Health Bulletin 02/ May/ 2025 - Video
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Here are the top health news for the day:
NMC issues show cause notice to 20 medical colleges over Annual declaration report lapses
Cracking the whip on non-compliance, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has named 20 medical colleges that failed to submit their Annual Declaration Reports (ADRs) despite repeated notices and has issued show cause notices to them. The defaulting colleges have now been given a final opportunity to upload the required data by May 12, 2025, along with a penalty of Rs 50,000 per course, inclusive of GST.
While previously the last date to submit the annual declaration was 02.05.2025, the Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of NMC has now extended it till 12.05.2025.
In a unified stand for academic reform, the faculty bodies of two of India's premier medical institutions-AIIMS New Delhi and PGIMER Chandigarh-have voiced strong discontent over the prolonged delay in implementing the promised rotatory headship system. In a joint letter addressed to Union Health Minister JP Nadda, the Faculty Association of AIIMS (FAIMS) and the Faculty Association of PGIMER have announced the launch of a month-long black badge campaign starting from today, May 1, 2025, to protest the inaction.
Despite a 2023 assurance from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that the rotatory headship system would be operational by June 2024, the faculty associations allege that no concrete steps have been taken. Highlighting the absence of dialogue with the Minister’s office and growing frustration among faculty members, both associations reaffirmed that implementing a rotatory and collegium-based structure is crucial for fair, transparent, and democratic academic governance.
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Altogether 1166 medical students dropped out of their undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses, and 119 medical students committed suicide in the last five years, revealed the data obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application.
The data in this regard was shared by the National Medical Commission (NMC) while responding to an RTI application filed by a member of the United Doctors' Front (UDF).
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A magistrate court in Mumbai on Wednesday granted bail to a 44-year-old orthopaedic surgeon arrested last week over allegations of forging his MS Orthopaedics degree and misrepresenting his medical credentials. Judicial Magistrate SP Bhosale ordered the doctor's release upon furnishing a cash bail of Rs. 50,000.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that a fake orthopaedic surgeon has been arrested for allegedly duping patients by pretending to be a qualified and certified medical practitioner at several top private hospitals in the western suburbs without a valid medical degree. He is currently in judicial custody.
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