Health Bulletin 09/October/2025 - Video
Overview
Here are the top health stories of the day:
RTI Exposes Major Discrepancy Between Parliament, Medical Council Doctor Count in India
The Delhi Medical Council had a total of 72,636 doctors registered with it as of 2020, the Council revealed in response to an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
However, on 2 August 2024, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, the Union Health Ministry submitted a state-wise count of registered allopathic doctors across India. According to the data provided in Lok Sabha, Delhi had 31,479 registered doctors under the Delhi Medical Council, which shows a mismatch of over 40,000 doctors, compared to the medical council's data.
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HC Issues Notices on Rs 10 Lakh MBBS Admission Processing Fee to State, Medical College
While considering a plea that challenged the provision requiring a Rs 10 lakh processing fee at the time of counselling for MBBS admissions, a Division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought the response from the State authorities.
TOI has reported that the HC bench has issued notices to the authorities, including the principal secretary of medical education, the director of medical education, and RKDF Medical College, Bhopal.
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Rs 10 lakh processing fee for MBBS admissions: HC issues notices to state, medical college
WBCERC Orders Hospitals to Release Bodies Within 5 Hours, Bars Delay Over Unpaid Bills
The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) ordered that hospitals cannot hold back bodies of deceased patients for more than five hours for non-payment of dues or while waiting for insurance claim approval.
Further, the Commission has clarified that if any hospital keeps a body for more than five hours, the reason must be documented and the Commission informed. If this order is violated, the hospitals will have to face penal measures, the Commission said.
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UP Shocker: Dead Body Discovered in Water Tank at Deoria Medical College
A disturbing incident has emerged from Maharshi Devaraha Baba Medical College in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria, where panic spread across the campus after cleaning staff discovered a decomposed body of a man inside the college’s overhead water tank. The body is suspected to have been in the tank for nearly 10 days. Unaware of the situation, students and staff had been using the contaminated water for daily use until a foul smell prompted them to stop.
The body was so badly decomposed that the skin began peeling off when touched. It took the fire department nearly six hours to retrieve the body from the tank, after which it was sent for post-mortem examination. Meanwhile, family members of patients admitted to the hospital accused the administration of gross negligence. Some patients alleged that they had complained about the foul smell in the water for at least three days, but their concerns were ignored.
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UP Horror: Decomposed body found in Deoria Medical College water tank
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