Health Bulletin 23/September/2025 - Video
Overview
Here are the top health stories of the day:
UP Medical Degree Scam: Fake degrees sold, real ones rented to labs
In a shocking incident, a major racket selling fake medical degrees and renting real medical degrees to register pathological labs has been uncovered in Uttar Pradesh. The investigation revealed how fake doctors are reportedly being created within months and how licensed doctors rent out their names to pathology labs, putting public health in danger.
A sting operation conducted by Dainik Bhaskar exposed a nexus between doctors, brokers and private universities. It revealed that fake doctors were created through shortcuts, such as purchasing a backdated degree by investing lakhs of rupees, and real doctors rented out their medical degrees for pathology lab registrations.
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UP Medical Scam: Lakhs Paid for Fake Medical Degrees, Real Ones Rented to Labs
Medical Journalism Bridges Gap between public and healthcare knowledge, says Kerala HC Judge
Emphasizing the significance of medical journalism, Kerala High Court judge Justice Devan Ramachandran on Saturday said the media plays a vital role in bridging the gap between the general public and the medical community by making complex medical information easier to understand.
He was speaking at the inaugural session of the National Health Journalism Summit Medi Media, held at the IMA House here, according to a release issued by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ).
The event was jointly organised by Aster Medcity, the Ernakulam Press Club, and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Cochin chapter, the release said.
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Kerala HC Judge: Medical Journalism Bridges Public, Healthcare Knowledge Gap
FIR against 2 doctors for performing Abdominal instead of Vaginal Hysterectomy
In a shocking case of alleged medical negligence, two doctors at Shalini Hospital in Sitapur have been booked for allegedly removing a woman’s uterus through an abdominal incision instead of the recommended vaginal route.
The doctors have also been accused of discarding the removed uterus in hospital waste rather than sending it for histopathological examination, a standard medical protocol used to detect underlying medical conditions.
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FIR Filed Against Doctors for Abdominal Instead of Vaginal Hysterectomy
MBBS Admission Scam: Suspended Sion Hospital Deputy Dean booked for duping doctor of Rs 70 lakh
The suspended deputy dean of Sion Hospital has once again come under police radar for MBBS admission fraud after he allegedly duped a Dharavi-based doctor of Rs 70 lakh four years ago, promising an MBBS seat for his daughter under the management quota at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital.
This is the 6th time that the suspended doctor has been booked in a cheating and fraud case. Along with him, three of his associates, including a doctor, have also been booked in connection with the case.
The concerned deputy dean was suspended in 2023 after he was arrested in another case of a medical admission scam.
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MBBS Admission Scam: Doctor duped of Rs 70 lakh; Suspended deputy dean of Sion Hospital booked
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