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    Prescribing Medicine without Considering patient’s condition: Surgeon slapped Rs 2 lakh compensation

    New Delhi: Holding a Thane-based Surgeon negligent while providing treatment to a patient suffering from Stress Urine Incontinence (SUI), the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed the doctor to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation to the patient. The Apex consumer court made this observation after noting that the surgeon had prescribed the medicine Dolamide […] More

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    Acne Excoriée: Tips To Treat This Skin-Picking Condition

    Acne is one of the most bothersome and irritating skin disorder that we face. It is a persistent problem which gets triggered die to several factors like hormonal fluctuations, weather changes, pollution, stress, etc. having pimples and acne also brings along with it the habit of picking and popping them. We all know it as […] More

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    AP High Court dismisses plea against minimum age condition in NEET

    The Andhra Pradesh High Court division bench recently dismissed a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the minimum age criteria for appearing in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). As per Regulation 4(1) of the Medical Council of India Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997, “No Candidate shall be allowed to be admitted to the Medical […] More