Health Bulletin 24/ October/ 2024 - Video
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Here are the top health news for the day:
Rajasthan: 7000 resident doctors strike for stipend increase, bond policy changes, workplace safety
Rajasthan healthcare services are impacted as around 7,000 resident doctors in the State suspended all services over their pending demands for a stipend hike and enhanced security measures at the workplace. Apart from these demands, the protesting doctors, who resumed their strike on Saturday, are also demanding revision of the mandatory bond policy, better hostel facilities and direct job recruitment based on merit for postgraduate and super-speciality doctors.
Commenting on the matter, a representative of the Jaipur Association of Resident Doctors (JARD) said that during the talks with them in August, the administration had assured that their demands would be fulfilled. However, they are now compelled to shut down all services due to inaction, the representative told PTI.
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Will NEET UG 2025 feature a new exam pattern? Here's what NTA confirms
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is waiting for the report of a High-Powered Expert Committee, formed on the directions of the Supreme Court, on the potential changes in the exam pattern of the National Eligibility-Entrance Test (NEET) 2025 exam.
Activist Dr. Vivek Pandey had filed a Right to Information (RTI) application seeking the minutes of the meetings regarding any potential changes in the NEET 2025 exam pattern. "Please provide the details of minutes of meeting held in month on July & August 2024 regarding the NEET 2024 & NEET 2025 Exam," Dr. Pandey mentioned in the RTI filed before the NMC.
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Supreme Court Extends NEET Expert Panel Report Deadline to November 4
The Supreme Court bench has granted two more weeks to the High-Level Committee of Experts to submit its recommendations to enhance the security measures for the National Eligibility-Entrance Test (NEET) exam.
Extending the time till November 4, 2024, the Apex Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, and Justices J B Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra mentioned in the order, "Time is extended for that purpose till 4 November 2024."
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Mumbai doctor duped of Rs 34.97 lakh in medical camp fraud
In a recent fraud case, a Mumbai-based doctor was swindled out of Rs 34.97 lakh by an elderly medical professional who claimed to be organizing free medical camps for police officers and the public.
The victim has been identified as a resident of Andheri who runs a clinic. The accused is a 52-year-old doctor who introduced himself as a paediatrician from Santacruz with a clinic in Juhu. The doctor allegedly orchestrated an elaborate plan and posed as a trustee of Sai Sansthan Shirdi and Baba Hospital Trust.
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