Bare signature on pre-printed form without risk disclosure not valid informed consent: Consumer court slaps Rs 7 lakh compensation on eye surgeon Barsha Misra7 Jun 2026 11:00 AM ISTMumbai: Holding an ophthalmic surgeon liable for deficiency in service for the failure in obtaining valid informed consent before performing...
Denied AIIMS MD Pharmacology admission as documents were with another medical college, Doctor gets Delhi HC relief Barsha Misra7 Jun 2026 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Observing that a meritorious student should not suffer due to systemic and administrative deficiencies operating within the admission...
Doctors declining NPA cannot later seek pay parity with juniors who opted for it: Rajasthan HC Barsha Misra6 Jun 2026 4:45 PM ISTJaipur: In a recent ruling, the Rajasthan High Court specified that doctors who voluntarily declined Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) cannot later...
Doctors' body writes to PM Modi seeking ex gratia for medicos killed in Saket building collapse Adity Saha6 Jun 2026 12:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Grieving over the tragic loss of young medical students in a building collapse in the Saidulajab area of Saket, Delhi, on May 30,...
7 medical colleges not paying stipend to MBBS interns, residents- NMC tells Supreme Court, penalty proceedings initiated Barsha Misra5 Jun 2026 3:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: The issue of non-payment of stipend to medical students exists only in 7 out of 756 medical colleges, the National Medical...
Indian medical service cadre still awaiting green signal as Centre continues state consultations Barsha Misra5 Jun 2026 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The long-pending demand of the medical fraternity for the creation of a national cadre of doctors on the lines of the IAS and IPS is...
IMA President-elect assaulted while rescuing colleagues as mob storms Udaipur hospital, violence sparks nationwide outrage from medical fraternity Adity Saha4 Jun 2026 7:27 PM ISTJaipur: The alleged brutal assault on the President-Elect of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Rajasthan chapter, and several other doctors...
Did treating doctors qualify as neonatal specialists? Delhi HC orders NMC, DGHS inquiry in Fortis Shalimar Bagh medical negligence case Adity Saha4 Jun 2026 1:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a recent development in a nearly decade-old alleged medical negligence case, the Delhi High Court has ordered a fresh inquiry into...
Consumer court holds Bihar's hospital guilty in medical negligence case, slaps Rs 33.2 lakh compensation Barsha Misra3 Jun 2026 6:02 PM ISTDarbhanga: Holding a Darbhanga-based hospital guilty of medical negligence leading to the untimely death of a patient, the District Consumer...
Haryana PG policy revised for Inservice doctors: Teaching bond dropped for clinical specialists, 3-year service mandatory for pre-clinical, para-clinical passouts Kajal Rajput3 Jun 2026 9:30 AM ISTPanchkula: In a significant policy shift aimed at simultaneously strengthening public healthcare services and medical education, the Haryana...
SC relief to Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, admissions allowed for 150 MBBS, 49 PG seats Barsha Misra2 Jun 2026 4:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Granting major relief, the Supreme Court recently allowed the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) to...
Delhi Medical Council gets new 8-member panel after 2026 elections Barsha Misra2 Jun 2026 2:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: The much-awaited Delhi Medical Council (DMC) elections 2026 were finally conducted on Sunday, i.e. May 31, 2026, and the results...
