Health Bulletin 01/ May/ 2025 - Video

Non-teaching consultants and specialists working in government hospitals are going to be allowed to work as faculty in medical colleges, the chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC), Dr BN Gangadhar, has confirmed.

NMC took this decision to increase the faculty pool in the medical colleges, and the specialist doctors who will be roped in to work as faculties include the specialists serving in defence and railway medical facilities as well.

In the latest development regarding the issue of non-payment of stipend to resident doctors and MBBS interns, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Department of Health and Family Welfare to address the matter and take appropriate action.

A recent Right to Information (RTI) application filed by Dr KV Babu, a health activist based in Kerala, revealed that the PMO received Dr. Babu's letter on March 21 and forwarded the same "for action as appropriate" through the Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) to the Department of Health and Family Welfare, TNIE has reported.

A doctor couple is facing serious allegations after the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) found that a female doctor posted at a government hospital, was allegedly swapping duties with her husband, a private doctor and treating patients without permission.

The incident took place at Government Taluk Hospital, Tirurangadi, where the husband doctor was allegedly treating patients in place of his wife. Following this, the VCB has directed the Health Department to initiate appropriate action against the doctor couple.

The Maharashtra Health Department has taken disciplinary action against 24 hospitals in Nagpur district for allegedly denying free treatment to patients under the Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) scheme. This was revealed in recent data obtained through a Right To Information (RTI) application.

In the notices issued to the hospitals, the government has suspended some hospitals, while others have been de-empanelled from the scheme, effectively ending their association with it altogether.