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Mumbai: Junior doctors go on day-long strike

Mumbai: Junior doctors go on day-long strike

Doctors in West Bengal began their hunger strike on October 5, following nearly 50 days of ‘cease work’ in two phases, after the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

16 October,2024 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
IMA writes to Mamata Banerjee as concerns rise over protester's health

IMA writes to Mamata Banerjee as concerns rise over protester's health

IMA President RV Asokan claimed that the West Bengal government was fully capable of meeting all the demands placed by the junior doctors.

11 October,2024 02:18 PM IST | Kolkata | mid-day online correspondent
Maharashtra: State govt nod for 5-fold fee hike for traditional medicine courses

Maharashtra: State govt nod for 5-fold fee hike for traditional medicine courses

The letter, addressed to the Fee Regulation Authority, emphasised that the fee hike was a response to requests from the Association of Management of Ayurvedic Medical Colleges of Maharashtra.

17 September,2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Dipti Singh
Mumbai: Court rejects discharge plea of man accused of murdering MBBS studentt

Mumbai: Court rejects discharge plea of man accused of murdering MBBS studentt

The court noted that there was specific material with the prosecution to show that the victim was seen with the applicant before she went missing

14 September,2024 07:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
Virginity test finds its way back into medical syllabus

Virginity test finds its way back into medical syllabus

After the syllabus underwent amendments following a HC directive, the National Medical Commission now appears to have reverted to the ‘unscientific’ guidelines of 2019

13 September,2024 10:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
Mid-Day Impact: Virginity test removed from MBBS syllabus

Mid-Day Premium Mid-Day Impact: Virginity test removed from MBBS syllabus

Move comes after this paper’s report about unscientific and discriminatory information like two-finger test finding their way back into the textbooks for second and third year students

13 September,2024 10:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
Mamata invites agitating junior docs for meeting

Mamata invites agitating junior docs for meeting

Junior doctors across West Bengal have been observing a ‘cease work’ at state-run hospitals to demand justice for the young doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month

10 September,2024 08:59 PM IST | Kolkata | PTI
Kolkata doctor rape-murder | Leave justice to SC, return to work: IMA to docs

Kolkata doctor rape-murder | Leave justice to SC, return to work: IMA to docs

Indian Medical Association letter pleads with striking doctors to return to patient care; urges them to have faith in apex court’s word

05 September,2024 07:25 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Mumbai: Parents express concern over high MBBS cut-offs for academic year 24-25

Mumbai: Parents express concern over high MBBS cut-offs for academic year 24-25

Blame NEET-UG results for significantly higher threshold despite addition of eight new colleges

04 September,2024 08:48 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Mumbai: Wadia hospital opens city’s first paediatric skull-base unit

Mumbai: Wadia hospital opens city’s first paediatric skull-base unit

Facility can treat conditions like skull-base tumours, vascular abnormalities, infections, and trauma

04 September,2024 07:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar

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