Health Bulletin 07/ May/ 2025 - Video

Observing that when dealing with young professionals-in-training, the courts must rise above the rigid arithmetical calculations and insistence on income proof, the Rajasthan High Court recently awarded Rs 1,07,13,500 to the family of an MBBS student, who died in a motor accident.

Earlier in the case, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bikaner, had awarded Rs 12,52,429 as compensation to the family. Finding the amount inadequate, the deceased medico's parents sought enhancement of the compensation and approached the High Court.

Widespread protests have erupted across Madhya Pradesh's government medical colleges following the appointment of the Director of Medical Education (DME). Doctors, including junior doctors and medical teachers, are wearing black bands, opposing her appointment due to her alleged role in the 2023 suicide of a pregnant PG medico at Gandhi Medical College.

The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) has also raised serious concerns, urging state authorities to reconsider the decision in light of past controversies and the need for ethical leadership in medical education.

The Supreme Court has sought a response from the National Medical Commission (NMC), Madhya Pradesh Medical Council, MP DME, and MIMS Medical College and Hospital on a plea seeking stipend for Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) during their internship.

Filing the plea, the medical graduates from abroad, who are currently undergoing internship at Mahaveer Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, challenged the non-payment of stipend.

In a shocking case of alleged medical negligence, a five-month pregnant woman who had conceived twins through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) tragically lost her babies after a nurse allegedly performed a C-section based on instructions received via phone call from a senior gynaecologist who was not present at the private hospital.

According to a recent TOI report, the twin babies were born prematurely at just 21 weeks and died within hours after the nurse administered an injection to the woman on the doctor’s instructions.