Health Bulletin 16/July/ 2025 - Video
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Here is the top health news for today:
NMC blacklists 4 doctors, cancels seat approvals at 6 medical colleges amid bribery probe
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CBI Inspection Bribery Case: NMC blacklists 4 doctors, cancels seat approvals at 6 medical colleges
Supreme Court Directs AMU to pay Internship Stipend Arrears to FMGs at par with Indian Medical Graduates
The Supreme Court has directed the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to give internship stipend arrears to 11 Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) within 2 weeks.
While considering the plea filed by these medical graduates from abroad, the Supreme Court issued directions to the AMU to disburse the stipend of Rs 26,300 per month to the petitioners within two weeks to ensure that the FMGs get the same amount of stipend, which is already being paid to the Indian Medical Graduates.
The plea before the Supreme Court was filed by 11 medical graduates from abroad who completed their primary medical education from foreign medical institutes and qualified as FMGs. Consequently, they underwent an internship at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh- a constituent college of AMU and they are now completing their internship tenure.
Aggrieved by the non-payment of stipends given to them during the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI), they filed a plea before the Supreme Court. They were represented by Advocate Charu Mathur. They pointed out that even though AMU paid an internship stipend to Indian Medical Graduates (IMGs), they were left out.
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MBBS Fees HIKE! Rs 15 lakh for Management Quota, Rs 27 lakh for NRI in TN medical colleges
Medical education in Tamil Nadu is set to get costlier as the MBBS fees in the self-financing medical colleges have been revised from academic year 2025. The fee fixation committee has fixed the MBBS fee for management quota seats at the self-financing medical colleges at Rs 15 lakh per year- a hike of Rs 1.5 lakh.
According to the revised fee structure released by the TN Directorate of Medical Education, the MBBS fees for the NRI quota seats will also get hiked by Rs 2.5 lakh as now the MBBS fees at the NRI quota seats have been fixed at Rs 27 lakh per annum.
However, the fees for the government quota seats at the private medical institutes will remain unchanged. Meanwhile, those joining the State private universities under the NRI quota will have to pay Rs 30 lakh, which is Rs 60,000 more when compared to previous years. The MBBS fees under the management quota seats at these institutes has been fixed at Rs 16,20,000 per annum.
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31 specialist doctors skip bond service, fail to pay Rs 50 lakh penalty
A total of 31 specialist doctors who completed their postgraduate medical education under the Punjab government quota have left government service without completing their mandatory tenure or paying the bond amount of Rs 50 lakh each.
These doctors had availed subsidised education under the Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) quota, which requires a 10-year service commitment post-completion of the course.
Under this scheme, between 50 to 100 medical officers are annually offered government-sponsored postgraduate seats, subject to signing an indemnity bond. The bond binds them to serve the state for a decade after finishing their course, failing which they are liable to pay the stipulated penalty. However, none of the doctors who recently left service have deposited the bond amount.
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Punjab: 31 specialist doctors skip bond service, fail to pay Rs 50 lakh penalty
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