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Health Bulletin 15/ February/ 2025 - Video

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Here are the top health news for the day:

Air India doctor sentenced to 3 years in jail for bribery

A doctor employed with Air India has been sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 1 lakh by a Special CBI court in Gujarat for demanding a bribe of Rs 25,000 in exchange for providing a favourable medical report for a recruit.

In two separate cases, the CBI booked a hotel owner in Uttarakhand for duping a bank of Rs 11 crore and an iron casting company in Rajasthan of Rs 9.62 crore for cheating after taking a loan from a bank, an official said on Thursday.

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Meerut doctor, 3 touts held for conducting illegal sex determination test
In a recent crackdown on illegal sex determination tests, a team from the Health Department in Rohtak raided an ultrasound centre in Meerut on Tuesday. During the raid, a doctor and three touts were arrested in connection.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that a major crackdown on illegal sex determination practices in Delhi led to the arrest of a radiologist and a tout at Arogya Diagnostic and Dental Centre in Dwarka. The raid was conducted after a tip-off indicated the centre's involvement in illegal sex determination. According to Deputy Commissioner Dhirendra Khadgata, the Health Department received specific information regarding illegal sex determination at the center, prompting the local authorities to take immediate action. Following the directions of the Deputy Commissioner, the Health Department conducted a raid.
New medical college hospital to come up in Jehanabad: CM Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday announced to set up a new Medical College and Hospital in Jehanabad district. The new facility is set to enhance healthcare services for the local population.

Kumar during his "Pragati Yatra " in Jehanabad, said that the state government had decided to establish a new Medical College and Hospital in this district which would help in providing better treatment facilities to people of the region.

Maharashtra to fill 666 vacant teaching posts in Government Medical Colleges
In a move to address the increasing demand for medical professionals in government medical colleges, the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has begun the recruitment process to fill 666 of the 1,600 vacant teaching posts, according to sources from the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER).

According to the news reports an official from the DMER said that these posts include 428 lecturers, 167 associate professors, and 71 professors for government medical colleges. While it does not cover all vacant posts, it is a major relief for government medical colleges that are currently managing contractual teachers.

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Dr. Garima Soni

BDS, MDS(orthodontics)

Dr. Garima Soni holds a BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) from Government Dental College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, and an MDS (Master of Dental Surgery) specializing in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics from Maitri College of Dentistry and Research Centre. At medical dialogues she focuses on dental news and dental and medical fact checks against medical/dental mis/disinformation
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