Health Bulletin 29/December/2025 - Video

In a recent order, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has ruled that excluding students from consideration for admission under the State quota MBBS seats because they studied outside the State due to their parents being privately employed outside Himachal Pradesh is neither arbitrary nor unconstitutional.

The HC bench comprising Justice Ajay Mohan Goel held that, as per the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Rajdeep Ghosh v. State of Assam, such exclusion is based on a valid classification and it does not violate Article 14 of the Constitution.

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HC upholds exclusion of students educated outside state due to parents' private employment from MBBS state quota

Aiming to provide the patients with a clearer disclosure and itemised breakdown of charges, India's national standards body has introduced a uniform, but voluntary hospital bill format, Telegraph India has reported.

This new format has been introduced amid long-standing concerns about high opacity levels in hospital bills across the country, and it seeks to establish a common benchmark for clarity and accountability in billing.

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Centre introduces uniform hospital bill for improving transparency in healthcare expenses

The Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) has decided to review the number of seats in medical colleges in Odisha and determine whether to apply for an increase in seats.

This decision comes after the National Medical Commission (NMC) decided to continue the temporary relaxation of MBBS admission rules for existing medical colleges for the 2026-27 academic year. Odisha has a total of 14 government medical colleges.

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Odisha to review MBBS seat increase after NMC extends relaxation for 2026-27

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission VIII (Central), Delhi, has directed a private nursing home in the city to pay Rs 20 lakh compensation to a woman, who suffered the loss of her fallopian tube and permanent infertility due to the medical negligence of a treating doctor.

The Commission observed that the treating doctor failed to diagnose the patient's ectopic pregnancy on time and also misrepresented her qualifications. Accordingly, the consumer court held the private nursing home vicariously liable for the acts of the doctor and ordered,

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Delayed diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy, loss of fallopian tube: Consumer Court slaps Rs 20 lakh compensation on nursing home