Health Bulletin 16/ July/ 2024 - Video

No action has been taken so far against the head of the Forensic Medicine department and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Pune-based Sassoon General Hospital by the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) in connection with the alleged manipulation of the blood sample of the teen driver involved in the May 19 Porsche car crash case.

Medical Dialogues on May 28 reported that the MMC issued notices to both doctors after taking suo moto cognizance of the matter. In the notice, the council had demanded a written explanation within seven days from the two doctors providing details for their alleged negligence following which actions were said to be taken accordingly.

Since July 10, six children have died from a suspected outbreak of the Chandipura virus in Gujarat, with the total number of cases rising to 12, according to state Health Minister Rushikesh Patel. The virus, which causes fever, flu-like symptoms, and acute encephalitis, is transmitted by vectors such as mosquitoes, ticks, and sand flies. Samples from the 12 patients have been sent to Pune's National Institute of Virology (NIV) for confirmation.

Among the cases, four were from Sabarkantha district, three from Aravalli, one from Mahisagar, and one from Kheda in Gujarat, with additional cases from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Five of the six deaths occurred at the civil hospital where paediatricians initially suspected the virus and sent samples to the NIV for testing.

Considering a batch of pleas filed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) seeking transfer of cases pending against it in various high courts on the NEET 2024 row to the top court to avoid multiplicity of litigations, the Supreme Court has issued notices to the private parties in the matter.

The tagged petitions will now be heard together with the main batch on July 18th 2024, Thursday.

Aiming to reduce the practice of tobacco usage in the country, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked all the medical college hospitals across the country to set up "Tobacco Cessation Centres"

The Commission has suggested setting up such centres as a special clinic operated by the Department of Psychiatry or other departments. Further, NMC has directed establishing such centres in the rural and urban health centres that the college has adopted for training.