SC holds Medical Negligence during Appendicitis Surgery, rejects NCDRC's Application of Eggshell-Skull Rule Barsha Misra24 April 2024 6:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Setting aside the order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), which had reduced the compensation awarded to...
"IMA Needs to put its house in order": SC Slams Allopathic Doctors for Prescribing Expensive, Unnecessary Medicines Barsha Misra24 April 2024 1:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: While considering the contempt plea by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against Patanjali Ayurved over misleading advertisements,...
Meeting Specialists Shortage, Dr VK Paul Calls for Support for DNB Programmes Barsha Misra23 April 2024 2:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Addressing the shortage of specialists in the country, Dr V K Paul, a NITI Aayog member, recently stressed the importance of DNB...
ICMR launching Programme to Make Physicians Scientists, Signing MoUs with 25 Medical Institutes: Director General Dr Rajiv Bahl Barsha Misra23 April 2024 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Encouraging physicians across the country to pursue medical research, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is launching a new...
Medical colleges will have to upload monthly stipend data or Face Action: NMC Secretary Barsha Misra22 April 2024 5:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Medical Colleges will have to upload monthly reports on the stipend given by them to the medicos or face severe action, Dr B Srinivas,...
How a former plastic surgery centre receptionist fooled patients in the name of Hair Transplants and Lipoma treatment Adity Saha22 April 2024 9:30 AM ISTHyderabad: A concerning case of quackery has come to light from the city where a former receptionist at a Redefine Hair Transplant and Plastic...
Delhi Doctor slapped Rs 3 Lakh compensation for not informing patient about treatment complications Barsha Misra21 April 2024 8:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II, recently held a Delhi-based doctor liable for a lapse in not informing a patient...
Doctors laud NMC move seeking stipend details from medical colleges Barsha Misra21 April 2024 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Doctors are hopeful about the recent move by the National Medical Commission (NMC), asking medical colleges across the country to...
Monitoring lapse post Septoplasty leads to patient's death: ENT surgeon, Anaesthesiologist, Hospital slapped Rs 30 lakh compensation Barsha Misra20 April 2024 6:19 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kerala recently held a Marikkunnu-based hospital, an ENT surgeon and an...
No MBBS permission will be granted if failed to submit annual declaration: NMC warns medical colleges, extends deadline Barsha Misra20 April 2024 12:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has once again extended the deadline for...
Patient succumbs to hospital-associated infections Post CABG surgery, NCDRC slaps Rs 10 lakh compensation Barsha Misra19 April 2024 4:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently directed a Hyderabad-based hospital to pay Rs 10 lakh in...
No Age Cap: IRDAI directs insurers to offer Health Insurance to all Age Groups Barsha Misra19 April 2024 2:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a major decision, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has removed the age cap for buying health...
