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    TN: Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association calls for investment in Human Resources

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    Chennai: Pointing out that human resources are an essential part of the government health sector, the Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association (SDPGA) has expressed dissatisfaction over the recent announcement of the budget by the Health Department that placed more importance on infrastructure and technical issues. SDPGA’s president P Saminathan said the announcements primarily concentrated […] More

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    Limited internship seats, thousands of FMGE graduates facing uncertain future

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    Even after clearing the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE), MBBS graduates from abroad are facing difficulties to get themselves enrolled for the mandatory two-year internship programme in India. Due to the scarcity of adequate Internship seats, around 2000 such FMG doctors are facing an uncertain future as they will not be able to register/ practice […] More

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    Power of Reach: Why Celebrity Cancer Survivor Stories Matter?

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    Cancer survivors are people who battled the disease and came out alive from the life-threatening condition. Despite many innovations in medical science, cancer is still dreaded. The condition sees no class or creed and can happen to anyone irrespective of their lifestyle, medical history and economic situation. Celebrities who fight cancer tell us how common […] More

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    Top Indian American oncologist Dr Dattatreyudu Nori appointed senior adviser to Chennai centre of Sloan Kettering Centre

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    Top Indian American oncologist Dr Dattatreyudu Nori has been appointed senior advisor to the Chennai centre of the prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from New York. Observing that the opening of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from New York in India – the first of its kind outside the United States — “is a […] More

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    ICMR to conduct training course on “Harnessing the Power of Immunology in Medicine: Tools, Translation and Therapy”, details

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    Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has announced the conduction of training courses on Harnessing the Power of Immunology in Medicine: Tools, Translation and Therapy. ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health (NIRRCH), Indian Council of Medical Research, Mumbai, will conduct the training program, which will be sponsored by the Department of […] More

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    MUHS Issues Guidelines For BDS Students’ Transfer, Migration Winter Exams 2022

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    Maharashtra: Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) issues guidelines for students’ transfer from one recognized college to another recognized college and students’ migration after passing 1st year for BDS students (Winter – 2022 Examinations only). The University has framed the rules governing students’ transfer from one recognized college to another recognized college and students’ migration […] More

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    Holistic Medicine or Mixopathy: Delhi High Court to decide

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    New Delhi: The plea before the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the Centre to adopt the Indian Holistic Integrated Medicinal Approach, has now become a bone of contention to the practitioners of modern medicine, who are alleging it to be a step towards “mixopathy”. While recently the Court granted six weeks of time to the […] More

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    Health Bulletin 20/April/2023

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    Here are the top health stories for the day: NMC gives deadline to medical students abroad to fulfill deficiencies on pending applications for eligibility certificate Referring to the pending applications for issuance of Eligibility Certificates, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has now set a 30 days deadline for the students pursuing medical courses abroad to […] More

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    Eminent Oral Pathologist Dr R Viswanathan passes away at 89

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    Chennai: In an unfortunate incident, a well-known retired senior professor of Madras Dental College and former dean of Ragas Dental College in Tamil Nadu, Dr R. Viswanathan passed away at age 89 on 18th April 2023.   He was born on April 1934 and belonged to the first batch of the dental wing of Madras […] More

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    USFDA authorizes second Omicron-updated COVID booster for older adults

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    US: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized a second dose of Omicron-targeting COVID-19 vaccines for older adults as well as those with a weak immune system. The agency also said the updated shots from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna would become the new primary COVID vaccine, and withdrew its emergency-use authorization for the older messenger RNA […] More

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    Fortis to acquire 350 bedded Gurugram-based Medeor Hospital for Rs 225 crore

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    Gurugram: Fortis Healthcare Limited (”Company”), today, announced that it has signed definitive agreements with the VPS Group for the acquisition of its Medeor Hospital in Manesar, Gurugram, Haryana, (“Medeor Hospital”) for an overall purchase consideration of INR 225 Crore. The hospital has a potential bed capacity of 350 beds and can be operationalized in a […] More

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