National Medical Commission
- India
Check colleges’ credentials before applying to MBBS, PG courses: NMC
Hyderabad: The Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked candidates aspiring to pursue postgraduate (PG) and MBBS degrees to be cautious before applying to private…
- India
Doctors to be penalised for not prescribing generic drugs: new NMC regulations
New Delhi: All doctors must prescribe generic drugs, failing which they will be penalised and even their license to practice may also be suspended for a period, according to the new regulations issued by…
- India
Doctors can now refuse treatment to abusive, violent patients: NMC
New Delhi: Taking a major step toward curbing the ongoing instances of violence against doctors, the National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practioner (RMP) (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023 official notification said that the…
- India
NMC allows docs to refuse treatment of violent patients, relatives
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission has allowed medical practitioners to refuse treatment in case of abusive and violent patients or relatives but they must ensure that the patient is not abandoned,…
- India
50 new medical colleges approved in India this year: Sources
New Delhi: Fifty new medical colleges have been approved this year, adding 8,195 more undergraduate seats and taking the total number of such seats in the country past 1,07,658, official sources said on…
- India
National Exit Test for medical students to be held in 2024: Sources
New Delhi: The National Exit Test will be held next year and is likely to be conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, official sources said on Thursday. According to…
- India
40 medical colleges derecognised in 2 months for flouting NMC norms, say sources
New Delhi: Around 40 medical colleges across the country have lost recognition over the past two months allegedly for not following standards set by the National Medical Commission (NMC), official sources said.…
- Hyderabad
SC notices to Centre, NMC on plea for restoration of recognition of Telangana medical college
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea by 38 post graduate students of a Telangana-based medical college challenging its non-recognition by the National…
- India
Indian students from Ukrainian varsities can complete courses in other countries
New Delhi: Indian medical students who had returned from war-torn Ukraine will now be allowed to relocate to universities in other countries and complete their studies. Considering the special circumstances, the National…
- India
Refuse treatment to abusive, violent patients, proposes NMC
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission, in its draft professional conduct regulations, has proposed doctors may refuse treatment in case of abusive and violent patients or relatives. The registered medical practitioner (RMP)…
- Telangana
NMC serves showcause notices to 5 medical colleges in Telangana
Hyderabad: In a recent surprise inspection carried out by the National Medical Commission (NMC) across the country, the commission found lapses in five private medical colleges in Telangana. According to the NMC,…
- Telangana
Telangana: NMC allows colleges to commence super specialty courses
Hyderabad: The National Medical Commission (NMC) on Thursday allowed medical colleges across Telangana to commence super specialty courses from April 18. The medical authority’s decision has come as a respite to a…
- India
‘Charak Shapath’ in NMC’s new competency-based UG medical education
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission on Thursday issued a circular on the implementation of competency-based medical education in the undergraduate medical programme, which also recommends the Maharishi Charak Shapath for students at…
- India
No upper age limit for candidates appearing for NEET exams
Hyderabad: The National Medical Commission (NMC) said on Wednesday that the upper age limit of all candidates appearing in the undergraduate medical entrance exam NEET-UG has been removed. Earlier, for general category…
- India
NMC to oppose proposal to replace Hippocratic Oath with Charak Shapath
New Delhi: The medical education apex body National Medical Commission (NMC) may replace the centuries-old code of ethics for medical practitioners, Hippocratic Oath with Charak Shapath. According to a document on the minutes…
