Health Bulletin 14/ May/ 2025 - Video

Amid the allegations of mismanagement and irregularities in the functioning of the Delhi Medical Council (DMC), which regulates medical practice in the Capital, the Delhi Government has moved a proposal to dissolve the council, Hindustan Times has reported.

If the proposal gets approval from the lieutenant governor (LG), this will be the first time that the Council would be dissolved since 1998, when the Council came into existence.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has slapped show cause notices on 34 Government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu for deficiencies in faculty and services, including labs and surgeries. The action has reportedly been taken against all the government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, except Madras Medical College and Govt Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital.

According to The Times of India, among the 36 Government medical colleges (GMCs) in the State, altogether 34 colleges have a shortage of staff in up to 95% of the departments, including the departments of general medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, and dermatology. This was the most common deficiency that NMC highlighted in the show-cause notices issued to these medical colleges.

Denying to grant relief to a group of MBBS students, who had sought relaxation in the pass percentage in their exam, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed that it was a settled principle that courts should exercise utmost caution before interfering in matters of educational standards laid down by a statutory authority like the National Medical Commission (NMC), more particularly when those standards are based on considerations of public welfare and safety.

While delivering the judgement, the HC bench also reiterated that the decisions of other High Courts, particularly those supported by elaborate reasoning, may have high persuasive value, but they do not become binding precedents for courts outside their jurisdiction.

This comes after the department discovered that the clinic was operating in violation of licence conditions. It was reported that the clinic rushed to obtain its registration within just a month of applying, even though the standard process typically takes around two months for medical establishments.