Panel wants 18 years as age for consensual sex
The parliamentary standing committee on “Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2011, has proposed to raise the age under which consensual sex should be considered as an offence from 16 yea
Relaxed norms for medical PG?
In a move that will eventually reduce the shortage of doctors in the country, the government is considering to relax norms for increasing post-graduate seats in the medical colleges along with one-yea
Kerala infant died of smothering
Four days after a two-month old died after having administered with the first dose of pentavalent vaccine at Vithura in Kerala, a high-level team consisting of experts from the Union ministry of healt
‘Rural docs’ plan may not take off
Aimed at meeting the shortage of doctors in rural areas, the proposed course — bachelor of rural health care course (BRHCC) — seems to have run into trouble with the Medical Council of India (MCI) exp
‘Will to donate organs be marked on driving licence’
With a view to cut down the gap between the ever-growing demand and shortage of organ donation in the country, the Union health ministry has proposed the ministry of road transport and highways to ear
Panel for ‘flexible’ health funds to states
Unlike the present system of allocation of funds to states on health care by the Centre, the high-level experts group (HLEG) on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in its report to the Planning Commission have recommended “flexible” and “differential norms” for allocating finances to the states.
India set to be free of polio by 2014
Finally, good news on the health front.
Next year will be crucial for India’s polio eradication programme, which appears on track with only one case reported so far this year.
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India set to be free of polio by ’14
Finally, good news on the health front. Next year will be crucial for India’s polio eradication programme, which appears on track with only one case reported so far this year.
India may be polio-free by ’14
The polio eradication programme in India may have been well on track with India reporting only one case so far. But next year is crucial.
Percentile-based MBBS test to be on May 13
Its official now: The Medical Council of India (MCI) on Friday announced to conduct National Eligibility Entrance Examination (NEET)-a Common Entrance test (CET) for under graduate medical students on