Odisha struggling with shortage of doctors
The national average of doctor-population ratio stands at 1: 811 while the World Health Organization's prescribed norm specifies the posting of one doctor for 1,000 people.
The national average of doctor-population ratio stands at 1: 811 while the World Health Organization's prescribed norm specifies the posting of one doctor for 1,000 people.
Five doctors were killed in a tragic road accident here on Lucknow - Agra expressway early Wednesday.
Three doctors of the Bhagwan Das Khetan Government Hospital of Jhunjhunu city of Rajasthan were suspended for wrongly declaring a patient dead, and subsequently performing postmortem the same day.
The largest South Korean doctors' advocacy group voted on Sunday to impeach its chief, holding him responsible for poor responses to a prolonged walkout by junior doctors and various other controversies.
It pertains to six-point suggestions to the government on how to improve state-run healthcare services.
The Right to Health Bill was passed in the Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday amidst a hue and cry by the opposition BJP.
A passenger will receive faster treatment if he falls sick in a train or while it is moving.
Normal functioning of hospitals in Kerala was disrupted as the dawn-to-dusk statewide strike called by Kerala-chapter of IMA.
The arrested doctors have been identified as Zahid, Athar and Abid while Pakistani Rupee PKR 20 million were also recovered from their possession.
The NMC would either withhold approval or recognition to renew licenses of medical colleges if they are found non-compliant with the system. It has also threatened not to increase medical seats in undergraduate and postgraduate MBBS or MD/MS seats.
