The junior doctors at Rajiv Gandhi government general hospital continued their strike for the second consecutive day demanding protection and the arrest of attendants who had attacked the duty doctors

The Centre is planning to double the number of medical seats in undergraduate and postgraduate courses to achieve a target of 80,000 MBBS and 45,000 PG seats by 2021, health ministry officials said.

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday favoured increasing the duration of the MBBS course from the existing 5.5 years to 6.5 years and said the Medical Council of India was working on the proposa

The government on Monday said any doctor going to the US for higher medical studies would have to sign a bond with it before leaving and honour the document by returning to India after finishing the s

An Indian-origin doctor in the UK killed two elderly patients suffering from ulcers after prescribing them ten times the normal dose of morphine while he was preoccupied surfing the Internet.

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Former President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has advised doctors to go to villages and serve the poor.

At the 14th annual convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) on Saturday, he

A couple of doctors at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College and some medical representatives are suspected to be involved in the piracy of medical text books.

The anti-piracy cell seized more than

Admitting that there was a shortage of nearly 10,000 doctors in government hospitals, Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Narottam Mishra on Sunday said efforts were on to fill up the vacancies.

"There is

Indians who have studied medicine in five English speaking countries — UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — will now be eligible to practice in India.

In a significant move, the Union health

Over 1,700 resident doctors in Maharashtra have called off their four-day strike and resumed work after assurances from top state health and civic officials over security arrangements in hospitals.