release, NMC mentioned that these regulations were notified to expand medical education capacity and strengthen faculty availability.
"In a landmark move to address the growing demand for healthcare professionals and enhance the quality of medical education, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has notified the Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025. These regulations, brought in by the Post Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) under NMC, are designed to widen the pool of eligible faculty and facilitate the expansion of undergraduate (MBBS) and postgraduate (MD/MS) seats in medical colleges across India," NMC mentioned in a release.
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NMC announces relaxations to widen faculty pool for adding 75,000 medical seats in 5 years, details
Former RGUHS VC Dr MK Ramesh appointed New President of NMC MARB
After pursuing MBBS from Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Dr. M. K. Ramesh completed his MS General Surgery from the same institute and thereafter was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), England.
Dr. Ramesh joined as a Lecturer and later as an Associate Professor at the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute in 1999. In 2017, he was the acting VC at RGUHS for around eighteen months. Before that, Dr. Ramesh also served as a Registrar (Evaluation) at RGUHS. Thereafter, in 2019, he was transferred back to BMCRI as the Head of the Department of Surgery.
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Former RGUHS VC Dr MK Ramesh appointed New President of NMC MARB
CM Rekha Gupta announces plan for 7 Super-Specialty Hospitals
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday announced a major initiative to strengthen Delhi's healthcare infrastructure by reviving seven super-speciality hospitals, and expanding bed capacity for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Strengthening government healthcare infrastructure is key for better health of citizens in the national capital, said Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday, while announcing seven super specialty hospitals, and expansion of bed capacity for Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
These seven hospitals were launched during COVID-19 pandemic, but were left non-operational, said the CM while inaugurating the Yatharth Super Speciality Hospitals in Model Town, New Delhi.
Gupta also emphasised the importance of strengthening the government healthcare infrastructure.
“It is our responsibility to ensure that not even a single rupee of public money is wasted. That is why we have decided to revive the seven hospitals that were left non-operational during the Covid pandemic. The work on these hospitals has now resumed,” Gupta said, news agency IANS reported.
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CM Rekha Gupta announces plan for 7 Super-Specialty Hospitals
Mumbai to get New Medical College with 100 MBBS seats, 580-bed teaching hospital under PPP model
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