Health Bulletin 17/ January/ 2025 - Video
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Here are the top health news for the day:
While considering a plea seeking to restrict non-MBBS practitioners from signing medical laboratory reports, the Rajasthan High Court bench reiterated the Supreme Court's observation specifying that "Laboratory Report can be countersigned only by a registered medical practitioner with a post-graduate qualification in pathology".
Taking note of the Supreme Court's ruling on the matter, the High Court held that the concerns raised in the plea were no longer valid. Accordingly, disposing of the petition, the HC bench comprising Justice Avneesh Jhingan mentioned in the order, "In view of the order passed by the Supreme Court, the grievance raised in the present writ petition no longer survives. The petition is disposed of."
The Bombay High Court recently upheld the Rs 15 lakh further compensation as directed by the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission to a man whose minor boy lost his leg due to medical negligence of doctors at a civic-run hospital in 2010.
The high court has emphasized the need for authorities to uphold basic human rights, especially in cases of medical negligence, as it asked the Thane civic body to pay pending compensation awarded to a boy who lost his leg in 2010.
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Not in hybrid mode, but the National Eligibility-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2025 Examination will be conducted in pen and paper mode in a single day and single shift, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced.
NTA issued this clarification in a notice issued on 16th January 2025 after the National Medical Commission (NMC) took its decision in this regard.
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Doctors at Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai said that Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan sustained at least 6 injuries after being attacked by an intruder at his residence early Thursday morning. A surgery was performed to remove a 2.5-inch-long knife lodged in his spine, and his leaking spinal fluid was also repaired.
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan sustained a major injury to the thoracic spinal cord due to a lodged knife in the spine and surgery was performed to remove a 2.5-inch-long knife from the actor's spine and repair his 'leaking spinal fluid', said a doctor of the Lilavati Hospital.
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