Finalise rural medical course, court tells MCI (Lead)
August 10th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to finalise within six weeks the curriculum for starting a three-and-half years course ... Read more...
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Finalise content of rural medical course, court tells MCI
August 9th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to finalise within six weeks the curriculum for starting a three-and-half year course ... Read more...
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Apex court issues notice to IMA over doctors’ strike
June 25th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on a plea by a non-government organisation seeking to declare as illegal the ... Read more...
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Judge recuses herself from hearing plea against doctors strike
June 22nd, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday could not take up a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to declare that the proposed doctors' strike June 25 was illegal ... Read more...
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Going abroad? First serve the country, doctors told
June 4th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) The Indian government plans to bring a regulation to ensure doctors have a compulsory stint in the country especially in the rural sector, Minister of State ... Read more...
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Government mulls course on rural healthcare
April 24th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Indian government is considering a course on rural healthcare to create more manpower to serve in the country's hinterland, the Rajya Sabha was informed ... Read more...
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Contempt notice to central government, Medical Council
February 28th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued a contempt notice to the central government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) for failing to comply with ... Read more...
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‘Low cost key to private-public health services in villages’
October 20th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Partnership between public and private healthcare providers requires accessibility, affordability and accountability to take the benefits to rural areas, health experts said Wednesday."Health has been on the ... Read more...
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Assam launches Rs.300 mn rural health care project
April 27th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 27 (IANS) The Assam government Tuesday launched a Rs. 300 million project offering nutritious meals and compensation for wage-loss to indoor patients, besides post-natal care to the mother, in an ... Read more...
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Azad overrules IMA’s objections to rural MBBS course
March 18th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has three problems with the government's plan to create a special cadre of rural doctors through a truncated MBBS ... Read more...
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India to turn out over 145,000 rural doctors
February 4th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) With people-doctor ratio six times lower in rural India in comparison to cities, the central government Thursday said it will produce 145,000 rural doctors through a truncated ... Read more...
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Rural health legislation creates political divide
December 30th, 2009 - 10:44 am ICT by IANS
By Pradipta Tapadar
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) The West Bengal assembly has passed a bill for a three-year diploma course in medicine through which it hopes to bridge the shortage ... Read more...
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Assam to focus on rural health care
June 2nd, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
Jorhat (Assam) June 2 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi gave away certificates and appointment letters to the successful participants in the first batch of the state sponsored diploma course in Medicine ... Read more...
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NRI doctors to set up free clinics, face funding problem
January 2nd, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) With plans for at least one free health care clinic in every state of India and training professionals to improve the rural health care system here, a ... Read more...
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Over 800 rural hospitals don’t have a single doctor
April 23rd, 2008 - 7:53 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) There was a shortage of 4,833 primary health centres (PHCs) across India and over 800 rural hospitals were functioning without a single doctor, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss ... Read more...
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