Health Bulletin 06/ May/ 2025 - Video

Observing that there no extension could be granted, especially for joining the Rural Health Service, the Madras High Court recently dismissed the pleas filed by doctors who sought an extension of the deadline to report and join duty at the Government Primary Health Centre.

"There cannot be any extension of service, particularly, when the petitioners had been called to join in Rural Health Service. The petitioners cannot, as a matter of right, seek extension and claim that only after completing their Post Graduation Course, which course they were already doing even at the time of applying for the post, they would join and render service," observed the HC bench comprising C.V. Karthikeyan.

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Union of India, National Medical Commission (NMC), and the National Board of Examinations (NBE) on the plea challenging the National Eligibility-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2025 examination being held in double shifts.

Filing the plea, the United Doctors' Front sought that the upcoming PG medical entrance test examination be conducted in a single shift to ensure transparency, uniformity in difficulty levels, and equal standards of evaluation.

In a tragic incident, a doctor, pursuing a postgraduate (PG) course in MD Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (FMT) at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his residence in Raipur.

A suicide note recovered by the police from his room revealed that he had been struggling with extreme work pressure. The medico cited immense work pressure at the hospital as the reason for taking the drastic step and apologised to his parents for taking his own life.

The Gujarat High Court has asked the state government to provide details regarding fire safety measures in hospitals across the state, including the number of hospitals and whether they have valid Fire No Objection Certificates (NOCs).

This direction came during the hearing of a suo motu PIL related to the deadly fire at the TRP Game Zone in Rajkot in May last year, where 27 people, including four children, lost their lives.