MBBS interns in Bihar call off strike
3 years, 1 month ago

MBBS interns in Bihar call off strike

Hindustan Times  

PATNA Around 900 MBBS medicos across nine government medical colleges of Bihar resumed duty Friday morning following verbal assurance from the state health officials that their demand for hike in monthly stipend would be considered sympathetically. Over the last two days, the medicos had disrupted hospital services, including outdoor patient department and laboratory investigations, at most of the nine government medical colleges. “MBBS students have been getting ₹15,000 as monthly stipend during their internship period since 2013 in government medical colleges of Bihar. OPD services at most of the nine state-run medical colleges, including the PMCH, NMCH, DMCH, the Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College in Gaya, Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital in Muzaffarpur, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital in Bhagalpur, the Government Medical College in Bettiah, the Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Medical College and Hospital, Madhepura, and the Vardhaman Institute of Medical Sciences, Pawapuri, were affected due to the medicos protest over the last couple of days.

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India doubles medical colleges, MBBS seats rise by 130%, PG seats by 135%
2 weeks, 5 days ago

India doubles medical colleges, MBBS seats rise by 130%, PG seats by 135%

India Today  

The Indian government has reported a remarkable 102% increase in medical colleges and a 130% rise in MBBS seats since 2014, aiming to strengthen healthcare access and meet global standards. India now has 780 medical colleges compared to 387 in 2014, reflecting a 102% surge, Union Health Minister JP Nadda informed the Lok Sabha last week. Uttar Pradesh now leads …

Government’s unpaid dues to private medical colleges reach ₹1,200 crore
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Government’s unpaid dues to private medical colleges reach ₹1,200 crore

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has not paid dues of ₹1,200 crore to private medical colleges by way of compensation for free or subsidised education for students from socially and economically backward classes. The Maharashtra government has not paid dues of ₹ 1,200 crore to private medical colleges by way of compensation for free or subsidised education for students. Due to …

3 new medical colleges in U.P.’s Gorakhpur div set to start MBBS course
4 months, 3 weeks ago

3 new medical colleges in U.P.’s Gorakhpur div set to start MBBS course

Hindustan Times  

Preparations are in full swing to start admissions at Gorakhpur division’s three new medical colleges where MBBS course will be started from this year onwards. Before the BJP government came to power in 2017, Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur, was the only medical education centre in the region. Mahayogi Gorakhnath University, which would be the first private medical college …

Bihar Govt To Conduct MBBS In Hindi Starting Next Academic Session
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Bihar Govt To Conduct MBBS In Hindi Starting Next Academic Session

News 18  

The Bihar government is set to provide MBBS education to students in Hindi in medical colleges of the state. Every year, hundreds of students want to enrol for MBBS in the famous Bihar colleges and now, the addition of the Hindi language will boost admission processes as well, as students will be free to choose what medium they want to …

Gujarat government announces rollback of decision to increase MBBS fee in medical colleges, details here
5 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat government announces rollback of decision to increase MBBS fee in medical colleges, details here

Hindustan Times  

The Gujarat government has announced a rollback of its recent decision to significantly increase fees for MBBS courses in medical colleges run by the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society. State government spokesperson and minister of health Rushikesh Patel made the announcement, assuring that a new circular with revised fees for the 13 GMERS medical colleges will be issued soon. …

Mahayogi Gorakhnath University to start MBBS course, gets 50 seats
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mahayogi Gorakhnath University to start MBBS course, gets 50 seats

Hindustan Times  

The Mahayogi Gorakhnath University in Gorakhpur is starting an MBBS course for which admission will be done this year via NEET counselling, informed Pradip Kumar Rao, registrar of the university on Saturday. Mahayogi Gorakhnath University started in August 2021 presently offers nursing, paramedical, pharmacy and other non-clinical courses. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath is the chancellor of the university run by …

Medical Colleges Charge Rs 1 Crore But Won't Pay Stipend To MBBS Interns? Either Pay Them Or Don't Have Internship: Supreme Court
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Medical Colleges Charge Rs 1 Crore But Won't Pay Stipend To MBBS Interns? Either Pay Them Or Don't Have Internship: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concerns at the complaints of MBBS interns that medical colleges are not adequately paying them stipend.A bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Prasanna B Varale was hearing a batch of writ petitions filed by medical students.Justice Dhulia orally voiced his discontent with how medical colleges are charging such hefty fees and are. The Supreme …

