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Health Bulletin 08/ July/ 2024 - Video
Overview
Here are the top health stories for the day:
Amrita Hospital conducts first robot-assisted Colon tumour surgery on 67-year-old man
In a groundbreaking surgical feat, a 67-year-old man from Uzbekistan was treated for his rare colonic tumour at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad marking the world's first robot-assisted surgery for the condition.
The patient, from Uzbekistan, had a special condition where his liver and colon were positioned differently (situs inversus partial) and he had a malignant tumour in this mispositioned colon.
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Government Approves 113 New Medical Colleges; 22 in UP, 14 in Maharashtra
A significant milestone has been achieved with the approval of 113 new medical colleges by the National Medical Commission (NMC), with the highest number of approvals in Uttar Pradesh, officials announced.
Uttar Pradesh has been granted approval to establish 22 new medical colleges, followed by Maharashtra with 14, Rajasthan with 12, Telangana with 11, West Bengal with 8, Madhya Pradesh with 7, Andhra Pradesh with 7, Karnataka with 5, Tamil Nadu with 5, and Kerala with 2.
NEET 2024 counselling postponed; likely to begin at month-end: Report
Even though the National Eligibility-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2024 counselling was scheduled to commence on 6th July 2024, the counselling process has now been deferred until further notice.
This comes after the Supreme Court had earlier denied postponing the counselling schedule of the NEET UG 2024 while considering the pleas alleging paper leak and demanding a re-conduction of the examination. The counselling session was expected to start on July 6 even though the Medical Counselling Committee had not shared any detailed notification and schedule for it.
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Postponed! NEET 2024 Counselling Likely To Begin At Month End, Schedule Not Finalised Yet: Report
DCI sets deadline for dental colleges to submit MDS student details
A letter has been issued by the Deputy Secretary, Dental Council of India (DCI), to the principals of all dental colleges in India regarding uploading the details of students admitted to MDS/PG Diploma courses in dental colleges for the academic session 2024-25 on the official website of DCI.
Through the letter, Mr Kumar has stated that as per the Counseling Schedule issued by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) for Online Counseling (Allotment Process) for National Eligibility- Entrance Test (NEET) 50% AIQ and 100% Deemed / Central Universities & State Quota seats for MDS Courses for the academic year 2024, the MCC declared that the last date for joining is 14th September 2024 and the commencement of academic session for PG Courses is 1st August, 2024 for the academic year 2024-25.
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DCI Gives Deadline To Dental Colleges To Upload MDS Students' Details