Health Bulletin 10/December/2025 - Video
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Here are the top health stories for the day:
198 BDS and BSc Nursing Seats Available in MCC NEET Round 5 Counselling
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the NEET UG Round 5 Counselling Clear Vacancy for admission into the BDS and BSc Nursing for the academic year 2025.
The Clear Vacancy details have been released on the official website of MCC, according to which, a total of 198 seats are vacant across the BDS and BSc Nursing courses all over India. Of these, a total of 147 seats are vacant in BDS and 51 seats are vacant in BSc Nursing.
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198 BDS, BSc Nursing seats up for grabs in MCC NEET counselling round 5, check details
NMC Directs Medical Colleges to Submit E-Bank Guarantee, Undertaking Within 7 Days of LoP Issuance
New Delhi: Through a recent notice, the National Medical Commission (NMC) asked all private medical colleges to submit an E-Bank Guarantee and all Govt and Private medical colleges/institutions to submit an undertaking within 7 days of being issued with the Letter of Permission (LoP) for the postgraduate medical seats for the academic year 2025-2026.
NMC, the Apex Medical Education Regulatory Body, issued this direction to the medical colleges after the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the Commission issued a notice on 04.12.2025, seeking an affidavit and E-Bank Guarantee from Medical Colleges/Institutions that have received LoP for starting/increasing PG seats for the AY 2025-2026.
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Submit E-Bank guarantee, undertaking within 7 days of issuance of LoP: NMC directs medical colleges
NHA Addressing Glitches in National Medical Register, Assures Health Ministry
The technical support for the development and maintenance of the National Medical Register (NMR) portal for doctors is provided by the National Health Authority (NHA), the Union Minister of State for Health, Smt Anupriya Patel recently informed the Lok Sabha.
Minister Patel further added that any technical issues faced by the doctors on the NMR portal are also addressed and resolved by the Union MoS Health, Smt. Anupriya Patel.
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High Court Upholds One-Year Mandatory Service for PCMS Doctors Applying for PG Admissions
Upholding the Punjab Health Department's policy requiring Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) doctors to complete a mandatory minimum of one year of service before joining a postgraduate medical course under the non-incentive category, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed that "considerations like rendering service to the department for some period, cannot be said to be wholly without any purpose or irrational."
The High Court bench comprising Justices Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Rohit Kapoor made this observation while considering the plea by a doctor, who challenged Clause 3.1 mentioned in the letter dated 25.06.2019, which was also included in the 2025 prospectus.
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