New Delhi: A draft legislation seeking to punish people who assault on-duty doctors and other healthcare professionals by imprisoning them for up to 1...
Harsh Vardhan
Its Official: President Signs NMC Bill, National Medical Commission to replace MCI in 6 months
With the NMC Bill now getting the president’s assent, National Medical Commission will now be constituted in the next 6 months and will replace ...
Union Health Ministry to conduct breastfeeding awareness week every month till 2022: Dr Harsh Vardhan
“The activities around breastfeeding should be sustained throughout the year and therefore the Health Ministry will be carrying out activities t...
NMC Bill Protest: MARD calls off strike on humanitarian grounds
Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had passed the NMC Bill which seeks to create National Medical Commission in place of Medical Council of India (MCI...
NMC Bill Protest: IMA calls off Nationwide Strike due to various reasons
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called off its nationwide strike opposing the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill considering t...
Lok Sabha Passes Surrogacy Bill: What it means for doctors
Besides 5-10 jail and/or upto Rs 10 lakh fine, the bill lays down that details of medical practitioners in violation of the act would be sent to state...
Cracks in AIIMS RDA over calling off strike against NMC Bill
New Delhi: Fissures seem to have appeared in the AIIMS Resident Doctors” Association (RMA) as some of its members sought its dissolution allegin...
IMA calls 24 hour strike on August 8 to protest against NMC Bill
New Delhi : The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday called for a withdrawal of services of modern medicine doctors across the country on August...
Doctors Strike against NMC Bill: Union Health Minister appeals for Withdrawal
“Doctors had concerns about the NEET exam, AIIMS, the definition of the health provider and how it will be decided. We informed them that commun...
World Hepatitis Day: Union Health Minister urges for Mass movement to combat Viral hepatitis
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged people to come together to fight hepatitis. New Delhi, Pitching for creating a mass movement to combat viral...
