Development Commissioner SC Mahapatra has been appointed as coordinating officer of Sundergarh Medical College and Hospital and Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research, Burla, the official said on Wednesday.
The main accused, Satish Kanani, was arrested from Surat in Gujarat on Monday, DCP Yogesh Dadhich said.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved on Wednesday setting up of 75 government medical colleges, to be attached with existing district or referral hospitals, by 2021-22. The establishment of these medical colleges will add at least 15,700 MBBS seats in the country.
Amid the ongoing furore over the viral ragging video of Saifai Medical College, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has summoned the Vice-Chancellor of the University to Lucknow on Friday evening. He also demanded an explanation as to why he, university registrar and other officials didn't inform the government.
The video showed students walking from the hostel to the hospital and then to their classes. When contacted, University Vice-Chancellor Raj Kumar said he was not aware of the incident, but would look into it.
Ashutosh Tandon said 1,000 medical seats will also be increased in the state this year from the present 1,990.
A leopard hiding in Shrinagar Medical College building in Uttarakhand since last two days was shot dead in "self defence". Six persons suffered minor injuries in the attack by the leopard.
Abhishek, son of a truck driver from a small village in Rajasthan, is on his way to achieve his dream of becoming a doctor as he cleared the NEET 2019.
A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant disposed of a plea by the Education Promotion Society of India, a registered group of over 1,300 educational institutions of the country, seeking to extend the counselling to facilitate admission on vacant seats.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday informed the Supreme Court on Monday of its inability to "amicably" resolve the "stray vacancies" issue in connection with postgraduate medical courses in private medical colleges across the country. Nearly 450 seats are yet to be filled.
"The proposal to convert 75 district hospitals into medical colleges in the third phase of the scheme has been sent for approval to the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC), after which it will be sent to the Cabinet," a source said.
The move comes days after Doctor Payal Tadvi, 26, allegedly committed suicide after facing harassment by her seniors at a state-run hospital in Mumbai.
A video of the event, which shows Russian belly dancers performing on stage amidst cheering doctors, has since gone viral on social media platforms.
Supreme Court on Monday said activist advocates who were seeking SIT probe into an alleged case of bribery in the name of judges were indulging in "forum shopping" and "impropriety".
A special court today sent IM Quddusi and 5 others to custody after the CBI said their custodial interrogation was required to unearth the "larger nexus" in the alleged medical college scam.
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has allowed corporate companies as well as “for profit” institutions to run medical colleges in the country. The decision by the apex council came two months after a Niti
The Chennai Crime Branch today held SRM University Chancellor TR Pachamuthu after the parents of as many as 100 students registered complaints against him for taking capitation fee for medical seats in SRM medical college.
New Delhi: In a significant order, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected pleas of state governments and minority institutions to allow them to hold separate entrance exams for MBBS and BDS courses for the academic
Kurukshetra: A private hospital in Haryana landed in a controversy after it was alleged that it had admitted "fake patients" to show "bed strength" ahead of its mandatory inspection by the Medical Council of India
Bhopal: A first-year MBBS student of King George Medical College (KGMC), Lucknow, arrested in the Vyapam scam, was today remanded by a court here to 15-day judicial custody.Virendra Kumar Bind (30) is accused of writing
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