Health Bulletin 23/December/2022 - Video
Overview
Here are the top health stories for the day:
Gurugram hospital conducts India's first 3-way liver transplant swap, saves 3 lives
Doctors at Gurugram-based Medanta Hospital have successfully performed the country's first three-way transplant swap, in which three patients simultaneously received life-saving liver transplants. The patients were suffering from terminal liver failure, each needing an urgent liver transplant to survive.
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The surge of COVID-19 in China-should it be a cause of concern for indians?
The recent unprecedented surge in Covid cases in China has sent Alarm Bells ringing worldwide. Govt of India has too has expressed concerns. Fear and Panic seem to be driving the masses. Govt acting with an abundance of caution can be justified, but there seems little cause for worry for vaccinated healthy citizens in India. But How? Let's analyze.
Better Immunity among Indians?
Widespread infection by Sars-CoV-2 during the second wave of Covid-19 in India has given solid immunity to Indians.
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The Surge Of COVID-19 In China-Should It Be A Cause Of Concern For Indians?
NMC gives deadline to all medical colleges to submit MBBS admissions info online
The Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) recently directed all the medical colleges/institutes to submit the details of the students who got admitted in the MBBS course during the academic year 2022-2023.
NMC issued such a direction to ensure that all the MBBS admissions have been made while adhering to the judicial decisions and MCI / NMC Regulations, to make sure that no admission has been made beyond intake capacity, and eligibility criteria, qualifying marks specified under the Regulation on Graduate Medical Education, 1997 are being followed.
For more details, check out the link given below:
NMC Gives Deadline To All Medical Colleges To Submit MBBS Admissions Info Online
IPCA labs, Cadila Healthcare among 16 Indian Pharma Firms blacklisted in Nepal
In a major setback, Nepal has banned import of medicines from 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies including IPCA Laboratories, Cadila Healthcare, Baba Ramdev promoted Divya Pharmacy for allegedly failing to comply with the World Health Organization's (WHO) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
Nepal's Department of Drug Administration has released a list of 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies. IPCA Labs in South Sikkim and Ahmedabad-based Cadila Healhcare have also been mentioned in the list that do not comply regulatory compliance apart from Divya Pharmacy, which is part of yoga guru Ramdev's business conglomerate Patanjali Ayurved.
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IPCA Labs, Cadila Healthcare Among 16 Indian Pharma Firms Blacklisted In Nepal
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