10/March/2022 Top Health Bulletin - Video

Here are top health stories for today:

No upper age limit for medical entrance exams, clarifies medical education regulator

The national Medical commission, on 9th of march, introduced that there'll no longer be any constant top age restrict for performing inside the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test, the doorway test for admission into medical colleges across India.

of now too, college students of any age are accepted to seem in NEET however this is most effective a end result of an period in-between alleviation granted the supreme court docket after a collection of college students had challenged a government selection to restore the top age restrict for the overall category students at 25 years and reserve class college students at 30 years six years lower back.

MBBS Fee Hike In Uttarakhand: 124 Students Denied Appearing In Final Exam

A total number of 124 students failed to appear in their final-year MBBS exam on Tuesday after the Swami Rama Himalayan University in Dehradun suddenly hiked the MBBS fees for both state quota and management quota.

The matter being sub-judice, the students didn't pay the increased amount and as a result, they were allegedly barred from appearing in their final exams, adds TOI.

Due to the sudden hike, the MBBS fee for the state quota seats at the institute is Rs 16 lakh, whereas the students are required to pay Rs 23 lakh for the management quota seats.

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MBBS Fee Hike In Uttarakhand: 124 Students Denied Appearing In Final Exam

Health ministry owes over Rs 500 cr to pvt hospitals under CGHS

The Union health ministry has top notch dues of over Rs 500 crores that it owes to the private hospitals beneath its Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) throughout India. The Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI), a body that represents majority of healthcare vendors in India, has written a letter to Ministry of health and family Welfare regarding the dues to be paid to over 61 hospitals throughout the country.

The frame has highlighted that there are inordinate delays in repayment to hospitals and low rates for compensation which have now not been revised on the grounds that 2014.

Covishield And Covaxin Combo Provides Greater Immunity: ICMR Study

Combination of two different vaccines Covishield and Covaxin jab lift up immunity better than same dose plan, reported a new ICMR study. The study has been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Travel Medicine.

The said study further stated that the reactogenicity profile of the participants who received the two different vaccines (heterologous) showed that a combination of the two vaccines derived from different platforms turned out to be safe as well.

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Covishield And Covaxin Combo Provides Greater Immunity: ICMR Study