2019: Mega reforms in medical education sector, e-cigarettes ban highlights of health ministry
29 Dec 2019 6:03 PM GMTNew Delhi: The enactment of two key legislations, one aimed at ushering in mega reforms in the medical education sector and the other banning...
Health min asked to revisit provisions of draft bill on violence against docs
25 Nov 2019 5:01 PM GMTNew Delhi: Citing certain ambiguities and loopholes, the ministries of home affairs and law and justice have asked the Health Ministry to revisit some...
India, China spar over legacy of medicinal system
24 Nov 2019 4:51 PM GMTNew Delhi: India and China are at loggerheads over the legacy of one of the oldest systems of traditional medicine, known as Sowa-Rigpa, which has...
Provision that criminalised beggary by transgender people removed from bill
14 July 2019 4:39 PM GMTNew Delhi: A contentious provision that criminalised begging by transgender people has been removed from the Transgender Persons (Protection of...
Adopt recommendations on patients' rights, states told
23 Jun 2019 4:54 PM GMTNew Delhi: The Union Health Secretary has urged all states to adopt recommendations of the National Council for Clinical Establishments on patients'...
Govt planning to re-introduce Nat'l Medical Commission Bill
10 Jun 2019 5:02 PM GMTNew Delhi: In the very first session of the new Lok Sabha starting June 17, the Union government plans to reintroduce a key bill which aims to usher...
Bridge course provision in NMC bill to address shortage of doctors: Govt
11 Feb 2018 4:30 PM GMTNew Delhi: A provision in the draft National Medical Commission Bill of a bridge course for AYUSH doctors to enable them practice allopathy seeks to...
