The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has introduced five security features in its redesigned medical passing certificates to curb the use of fake ones. The security measures include Individual QR codes, embossed logo, holograms, hidden (bleed) lines and watermarks. This step has been taken in connection with the controversial fake certificate scam associated with Maharashtra based […]
The Indian Council of Medical research has ordered terminating two clinical trials on baby foods funded by Nestle for violating the Indian law. This is the third Nestle-backed research study stopped by ICMR after violations were brought to the Union Health Ministry’s notice by an NGO, Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India, which monitors compliance to […]
Typhoid is one of the most common endemics in India. Now, recent research has shown that there is a need for a strict policy of antibiotic use and to devise and use more accurate diagnostic methodologies for typhoid, to be followed by the medical fraternity. Typhoid cases are on the rise and children, especially those […]
The Union Health Ministry is all set up with a plan for the implementation of NEXT, a common final year undergraduate medical examination, which will come into effect in three years. The ministry claims that it has given itself a deadline of six months for preparing the groundwork for implementation of NEXT. The Minister said […]
The National Medical Commission Bill, passed by both the houses will be notified in the gazette soon. President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the key legislation aimed at ushering in mega reforms in the medical education sector and replacing the nearly 63-year-old Indian Medical Council Act. “Once notified, the rules will be framed and the […]
The Delhi government has joined hands with a leading medical knowledge platform to provide free-of-cost online courses to Delhi government’s doctors to upgrade their medical skills. The announcement was made by the Delhi Health minister. Senior officials said that the leading online Continued Medical Education (CME) platform Omnicuris collaborated with the Delhi Medical Council to […]
The Government will expand its hypertension screening program, India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) to 100 more districts covering all states. Launched in 2017, IHCI has enrolled more than three lakh patients with high blood pressure in the government health facilities in 25 selected districts of the country in the states of Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, […]
The Rajya Sabha has passed the controversial National Medical Commission bill amidst the doctor’s protest across the country. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan called it a ‘golden day’ in the history of medical education. The bill was passed with two new amendments introduced by the Upper House, which means it will be referred to […]
In a first, AIIMS Delhi introduced a state-of-the-art fluorescence imaging technology for easy identification of cancer-affected breast tissues. Dr SVS Deo, the Surgical Oncology department head says that the technology will be a “game-changer” in breast cancer surgery space as it precisely helps identify relevant tissue intraoperatively. More than 250 peer-reviewed publications demonstrate that the […]
A research carried out by the faculty working in university of Mysore and JSS hospital of Mysore has traced the presence of deadly superbug ‘Candida Auris’ for the first time in the state. The presence of this superbug is confirmed through molecular sequencing. The superbug was traced following the research carried out by Umamaheshwari S, […]