Hospital cannot be left scot-free for doctor's negligence: HC denies relief to Max Hospital Dehradun in Rs 10 lakh compensation case Adity Saha25 Feb 2026 5:12 PM ISTNainital: The Uttarakhand High Court has refused to grant interim relief to Max Healthcare Institute Limited in an alleged medical negligence...
No additional MBBS paper evaluation if rules don't permit- Karnataka HC sets aside order against RGUHS Adity Saha25 Feb 2026 11:45 AM ISTBengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has ruled that answer scripts cannot be sent for a third round of evaluation if the rules of Rajiv Gandhi...
Doctors cannot be treated as factory workers, regular employees: HC rebukes Chennai hospital, slaps Rs 1 lakh costs Adity Saha24 Feb 2026 3:15 PM ISTChennai: Holding that hospitals cannot treat doctors like a workman in a factory or a technical person or a regular employee, the Madras High...
Courts can't legislate, let govt decide on Dr prefix for physiotherapists: Kerala HC Adity Saha24 Feb 2026 1:48 PM ISTErnakulam: While hearing an appeal challenging a single-bench verdict allowing physiotherapists and occupational therapists use the 'Dr'...
NEET PG: SC to examine impact of cutoff reduction after centre maintains exam does not certify doctors' competence Adity Saha23 Feb 2026 6:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court of India today observed that it would have to examine the impact of the sharp reduction in the qualifying percentile...
HC quashes medical council order requiring foreign qualified doctors to add 'equivalent to MBBS in India' suffix Adity Saha23 Feb 2026 1:30 PM ISTKochi: The Kerala High Court has quashed notices issued by the Travancore Cochin Medical Council directing them to add the suffix 'equivalent to MBBS...
Missed foetal cyst in NT Scan, Hyderabad diagnostic centre slapped Rs 2.2 lakh compensation Annapurna22 Feb 2026 9:30 AM ISTHyderabad: The Rangareddy District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered a diagnostic centre in Hyderabad to pay Rs 2.2 lakh for issuing...
Supreme Court issues notice to NMC, KUHS over internship stipend disparity Kajal Rajput21 Feb 2026 12:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: In the matter of stipend disparity, the Supreme Court has sought responses from the National Medical Commission (NMC), Kerala...
HC laments over 36 percent faculty vacancies at AIIMS Nagpur Adity Saha21 Feb 2026 9:30 AM ISTNagpur: Expressing serious concern over 137 vacant posts out of 373 sanctioned faculty positions at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,...
Apollo hospital Secunderabad, Orthopaedic surgeon, Neurologist get Rs 23 crore relief in medical negligence case Adity Saha20 Feb 2026 6:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has dismissed a Rs 23 crore medical negligence complaint filed against Apollo...
Prescribing allopathic medicines without recognised medical qualification is negligence- Consumer Court slaps compensation for vision loss Adity Saha19 Feb 2026 4:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Holding that prescribing allopathic medicines without having a recognised medical qualification amounts to a deficiency in service,...
NMC flags 'fake patient' during inspection, HC stays Santiniketan Medical College PG course Adity Saha19 Feb 2026 2:22 PM ISTBolpur: Noting that a fake patient was kept at Santiniketan Medical College and Hospital without any proper case history to show higher patient...
