Health Bulletin 07/ February/ 2025 - Video

Published On 2025-02-07T16:45:29+05:30 | Updated On 7 Feb 2025 4:45 PM IST

Overview

Here are the top health news for the day:

Doctors criticize NEET SS 2024 exam delay, Accuse NBE of Mismanagement

After a delay of almost one year, the National Board of Examinations (NBE) has finally confirmed that the NEET SS 2024 exam will be held on 29th and 30th March 2025 and invited applications. However, the announcement did not go down well with the doctors and aspirants, who accused the authorities of mismanagement, resulting in an entire year to hold the exam and the consequent delay in the commencement of the academic session for the super-speciality courses.

NEET-SS is an eligibility-and-ranking test for admission to various DM, MCh, and DrNB super speciality courses. The decision to not conduct the NEET SS examination in 2024 was taken by the National Medical Commission (NMC) in its meeting dated 23.02.2024. Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that since the admissions for the academic year 2021 for MD/MS and DNB courses were held only between, January to May 2022, NMC decided that the NEET-SS 2024 exam may not be conducted in 2024.

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Is NEET SS a joke? Doctors condemn exam delay, loss of academic year

Tirunelveli MCH doctor accused of falsely labeling patient intoxicated to protect health staff

A doctor at Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TvMCH) has been accused of fabricating medical records of a road accident victim by falsely implicating him as intoxicated at the time of the accident. The patient alleged that the cover-up was done to protect a health department staff member involved in the accident.

According to the patient, the attending doctor falsely recorded that his "breath smelled of alcohol" in the medical report, leading to the police registering a case against him instead of the perpetrator. However, he denied being drunk when the accident happened.

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Tirunelveli MCH doctor accused of falsely implicating patient as intoxicated to protect health dept staff

2 Doctors suspended for performing hysterectomy instead of ENT surgery

Taking serious cognizance of the alleged botched surgery, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has suspended two doctors who were accused of medical negligence by mistakenly removing the uterus of a patient, who had been admitted for an ENT surgery.

Issuing an order, the Government suspended Dr. Nazir, consultant Gynaecologist at SDH Sopore, and Dr. Dar, the Medical Officer (Diploma in Anaesthesia), DH Bandipora. The operation theatre of the private hospital in Sopore was also sealed after the alleged incident, Kashmir Reader has reported.

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Hysterectomy Instead of ENT Surgery! 2 doctors Suspended, banned from private practice

11 MBBS students of Kozhikode Medical College suspended for alleged ragging

Taking action against 11 second-year MBBS students found guilty of ragging their juniors, the Principal of Government Medical College, Kozhikode suspended them.

The action was taken against the students after the Anti-Ragging Committee of the medical college conducted an inquiry into the matter based on a complaint filed by the first-year junior students.

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11 MBBS students of Kozhikode Medical College suspended for allegedly ragging juniors

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Yakshi Chugh

With a graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication from Amity University, Yakshi Chugh embarked on a journey to explore the dynamic intersection of media and healthcare. In 2024, she joined Medical Dialogues, driven by a passion to enhance healthcare journalism and deliver insightful, impactful content to readers.