Category: DOCTORS NEWS
Private hospitals paying poor salaries, allege junior doctors
HYDERABAD: An MBBS degree draws awed reactions from the society because of the intense competition involved in securing a medical seat. However, when it comes to the salary part, an MBBS graduate manages to earn what a B Tech recruit earn as freshers in an IT company – anywhere between Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000. Despite […]

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Internship in state must for medics with foreign degrees
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, […]

India will need 2.07 million more doctors by 2030, says study
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 […]

Few psychiatrists, MBBS docs to work on mental health
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 […]

HC seeks report on all MBBS seats under NRI quota
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 […]

Can’t make private medical colleges pay interns: MCI
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 […]

State hopes for 250 more MBBS seats in 2018
CHENNAI: The state directorate of medical education has asked the Medical Council of India for permission to add at least 250 more undergraduate medical seats at the three existing government colleges in Madurai, Tirunelveli and Chengalpet. If the state gets the sanction, the number of seats in the colleges at Madurai and Tirunelveli will go […]
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