Doctors
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Odisha government to form new health policy to doctors' brain drain
India | Jul 08, 2019, 09:08 AM ISTThe Odisha government will form a new health policy to stop the brain drain of doctors and address the shortage of doctors in the state, state Health Minister Naba Kishore Das said on Sunday. He said there would be no shortage of doctors after two years as the state would produce about 1,500 doctors every year from various medical colleges.
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Hindu Rao Hospital doctors call off agitation
India | Jul 03, 2019, 06:35 AM ISTDoctors at the North Delhi Municipal Corporation-run hospital were protesting since Sunday and had threatened to go on strike from Monday after two of their colleagues were on Saturday allegedly beaten by the relatives of a patient who had died at the facility.
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PM Modi hails the role of chartered accountants and doctors in the society
India | Jul 01, 2019, 03:43 PM ISTPM Modi also congratulated doctors for their round the clock efforts to make the society fit and healthy.
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Health secretary urges states to adopt recommendations on patients' rights
India | Jun 23, 2019, 04:47 PM ISTA patient and her representatives have a right to adequate information about the nature, cause of illness, proposed investigations and care, expected results of treatment, possible complications and expected costs, stated the National Council for Clinical Establishments, an apex statutory body comprising representatives of all stakeholders.
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As strikes end, SC defers hearing on security of doctors, keeps open 'larger issue' of their safety
India | Jun 18, 2019, 01:05 PM ISTA bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant said it will not issue notice (to the Centre) but is keeping the larger issue of protection of doctors open.
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New Delhi: Resident doctors of AIIMS withdraw strike, to resume their duties with immediate effect
India | Jun 18, 2019, 10:44 AM ISTPatients faced inconvenience on Monday as doctors at government and a few private hospitals in the national capital boycotted work to show solidarity with their striking colleagues in Kolkata.
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Supreme Court to hear today plea for safety, security of doctors at government hospitals
India | Jun 18, 2019, 07:17 AM ISTA vacation bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant agreed to list the matter for Tuesday after the counsel appearing for the petitioner, advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, sought urgent hearing.
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Odisha doctors join nationwide strike
India | Jun 17, 2019, 01:06 PM ISTOut Patient Department (OPD) services have been affected, however, emergency services remained functional.
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SC to hear on Tuesday plea for safety, security of doctors at govt hospitals
India | Jun 17, 2019, 12:14 PM ISTA vacation bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant agreed to list the matter for Tuesday after the counsel appearing for the petitioner, advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, sought urgent hearing.
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Health Minister Harsh Vardhan writes to CMs of all states, calls for strict action against those who attack doctors
India | Jun 15, 2019, 06:13 PM ISTHe also wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday in this matter.
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Won't attend meeting called by Mamata Banerjee today: Striking doctors
India | Jun 15, 2019, 12:21 PM ISTAfter her visit to the state-run SSKM Hospital on Thursday, Mamata Banerjee had alleged some outsiders had entered the medical colleges to create disturbances. She had also dubbed the agitation as a handiwork of the CPI(M) and the BJP.
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AIIMS resident doctors issue 48 hours ultimatum to West Bengal govt to meet demands of striking medics
India | Jun 15, 2019, 09:24 AM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday invited them again to meet her on Saturday evening to end the impasse in government hospitals. The doctors, who struck work for the fourth day Friday, refused to meet the chief minister, demanding an unconditional apology from her.
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Here's why members of Resident Doctors' Association of AIIMS wear 'helmets' while doing their duties
India | Jun 14, 2019, 02:01 PM ISTIn Jaipur, doctors at Jaipuria hospital carry out their duties wearing black bands.
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Harsh Vardhan appeals to doctors to hold symbolic protests only and continue to carry out their duties
India | Jun 14, 2019, 12:57 PM ISTDoctors are protesting after two of their colleagues were attacked and seriously injured at the NRS Medical College and Hospital by a mob following the death of a patient. West Bengal CM alleged that opposition BJP and CPI(M) were instigating the protesters as part of a "conspiracy".
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Doctors' strike in West Bengal: Indian Medical Association to hold protest today | 10 points
India | Jun 14, 2019, 11:11 AM ISTThe TMC and the BJP are locked in a bitter turf war in West Bengal, which has been rocked by post-poll violence, with Banerjee accusing the saffron party of trying to foment trouble in the state to topple her government. The BJP has claimed that Banerjee is targeting it as she is rattled by its major gains in Lok Sabha elections.
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Striking doctors defy Mamata's deadline, to continue stir till demands are met
India | Jun 13, 2019, 05:03 PM ISTStriking junior doctors in West Bengal on Thursday defied Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 2 pm-deadline to join work and said the agitation will continue till their demands related to their security in government hospitals are met.
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Rajasthan: 116 iron nails, long wire and iron pellet removed from stomach of man
India | May 15, 2019, 07:11 AM IST"Neither he nor his family could tell how did the nails end up in his stomach," said doctors.
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Delhi: Government-run hospitals facing chronic shortage of doctors, making contractual recruitment to tackle crunch
India | Jan 20, 2019, 01:06 PM ISTExplaining the reasons for the shortage, an official said many doctors, after completing their MBBS, opt for further studies or prefer joining the private healthcare sector due to its higher pay scale.
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'Primary aim of doctors is social service, making money should be their secondary aim,' says Rajat Sharma
India | Nov 26, 2018, 07:59 AM IST"In fact, many hospitals have turned into commercial centres,” said Rajat Sharma.
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Doctors should strictly serve in rural areas before getting promotion, says Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
India | Aug 25, 2018, 04:59 PM ISTHe said there was a need to increase the number of doctors available at healthcare centres in rural areas as the absence of qualified medical practitioners was making people approach quacks.