Health Bulletin 18/December/2025 - Video

To ensure that the MBBS interns studying in government and private medical colleges get the same stipend amount, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) had recently directed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to examine the possibility of paying equal stipend to all the MBBS interns of a State or Union Territory.

In this regard, the Union Health Ministry has now sent a reminder notice to the Apex Medical Commission over incorporating changes in a provision in the regulations related to the payment of the stipend to undergraduate (UG) medical interns.

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Stipend parity for MBBS interns: Health Ministry issues reminder to NMC

Observing the need for strengthened and structured monitoring of prescription practices across all medical colleges, the National Medical Commission (NMC) recently instructed all medical colleges across India to constitute Sub-Committees under the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (DTC), to monitor prescriptions and ensure compliance with the statutory, regulatory, and ethical standards.

As per the directive issued by the Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC), such subcommittees shall-

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NMC directs medical colleges to set up prescription monitoring committees, include legible prescribing importance in curriculum

The Supreme Court has recently issued notice in a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Kerala Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2018, and the Rules framed under it.

Under Section 39 of the Act, every clinical establishment is mandated to display the fee rate and package rate of all services provided. Challenging this, the Kerala Private Hospitals Association approached the Apex Court, arguing that the Act does not define expressions such as "fee rate" and "package rate", making compliance arbitrary and exposing hospitals and clinics to subjective enforcement by authorities.

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Private hospitals challenge Kerala Clinical Establishments Act: Supreme Court issues notice, grants interim relief

In a medical admissions fraud case, two individuals allegedly defrauded 10 students of Rs 1.3 crore.

The Baner police are currently searching for these two fraudsters. Police suspect that the men operated from an office in Balewadi, where they promised the aspirants admission to various medical colleges in Maharashtra.