Despite ministry’s order, PGIMER Chandigarh sitting on nursing students’ revised stipend
1 year, 6 months ago

Despite ministry’s order, PGIMER Chandigarh sitting on nursing students’ revised stipend

Hindustan Times  

Nearly a year after the central government ordered to revise the internship stipend of nursing students from ₹500 to ₹13,150, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research has yet to revise the stipend of students at its National Institute of Nursing Education. The Union ministry of health and family welfare, in July 2022, had ordered the revision of …

Delhi Medical Council Increases Internship Slots For MBBS Students In Delhi
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi Medical Council Increases Internship Slots For MBBS Students In Delhi

News 18  

The Delhi Medical Council has taken a significant step to address the concerns of students who have completed their MBBS examinations abroad. A notification released by the Delhi Medical Council on Tuesday announced the availability of internship positions in Delhi for Foreign Medical Graduates who are interested in pursuing internships at Postgraduate institutes offering DNB training under DNB-PDCET. The allocation …

MBBS admission scam busted, five held
1 year, 11 months ago

MBBS admission scam busted, five held

Hindustan Times  

Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai police have busted an inter-state gang of scamsters, who conned students with low NEET marks, by promising them admissions into reputed medical colleges. “Though a doctor himself, he never got himself registered and hence, has not practiced as a doctor,” said Tanaji Bhagat, senior police inspector, Nerul Police Station. The complainant was asked to meet …

‘Didi Ki Rasoi’ misses deadline to start service in medical college hospitals in Bihar
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Didi Ki Rasoi’ misses deadline to start service in medical college hospitals in Bihar

Hindustan Times  

The “Didi Ki Rasoi” kitchen service, a Bihar government initiative to provide clean, hygienic and nutritious meals to in-patients through its women self-help groups, is running behind schedule at the 10 existing state-run medical college hospitals in the state, even as the venture is running at district and subdivisional hospitals, said people familiar with the matter. This has delayed our …

MBBS Students of Govt Colleges Need Not Pay Rs 10 Lakh Bond Amount: Haryana CM
2 years, 1 month ago

MBBS Students of Govt Colleges Need Not Pay Rs 10 Lakh Bond Amount: Haryana CM

News 18  

No student will have to deposit the Rs 10 lakh bond amount at the time of admission for MBBS in government colleges, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Wednesday. The announcement came on a day MBBS students at Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak held a protest against the policy that mandated …

PGIMER Chandigarh moves ahead with 100-seat MBBS course plan
2 years, 2 months ago

PGIMER Chandigarh moves ahead with 100-seat MBBS course plan

Hindustan Times  

Moving forward with its plan to launch its MBBS course next year, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical education and Research will present the proposal before its standing finance committee for budget approval from the central government. The college will be equipped with modular operation theatres, an administrative block, a library, accommodation for faculty, paramedical staff and students, and a …

Stipend For MBBS Students During Compulsory Internship : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Army College Of Medical Science
2 years, 3 months ago

Stipend For MBBS Students During Compulsory Internship : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Army College Of Medical Science

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice in a plea seeking directions against Army College of Medical Science for non-payment of stipend to MBBS students undergoing compulsory one year internship in the Army base hospital. The petition submits that the act of the respondent college which is affiliated to the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is contrary to Clause 3, …

Opinion | Pathetic conditions in Patna Medical College Hospital
2 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | Pathetic conditions in Patna Medical College Hospital

India TV News  

Tejashwi Yadav, the deputy chief minister of Bihar, who holds the health portfolio, made a surprise midnight visit to the state’s largest hospital, Patna Medical College Hospital, on Tuesday night, and was surprised to see the pathetic conditions prevailing there. In my prime time show ‘Aaj Ki Baat’ on Wednesday night, we showed visuals of how the state’s largest hospital …

Indian medical students evacuated from Ukraine to sit on hunger strike
2 years, 5 months ago

Indian medical students evacuated from Ukraine to sit on hunger strike

The Hindu  

Medical students, who were evacuated from war-torn Ukraine, will hold a five-day hunger strike from Saturday over their demand of admission in Indian medical colleges as a one-time measure, according to a statement by the Parents Association of Ukraine MBBS Students. Last month, several students sat on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar here demanding admissions to the country’s medical …

Centre may not intervene in alleged disparity in stipend for medical interns
2 years, 9 months ago

