Niti Aayog to soon come out with draft bill on medical regulator savita20 Jan 2017 1:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Niti Aayog is working on a bill to streamline regulatory framework for medical institutes and replace the Medical Council of India (MCI)...
40 Post Graduation seats in 10 Medical Colleges added for year 2017-18 savita17 Jan 2017 1:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has sent a communique (letter to permission) to various medical colleges affiliated with...
Free foreign trips for Doctors by pharma cos allowed: IT Tribunal Meghna A Singhania16 Jan 2017 3:38 PM ISTCode of conduct laid down by the Medical Council of India (MCI) in its regulations which debar or limit freebies are meant to be followed by the...
Salient features of Indian Medical Council Amendment Bill, 2016 Meghna A Singhania1 Jan 2017 8:00 PM ISTMinistry of Health and Family welfare has prepared a draft Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and has invited  suggestions/feedback in...
Dr KK Aggarwal takes oath as IMA national president savita29 Dec 2016 12:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal was sworn in as the 88th President of Indian Medical Association (IMA). Dr RN...
High Court refuses to strike down MCI regulation on disability Meghna A Singhania26 Dec 2016 8:32 PM ISTCourt observed that MCIÂ had framed regulations as it had better knowledge of the issue than the court.Bombay: The Bombay High Court is reported to...
Council suspends 5 medical practitioners for ethical violations Meghna A Singhania20 Dec 2016 11:20 AM ISTJaipur: Five Medical Practitioners are facing suspension of registration by the Rajasthan Medical Council, after they were found flouting the ethical...
Gujrat HC issues notice to Medical Council of India, Centre on prescription of generic drugs Meghna A Singhania15 Dec 2016 1:40 PM ISTAhmedabad: Taking up the issue of doctors prescribing generic drugs, the Gujrat High Court recently is reported to have issued a notice to number of...
Medical Council of India suspends Six Doctors for working in more than one medical college Meghna A Singhania12 Dec 2016 12:15 PM ISTMumbai: Six medical faculty members in the state are now facing suspension orders from the Medical Council of India (MCI), after it was revealed that...
HP: Government to charge Rs 1crore for opting out of bond service from specialists Noha5 Dec 2016 3:19 PM ISTProposed Opt-out Cost- Rs 50 lakh for MBBS and Rs 1 crore for SpecialistsHP: In a desperate attempt to retain medical practitioners in the state...
Foreign Doctors may soon be allowed to practice in India Meghna A Singhania4 Dec 2016 7:06 PM ISTNew Delhi :Doctors with foreign backgrounds may get a strong ease to practice in India, as the government is mulling over to allow foreign...
Bihar: Doctors to pay Rs 3.51 crore for performing unwanted hysterectomies Noha29 Nov 2016 3:15 PM ISTPatna: The state government, coming down strong on the medical practitioners who were involved in the so called uterus scam of 2012, is all set to...
