The International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA) is all set to attend the 61st general assembly of the international panel of medics to be held in India. This will be the first time the IFMSA will attend the …
Serving a rural posting has been made compulsory for government doctors in Jammu and Kashmir to better address the problems of the people in far-flung areas, a minister says. "I have made a minimum posting of 10 years in rural …
The Indian government plans to bring a regulation to ensure doctors have a compulsory stint in the country especially in the rural sector, Minister of State for Health Sudip Bandopadhyay said. "The government is spending crores …
Huge irregularities have surfaced in the functioning of Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO), with a parliamentary panel pointing out that at least 33 drugs have been allowed to be sold in India without proper …
Recently we reported that Parliament Standing committee had spotted irregularities in the operations of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization. Turns out the CDSCO is facing a severe staff shortage and the headquarters …
Things are getting worse and worse for union health ministry. According to a report tabled in parliament today by the standing committee, drug regulators have broken various laws approving drugs without clinical trials, at times …
Ghulam Nabi Azad expressed dismay at dearth of medical professionals in north, central and north-eastern India. The reason for this he said was that 80% of the country’s medical colleges are situated in the southern and western …
To improve the rural health scenario the government intends to introduce the Bachelor of Rural Healthcare course (BRHC), which will require all medical students to work in rural areas for a period of time. This will see a …
After hearing about health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s plan to make doctors sign bonds that will force them to come back to India after completing their education in the USA, this is what the health.india.com readers had to say …
Over 2000 post-graduate doctors, house surgeons and senior residents of five state government-run are going to boycott work from Monday to protest the three year compulsory bonded rural service for PG students. "Though we had …