Centre may not intervene in alleged disparity in stipend for medical interns

The Hindu  

The Union government is unlikely to intervene to end the alleged disparity in payment of stipend to medical students in government- and private medical colleges in the country. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had on January 21 sought comments from the National Medical Commission on uniform stipend to MBBS interns in government- and private medical colleges after …

Low MBBS fees attract Indian students to Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

Low MBBS fees attract Indian students to Ukraine

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: The plight of Indian students studying medicine in different universities in Ukraine following invasion of the country by Russia a couple of days ago has brought to focus the low MBBS course fees charged the medical institutions in the war-torn nation. The medical universities in Ukraine charge a fee of Rs 20 lakh- Rs 25 lakh for MBBS course …

After HC rap, Uttarakhand govt increases stipend of medical interns from ₹7k to ₹17k
3 years, 5 months ago

After HC rap, Uttarakhand govt increases stipend of medical interns from ₹7k to ₹17k

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand government on Sunday approved to increase the stipend of interns in medical colleges from monthly ₹7000 to ₹17000, officials said. After HC rap, Uttarakhand govt increases stipend of medical interns from ₹ 7k to ₹ 17k Dhami said doctors and paramedic staff have provided valuable services during the epidemic and to lessen its impact on the state. On July …

National Doctors' Day 2021: From Physical Attack to Salary, Here’s a list of Problems Faced by Doctors During COVID
3 years, 5 months ago

National Doctors' Day 2021: From Physical Attack to Salary, Here’s a list of Problems Faced by Doctors During COVID

News 18  

Indian Medical Association commemorates the National Doctors’ Day in India on July 1. Crumbling Medical Infrastructure During the second wave of coronavirus in the country, many doctors were seen breaking down as they reported that their hospital did not have enough oxygen to save the Covid patients with severe symptoms. Physical attack Earlier this month, the IMA wrote to Prime …

SC imposes ₹5 crore fine on UP college, forms trust to help needy students
3 years, 10 months ago

SC imposes ₹5 crore fine on UP college, forms trust to help needy students

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed a hefty fine of ₹five crore on a medical college in Uttar Pradesh for illegally admitting MBBS students and directed the amount to be utilised for helping needy students get admission into UP’s medical colleges. On January 11, 2021, a Supreme Court bench, led by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, reprimanded the executive …

Bihar’s best medical college fights absenteeism amid bid to turn it world class
3 years, 10 months ago

Bihar’s best medical college fights absenteeism amid bid to turn it world class

Hindustan Times  

The Patna Medical College Hospital administration is firm on checking absenteeism of doctors, a big challenge in realisation of chief minister Nitish Kumar’s ambition of turning the hospital into a world class facility, said authorities. With the state government’s push for improved health infrastructure, in sync with the 137% increase in the Centre's health budget, absenteeism of government doctors in …

Doctors' Strike Cripples Health Services in Bihar for 8th Consecutive Day
3 years, 11 months ago

Doctors' Strike Cripples Health Services in Bihar for 8th Consecutive Day

News 18  

Health services continued to be affected in Bihar as the junior doctors’ strike entered the eighth day on Wednesday. Around 1,500 junior doctors of the state’s prominent government medical colleges and hospitals went on a strike on December 23 over their demand to increase the monthly stipend. We will receive better treatment at home than PMCH.” Govind Kumar, a resident …

MBBS course: Number of seats increased to 4,000 in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee
4 years, 2 months ago

MBBS course: Number of seats increased to 4,000 in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

Live Mint  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the number of seats in the MBBS course has increased to 4,000 in the state with the addition of 250 seats in two medical colleges. She stated that the first MBBS batch in Purulia Government MCH will be initiated with 100 seats and an additional 150 MBBS seats in Gouri Devi Medical …

Uttarakhand MBBS students struggle to pay ₹4.5 lakh annual fee as govt medical colleges remove bond service
4 years, 4 months ago

Uttarakhand MBBS students struggle to pay ₹4.5 lakh annual fee as govt medical colleges remove bond service

India TV News  

Students studying at few government medical colleges in Uttarakhand have complained of being burdened with an unusual fee structure. Thousands of students enrolled with government medical colleges in Uttarakhand, particularly in Haldwani have taken the social media by storm and have come forward claiming the medical colleges are charging an annual fee of nearly ₹4.5 lakh. According to what some …

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