The fate of some big medical colleges seems to hang in balance as the Medical Council of India (MCI) has sent showcause notice to them following complaints of violation of norms.

Keeping in view the increased global trade in foods derived from Genetically Engineered (GE) crops and the ongoing field trials in India, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) came out with new guidelines on safety assessment of GM food that necessitate animal feeding studies along with specific nutritional and toxicological studies.

The government, it seems, is all set to miss the deadline for setting up six AIIMS-like institutes once again. More that six years after the health ministry decided to set up the institutes under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday admitted that out of six of them, government is making efforts to start “four” medical colleges in 2012.

Days after Achyutananda Samanta, founder of Kalinga Institute of Medical College (KIMS) in Bhubaneshwar came under CBI scanner for his alleged role in forging documents of the college for running the MBBS programme in 2010, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has sent a showcause notice to the college seeking explanation on the issue, failing which, the MCI will withdraw permission granted to the college.

The National Board of Examination (NBE) has in principle decided to conduct the Common Entrance Test (CET) for post-graduate (PG) medical students with a condition that the NBE should be given total “freedom” to conduct the exam.

To treat children from tuberculosis, a new treatment protocol for this “vulnerable” section is on the anvil. A high-level experts constituted by the Union health ministry is finalising new “weight bands” (dose according to weight) for the children.

In a move that could improve patient care in the long run, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has made it mandatory for assistant professors and associate professors to get at least two papers of their research work published in reputed journals, to be eligible to get promotion.

Blaming that 'cheap Chinese models' of ultrasound machines are leading to illegal sex determination, the Union health ministry has asked the Central Board of Excise and Customs to formulate appropriat

Blaming that “cheap chinese models” of ultrasound machines are leading to illegal sex determination, the Union health ministry has asked the Central Board of Excise and Customs to formulate appropriat

After having witnessed a year-long polio free period and being taken off the list of polio endemic countries, India is now looking at the endgame strategy to combat the deadly virus.