Doctors cannot be treated as factory workers, regular employees: HC rebukes Chennai hospital, slaps Rs 1 lakh costs Written By Adity Saha24 Feb 2026 3:15 PM ISTChennai: Holding that hospitals cannot treat doctors like a workman in a factory or a technical person or a regular employee, the Madras High...
NMC issues advisory to doctors on prescribing WADA-prohibited substances, calls for anti-doping awareness in medical education Written By Adity Saha24 Feb 2026 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked all medical colleges, hospitals and doctors to be cautious while prescribing...
NMC proposes mandatory dedicated corpus fund for running medical colleges Written By Adity Saha23 Feb 2026 4:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has proposed making it mandatory for medical colleges to maintain a dedicated corpus fund, as...
HC quashes medical council order requiring foreign qualified doctors to add 'equivalent to MBBS in India' suffix Written By Adity Saha23 Feb 2026 1:30 PM ISTKochi: The Kerala High Court has quashed notices issued by the Travancore Cochin Medical Council directing them to add the suffix 'equivalent to MBBS...
NMC approves 540 DM, MCh seats across 89 medical colleges, Details Written By Adity Saha22 Feb 2026 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted an additional 540 seats to 89 medical colleges across the country after...
Missed foetal cyst in NT Scan, Hyderabad diagnostic centre slapped Rs 2.2 lakh compensation Written By Annapurna22 Feb 2026 9:30 AM ISTHyderabad: The Rangareddy District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered a diagnostic centre in Hyderabad to pay Rs 2.2 lakh for issuing...
NMC proposes amendments to Establishment of New Medical Institutions, Assessment and Rating regulations 2023 Written By Adity Saha21 Feb 2026 2:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a gazette notification proposing draft amendments, including the addition and...
HC laments over 36 percent faculty vacancies at AIIMS Nagpur Written By Adity Saha21 Feb 2026 9:30 AM ISTNagpur: Expressing serious concern over 137 vacant posts out of 373 sanctioned faculty positions at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,...
Apollo hospital Secunderabad, Orthopaedic surgeon, Neurologist get Rs 23 crore relief in medical negligence case Written By Adity Saha20 Feb 2026 6:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has dismissed a Rs 23 crore medical negligence complaint filed against Apollo...
2,356 faculty posts vacant across 20 AIIMS institutes, 446 in AIIMS New Delhi: Health Minister tells Parliament Written By Adity Saha20 Feb 2026 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Nearly 19,561 posts, including 2,356 faculty positions and 17,205 non-faculty positions, are lying vacant across 20 All India...
Prescribing allopathic medicines without recognised medical qualification is negligence- Consumer Court slaps compensation for vision loss Written By Adity Saha19 Feb 2026 4:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Holding that prescribing allopathic medicines without having a recognised medical qualification amounts to a deficiency in service,...
Maharashtra medical council to take action on 'ghost signature' on lab reports Written By Adity Saha19 Feb 2026 9:30 AM ISTMumbai: In a shocking case of illegal medical practice, the signature of a pathologist who passed away nearly three months ago continues to...
