Health Bulletin 13/March/2026 - Video
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Here are the top health stories for the day:
7,579 DM, MCh, DNB SS Seats Available for NEET SS 2025 Counselling
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the final seat matrix for NEET Super Speciality (SS) Counselling 2025, detailing the available seats for DM, MCh, and DrNB Super Speciality courses across participating medical institutions in India.
According to the matrix, 3,267 seats are available under DrNB super speciality programmes, while 4,312 seats have been listed for DM/MCh courses, taking the total number of super speciality seats to 7,579. Specialities with the highest seats include Cardiology, Neurology, Urology, Plastic Surgery, and Critical Care Medicine.
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7579 DM, MCh, DNB SS seats available for MCC NEET SS Counselling 2025, Details
Rajasthan Mandates Rs 25 Lakh Bank Guarantee for DM, MCh Admissions, Doctors Raise Objections
Government Doctors in Rajasthan who want to pursue super-speciality courses- DM and MCh- through the NEET SS will now have to submit a bank guarantee of Rs 25 lakh, equal to the bond amount, before their documents are released as part of a new move by the state government to ensure that they return and serve in government hospitals.
These postgraduate medicos include those currently serving or will serve under the Rajasthan State Bond Service Policy, who have been selected in NEET SS during their bond service period. However, they will now be required to submit a bank guarantee in order to get their documents resealed and participate in NEET-SS counselling for pursuing DM/MCh training.
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2,300 CPS PG Doctors Await Exams, Doctors Seek Government Intervention
Following a protest by postgraduate medical doctors trained under the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS), Mumbai, over the non-commencement of their final examinations for specialist qualification for more than a year, a doctors' body has highlighted that over 2,300 such doctors are facing career uncertainty and urged the government to pay attention to the issue through social media.
Raising the matter, Dr Dhruv Chauhan, National Spokesperson of the Indian Medical Association Junior Doctors Network (IMA JDN), said that around 2,300 doctors who had taken admission to CPS postgraduate diploma courses through NEET-PG via the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) in the 2021–22 session have already completed their courses. However, their final examinations have not been conducted due to the ongoing dispute between the National Medical Commission (NMC) and CPS.
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2,300 CPS PG doctors await final exams amid NMC dispute, doctors' body seeks govt intervention
Supreme Court Allows Passive Euthanasia for Man in 13-Year Vegetative State
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has allowed the withdrawal of artificial life support for a 32-year-old man who has been in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) for nearly 13 years. The court permitted the withdrawal of Clinically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration (CANH) being administered to him and also urged the Central government to introduce a comprehensive law governing passive euthanasia and end-of-life care.
The bench, comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan, said all medical and legal requirements necessary to withdraw treatment had been satisfied in this case. The court noted that continued medical intervention was no longer in the patient’s best interests and directed that the treatment, including CANH, be withdrawn or withheld in accordance with proper medical and palliative care protocols.
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Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia, orders life support withdrawal for man in vegetative state
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