Young house-surgeons at government colleges who pursue their mandatory one-year of house surgeon-ship are disappointed by the government’s inefficiency. Since their postings as interns in District Wenlock, Lady Goschen Hospital and other urban community health centres, these doctors have not received their stipend for the past ten months. The doctors have been submitting memorandums to […]

Acknowledging the importance of research in learning, the Medical Council of India Board of Governors (MCI-BoG) has introduced a compulsory online course in basic research methods for all postgraduate students in the country and the faculties without prior research training. The course will be mandatory for the medical PG students being admitted from the academic […]

The Medical Council of India(MCI) has recently revamped the MBBS curriculum. Communication as a subject for medical education is scheduled to be introduced this year in the new curriculum. But, according to the doctors, this measure is a classic example of misdirected action. The main aim behind the plan in bringing communication skills as a […]

Students completing postgraduate degrees or diplomas in any faculty of the Goa Medical College (GMC) will have to compulsorily serve a three-year bond wherein the successful candidate will be required to work in a government hospital or any other medical institute under the public health department. Excuse of further studies – no more ! The […]