Articles for Specialist Doctors

Union urges junior doctors to accept pay offer from Welsh Government
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Union urges junior doctors to accept pay offer from Welsh Government

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The British Medical Association has …

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Life Of Children Precious: Bombay High Court Directs State To Take Stern Action Against Doctors Not Joining Duty In Tribal Regions
1 year, 11 months ago

Life Of Children Precious: Bombay High Court Directs State To Take Stern Action Against Doctors Not Joining Duty In Tribal Regions

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the state government to take stern action against the doctors who do not join posts in tribal areas which have high number of child deaths due to inadequate medical facilities. The state authorities shall consider in bright earnest appointment of medical officers as per the sanctioned posts in the PHCs, more particularly in …

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CM hikes remuneration for specialist doctors in AP
2 years ago

CM hikes remuneration for specialist doctors in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced that salaries of specialist doctors working in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh are being increased to ₹2,00,000 per month. AP Vaidya Vidhana Parishad commissioner Dr. Vinod Kumar disclosed on Sunday that soon after the CM’s announcement hiking the salaries of specialist doctors in tribal and rural pockets, some specialists have readily …

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Are we measuring our health workforce shortage right?
2 years, 2 months ago

Are we measuring our health workforce shortage right?

Hindustan Times  

If one were to think of a public health facility in India, they would imagine long queues of patients lining up for scarce outpatient care, doctors and nurses buzzing around to handle the massive patient list, and security trying hard to keep people in check. Previously, small scale WISN-based assessments have been conducted in India, focused mainly on nurses working …

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Lack Of Specialist Doctors Affecting Tribal Women & Children: Bombay High Court On '62% Medico Vacancies' In Govt Hospitals
2 years, 2 months ago

Lack Of Specialist Doctors Affecting Tribal Women & Children: Bombay High Court On '62% Medico Vacancies' In Govt Hospitals

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court was recently informed that 62% of the Group A posts of MBBS and BAMS doctors in Maharashtra Medical and Health Services are lying vacant. Out of 1786 posts, 1112 are vacant.A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M. S. Karnik took note of this in a Public Interest Litigation regarding deaths of women …

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Nearly 1000 patient deaths a year linked to long emergency waiting times
2 years, 6 months ago

Nearly 1000 patient deaths a year linked to long emergency waiting times

Dutch News  

Nearly 1,000 patients died last year as a result of having to wait more than four hours for emergency hospital treatment, doctors said on Wednesday. The Dutch association of emergency doctors NVSHA based its figure on a British study of more than five million cases that calculated that an extra patient died for every 192 who had to wait four …

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UP’s public health facilities are now geared towards maternal health outcomes
2 years, 6 months ago

UP’s public health facilities are now geared towards maternal health outcomes

Hindustan Times  

A few months ago, a woman with a complicated pregnancy gave birth to a child through Cesarean section in a community health centre in Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh -- a remote part in the Bundelkhand region of the state. Moreover, specialist doctors were recruited at the same pay and same level as MBBS doctors which led to reduced motivation …

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Teams of specialist doctors to be sent to Firozabad, Agra, and Mathura as viral fever grips UP
3 years, 3 months ago

Teams of specialist doctors to be sent to Firozabad, Agra, and Mathura as viral fever grips UP

India Today  

As several districts in Uttar Pradesh witness an increase in cases of viral fever and dengue, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered three teams of three specialist doctors to be constituted and sent to Firozabad, Agra, and Mathura districts at the earliest. The state government has asked Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science, King George's Medical University,, and …

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Thousands of Canberra's young people on specialist waiting lists, travelling interstate as Opposition calls for better healthcare
4 years, 3 months ago

Thousands of Canberra's young people on specialist waiting lists, travelling interstate as Opposition calls for better healthcare

ABC  

Jesse is just 12 years old, but she has almost as many specialist doctors as she has had birthdays. Key points: ACT Government figures show 4,000 children and young people are waiting for specialist doctor appointments The Canberra Liberals' health spokeswoman Vicki Dunne said the system was under "immense pressure" Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith says COVID-19 has worsened the situation …

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