KOCHI: From January 2018, medical degree holders from a foreign university would be required to do a one-year internship at a Medical Council of India-recognized institute in the country to make them eligible for medical practice in Kerala. MCI doesn’t insist on internship in India. However, the Travancore Cochin Medical Council (TCMC), in its order on October 25, 2017, […]
There were only 4.8 practising doctors per 10,000 people in India in 2014, says a study New Delhi: To achieve a modest doctor-to-population ratio of 1:1,000, India will need 2.07 million more doctors by 2030, according to a study published in the Indian Journal of Public Health, in September this year. The study titled Aggregate Availability of Doctors […]
TIRUPATI: New modules will be added to the existing MBBS curriculum in India, which will be taught from 2018 academic year, Dr Jayshree P Mehta, president of Medical Council of India (MCI), has said. Speaking to Express here on Saturday, she said the modules like that on sex, general sensitivity, mental stress, ethics and professionalism, were […]
Mental health programme has only 8 psychiatrists for 14 districts Lack of psychiatrists willing to work in rural areas is posing a major problem to the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP). As a solution, the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) now plans to open the posts to MBBS doctors. Once hired, these doctors will undergo […]
JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday granted seven days’ time to the director of medical education to submit the report regarding the admissions done during the ‘mop-up round’ of MBBS counselling and those under the NRI quota in private and government-run medical colleges of the state. The court’s move came after the officials of […]
NEW DELHI: The Medical Council of India (MCI), the apex regulatory body for medical education, has refused to intervene in the issue of private medical colleges in Karnataka not paying MBBS students a stipend during their one-year internship, saying this was beyond its purview. The MCI was looking into a complaint from Karnataka about non-payment […]
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