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Doctors' Hunger Strike: A Call for Justice and Security in Bengal
2 months, 1 week ago

Doctors' Hunger Strike: A Call for Justice and Security in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written a letter to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee regarding the ongoing hunger strike of junior doctors in the wake of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder. The letter urges the government to take immediate action and address the demands of the doctors, including security and a peaceful environment. The medical fraternity of …

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Health Matters newsletter: Striking at the heart of health care: on RG Kar rape and murder case
4 months ago

Health Matters newsletter: Striking at the heart of health care: on RG Kar rape and murder case

The Hindu  

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. While there have been many events of significance in the health sector this week, not least the scare about the rapid spread of MPox, we will nevertheless dedicate this issue of Health Matters to what has been rocking the State for over a week now: the RG Kar rape and murder case. Several medical …

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Kolkata murder case highlights: Bengal govt cancels order to transfer doctors
4 months, 1 week ago

Kolkata murder case highlights: Bengal govt cancels order to transfer doctors

Hindustan Times  

Medical students and residents protesting at the AIIMS, Bathinda, OPD on Saturday. Kolkata murder case highlights: The Indian Medical Association is holding a nationwide strike for 24 hours, a protest that began at 6 am on Saturday, to protest the rape and murder of a woman doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. What to expect during the …

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IMA to offer medical, psychosocial support for survivors of Wayanad landslides
4 months, 2 weeks ago

IMA to offer medical, psychosocial support for survivors of Wayanad landslides

The Hindu  

The Indian Medical Association has decided to step in with medical and psychosocial support for the survivors of the Wayanad landslides as part of a comprehensive strategy being devised by it to help in the rehabilitation of the survivors. In a statement here on Wednesday, the IMA said that it had created a support cell by including several mental health …

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Care for the caregivers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Care for the caregivers

New Indian Express  

The number is higher among female medicos — 2.5 times more likely than the general female population. According to a recent study published in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, as many as 358 doctors died by suicide in India between 2010 and 2019, including 125 medical students, 105 house surgeons, and 128 doctors. In Kerala, studies are being taken up …

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National Doctor's Day 2024: 5 challenges faced by budding doctors in their everyday life
5 months, 3 weeks ago

National Doctor's Day 2024: 5 challenges faced by budding doctors in their everyday life

India TV News  

National Doctor's Day is observed on July 1 every year. While the seasoned professionals receive much of the recognition, it is equally important to acknowledge the budding doctors, medical students, and interns who face numerous challenges as they embark on their medical careers. Budding doctors endure years of rigorous academic training, often studying late into the night and sacrificing personal …

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The genome that knows all
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The genome that knows all

The Hindu  

In April 2003, there was much jubilation, justifiably so, across the world as the Human Genome Project announced that it had generated the first sequence of the human genome. “This has been a revolutionary initiative but going ahead we will need to sample many more thousands of genomes to pick out more, rare mutations.” The main outcomes of such an …

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IMA issues charter of demands ahead of 2024 election; calls integrative medicine a threat
9 months, 3 weeks ago

IMA issues charter of demands ahead of 2024 election; calls integrative medicine a threat

The Hindu  

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election the Indian Medical Association, which is the largest association of allopathic doctors in India, has issued a charter of ten demands seeking that the government do away with any integration of various system of medicines, bring in strong laws to prevent violence against doctors, rationalise Goods and Service Tax on various medical equipment, …

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Talk about health, IMA advises politicians
10 months ago

Talk about health, IMA advises politicians

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association has drawn up a ‘health manifesto’ and distributed it to around 60 lawmakers across all national parties ahead of general elections. So this time, along with this manifesto, we are also preparing a state-based manifesto which every state medical associations will hand over to all political parties,” said IMA president Dr RV Asokan. The …

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Going to war with the ‘superbugs’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Going to war with the ‘superbugs’

The Hindu  

It always helps when there is data, data from home, particularly when there is bad news afoot. A health ministry official assured that the current move would bring India’s GMP recommendations at par with global standards, especially those of the World Health Organization, and ensure production of globally acceptable quality of drugs. In the State, a survey conducted by the …

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The right and wrong of Right to Health
1 year, 8 months ago

The right and wrong of Right to Health

Hindustan Times  

Strap: Medical associations are largely led by hospital owners. Doctors invest in hospitals In 2014, the Maharashtra Government set up a committee with a mandate to formulate a state version of a Central Act called the ‘Clinical Establishment Act’. State government officials, professional medical organisations and representatives of NGOs working in public health and patient’s rights. When Rajesh Tope, the …

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IMA protests over death of doctor
2 years, 8 months ago

IMA protests over death of doctor

The Hindu  

Medical practitioners in Tiruchi and neighbouring districts participated in a nationwide strike organised by the Indian Medical Association to protest the death by suicide of a doctor in Rajasthan, by suspending outpatient clinics and routine work from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. The IMA action was spurred by the death of Archana Sharma, a gynaecologist from Dausa in …

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Ensure COVID-19 duty of resident docs don't exceed 8 hours: IMA urges Centre, states
2 years, 11 months ago

Ensure COVID-19 duty of resident docs don't exceed 8 hours: IMA urges Centre, states

Firstpost  

In a statement, the doctors’ body said in case of untimely death, the status of Covid martyr and compensation as well as case-wise assistance should be arranged. New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association on Wednesday requested the Centre and states to ensure that Covid duty of resident doctors do not exceed eight hours a day and after a week there …

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Withdraw P-G medical education regulations bill, says IMA
3 years, 4 months ago

