By Prasanth Manghat, CEO of NMC Health The Indian government’s big and bold vision for India’s health care needs is going to be realised through the ambitious ‘Ayushman
A major effort will have to be made to strengthen the IT structure of the scheme that will automatically detect fraud and trigger an alert against malpractice. Corporate
The Union Health Ministry has received an alert on a potential public health crisis due to the sudden disappearance of “qualified” personnel to sign lakhs of pathology reports
State government doctors are opposing the Centre’s move to raise the retirement age of its doctors from 60 to 65 years to address the shortage of doctors. Karnataka
Doctors with MBBS and MD degrees will undergo a revalidation exercise by way of taking stringent examinations every three to five years. This is part of a slew
The state government is all set to introduce postgraduate and short-term courses in public health for non-medical staff working in various government hospitals across the state. The Department
The Uttar Pradesh government announced on 02.09.2016 that the state’s private medical and dental institutes would have to offer 50% seats to meritorious students from economic weaker sections.
While more seats in the government colleges are welcome, it should not be at the cost of quality. That would be a disservice to society. In the private
Doctors applying to get their Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) registration numbers and hence a license to practise are being given smart biometric cards in an attempt to eliminate
Despite having the most number of medical colleges in the world, and about 9,29 lakh doctors enrolled in the Indian Medical Register, India is much behind in achieving
