Health Bulletin 17/ May/ 2025 - Video
Overview
Here are the top health news for the day:
SC questions ban on blood donation by Transgenders
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the labelling of the entire community of transgenders as "risky" blood donors. The court urged the Centre to address these concerns and reconsider the blanket restrictions.
"Are we going to brand all transgenders as risky and stigmatise them. You cannot say that all transgenders are indulging in sexual activity," said a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh. The apex court was hearing a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 12 and 51 of the Blood Donor Guidelines, 2017, which has imposed a blanket ban on transgender persons from donating blood.
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SC raises concerns over High-risk Label for Transgender blood donors
2 Hisar doctors acquitted in 2006 PCPNDT Act case
Two directors of a Hisar-based diagnostic centre who were booked under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act have been acquitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court after 19 years of legal proceedings.
The court passed the order after it observed that the local health officials had made procedural errors while taking action against M/s Kamboj Ultrasound and Diagnostic Pvt. Ltd and its two directors- Dr Mahender Kamboj and Renu Kamboj.
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HC Relief: 2 Hisar doctors acquitted in 2006 PCPNDT Act case
NEET PG: SC Lists Plea on Marks Normalisation, Transparency for May 20
The pleas seeking transparency in the National Eligibility-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2024 exam will now be heard on May 20, 2025. Earlier, the matter was listed for a hearing on May 15.
Even though the Apex Court bench of Chief Justice of India Gavai and Justice AG Masih remarked that the pleas mainly concerned NEET PG 2024 and the matter now seems infructuous, the petitioners' counsel pointed out that the present batch concerns the larger issues of mark normalisation, correction of answer keys and discrepancies in marks, Live Law has reported.
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NEET PG Evaluation Row: SC Lists Plea on Normalisation, Transparency for May 20
Speakers
Dr. Bhumika Maikhuri
BDS, MDS