Withdraw P-G medical education regulations bill, says IMA

The Hindu  

The Indian Medical Association has demanded that the National Medical Commission withdraw the draft post-graduate medical education regulations 2021 bill which notes that there shall be common counselling for admission in all medical educational institutions to all Post-graduate Broad -Specialty courses on the basis of the merit list of the National Exit Test. The Association has also demanded that the …

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IMA seeks removal of one-week provision for posting of medical interns in Ayush medicine
3 years, 5 months ago

IMA seeks removal of one-week provision for posting of medical interns in Ayush medicine

Firstpost  

The IMA warned that a week’s training in Indian systems of medicine as an elective will pave way for a ‘half-baked mixopath, which is disastrous for the country’ New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association has sought removal of the provision of one-week elective posting of medical interns in AYUSH medicine from the draft regulation for Compulsory Rotating Internship, calling it …

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IMA Seeks Removal of One-week Posting Provision for Medical Interns in Ayush Medicine
3 years, 5 months ago

IMA Seeks Removal of One-week Posting Provision for Medical Interns in Ayush Medicine

News 18  

The Indian Medical Association has sought removal of the provision of one-week elective posting of medical interns in AYUSH medicine from the draft regulation for Compulsory Rotating Internship, calling it "superfluous" and an attempt to initiate "mixopathy". In a letter to the NMC, the IMA warned that the one-week period exposure especially in another system of medicine will only pave …

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National Doctors' Day 2021: IMA Sets Up Fund for Doctors Who Died on COVID-19 Duty; Here’s How You Can Contribute
3 years, 5 months ago

National Doctors' Day 2021: IMA Sets Up Fund for Doctors Who Died on COVID-19 Duty; Here’s How You Can Contribute

News 18  

The tough circumstances surrounding COVID-19 have once again reminded us of the everyday efforts and sacrifices made by doctors and healthcare workers all across the world. IMA Benevolent Fund The Indian Medical Association has announced the formation of the IMA Benevolent Fund, which will be devoted solely to its member doctors who have died while serving on COVID-19 duty. The …

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Doctors in Andhra Pradesh sport black badges in protests against violent attacks on doctors
3 years, 6 months ago

Doctors in Andhra Pradesh sport black badges in protests against violent attacks on doctors

The Hindu  

Doctors across the state wore black badges as a mark of protest, against the alleged attacks on health care workers across the country, following a call given by the Indian Medical Association-AP on Friday. In Guntur, IMA state president Nanda Kishore said that doctors would be wearing black badges and demanded that the Central Government should enact a law to …

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IMA seeks Modi's intervention to stop assault on doctors, fake news on COVID-19 vaccines
3 years, 6 months ago

IMA seeks Modi's intervention to stop assault on doctors, fake news on COVID-19 vaccines

Firstpost  

The IMA, in its appeal, said that the government should promote universal free vaccination to all above 18 years of age New Delhi: In the wake of incidents of assault on doctors by relatives of patients, the Indian Medical Association on Monday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in ensuring “optimum milieu” for medical professionals so that they can work …

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24 arrested for attack on junior doctor in Assam's Hojai
3 years, 6 months ago

24 arrested for attack on junior doctor in Assam's Hojai

India Today  

The Assam Police has arrested 24 people in connection with an alleged attack on a junior doctor at a Covid care centre in the Hojai district. According to reports, after a Covid-19 patient died at the centre, the relatives of the deceased patient brutally beaten the doctor identified as Dr Seuj Kumar Senapati. Assam Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker Dr Numal …

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594 doctors have died in Covid second wave so far, most of them in Delhi: IMA
3 years, 6 months ago

594 doctors have died in Covid second wave so far, most of them in Delhi: IMA

India Today  

At least 594 doctors have died in the second wave of coronavirus infections in the country so far, with Delhi accounting for 107 such deaths, the Indian Medical Association said on Tuesday. Source: Indian Medical Association Baba Ramdev an 'anti-national' who has 'irreparably' damaged efforts to contain Covid: IMA Meanwhile, hitting out Baba Ramdev, the IMA in a strongly worded …

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Deceased Covid patient's kin attack junior doctor in Assam, IMA demands action
3 years, 6 months ago

Deceased Covid patient's kin attack junior doctor in Assam, IMA demands action

India Today  

A young doctor was allegedly attacked on Tuesday by family members of a deceased Covid-19 patient at a Covid care centre in Assam's Hojai district. Assam Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker Dr Numal Momin told Aajtak/India Today TV over the phone that it was the doctor's first day on duty in the rural area after completion of his MBBS course. https://t.co/HwQfbWwYmn— …

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269 doctors died of Covid-19 in second wave: IMA
3 years, 7 months ago

269 doctors died of Covid-19 in second wave: IMA

Hindustan Times  

As many as 269 doctors have so far succumbed to Covid-19 in the second wave of the pandemic, the Indian Medical Association announced on Tuesday. According to the IMA Covid-19 registry on the official website, 748 doctors died of Covid-19 in the first wave of the pandemic. On the list of doctors who succumbed to the disease in the second …

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Record No of Doctors Died in Bihar During Second Covid-19 Wave. Here's What is Plaguing its Healthcare
3 years, 7 months ago

Record No of Doctors Died in Bihar During Second Covid-19 Wave. Here's What is Plaguing its Healthcare

News 18  

As fatalities continue to reach record high in second disastrous wave of Covid-19, the health care workers remain at the risk of getting affected. The Indian Medical Association in its report on Tuesday said out 269 doctors who died in the second wave of Covid-19, majority of the deaths were reported from Bihar with 78 fatalities. In Patna’s Nalanda Medical …

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