Chaitanya tops Eamcet
Sri Chaitanya students created a record by bagging the state first rank in both Eamcet medical and engineering exams. Nine ranks out of the top 10 in the medical stream and seven out of the top 10 in
Nod to allot merit seats in SF med colleges
In a curious turn to the ongoing self-financing MBBS admission row, the state government has issued a GO giving sanction to the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations to make allotments to the governme
MCI nod for govt medical colleges
There is good news for medical seat aspirants in the state. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has permitted all the 10 government-run medical colleges in the state to accept students, with the rider
PG medical seats system ‘flawed’
The inquiry committee appointed by the state government to probe the “sale of PG medical seats” under the management quota for the new academic year 2012-13 in private medical colleges has detected gr
Fake medical probationers galore in Chennai
There are over 1,000 quacks practising Indian streams of medicine in Tamil Nadu, the Indian Siddha Medical Graduates Association (ISMGA) has found. Senior doctors heading the ISMGA have stumbled upon
Kerala University of Health Sciences still struggling
As the Kerala University of Health Sciences is preparing to admit its second batch of students, DC takes a look at how far the institution has been able to give a qualitative boost to medical educatio
Free engineering, medical education for girls in UP colleges
Free engineering and medical education would be given to girls in government colleges in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Thursday.
He made the announcement while addressing
Japan hospital worker jailed for toenail pulling
A Japanese court has jailed a hospital worker for three years for tearing off the toenails of elderly patients at a hospital to relieve her own frustration.
Akemi Sato, who worked as an assistant at
Six more babies die in Bengal hospital
Underlining yet again the poor health infrastructure in West Bengal's government hospitals, six babies have died in a Malda district hospital, officials said on Thursday.
"Since yesterday (Wednesday)
British nurses are too busy even for patients!
As a patient one thing that any of us may like to be assured of in a hospital is having someone around in the hour of need. But it seems it maybe asking for too much if one happens to be in a British