NMC
- Andhra Pradesh
Jagan urges TDP govt to reconsider plans to privatise medical colleges
Amaravati: YSR Congress Party President and former Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday demanded the TDP-led coalition government in Andhra Pradesh immediately reconsider its plans to privatise medical colleges…
- India
28% of UG Medical students report being diagnosed with mental health conditions
New Delhi: Nearly 28 per cent of UG and 15.3 per cent of PG medical students reported having been diagnosed with mental health conditions, according to an online survey conducted by a…
- India
NMC directs medical colleges to set up ‘tobacco cessation centres’
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed medical colleges across the country to set up ‘tobacco cessation centres’ to combat the adverse effects of tobacco use and promote public health.…
- Telangana
Telangana private medical colleges ‘stealing’ PG students’ stipend
Hyderabad: In a shocking revelation, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has said that close to 50 percent of stipend non-payment complaints received across the nation have been registered by Private Medical Colleges (PMC)…
- India
SC pulls up NMC after plea claims 70% colleges don’t give stipend to MBBS interns
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, October 26 pulled up the National Medical Commission (NMC) for the delay in furnishing its reply to a plea alleging that 70 percent of the…
- India
Student’s ‘suicide’: NMC seeks report from private medical college in Kanyakumari
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has sought a detailed report from a private medical college by Thursday in connection with the alleged suicide of a medical student pursuing post-graduation following…
- India
Doctors should not mislead public through signboards, visiting cards, announcements: NMC
New Delhi: A doctor should not use an unusually large signboard and write on it anything other than his name, qualifications, titles, specialty or registration number, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has…
- World
UK nurses tied Sikh patient’s beard with gloves, kept him hungry: Report
London: Nurses allegedly tied a Sikh patient’s beard with plastic gloves, left him in his own urine and offered him food he couldn’t eat for religious reasons, a senior whistleblower from UK’s…
- India
Medical colleges could be fined Rs 1 cr for violation of new NMC rules
New Delhi: Medical colleges that fail to comply with statutory provisions and National Medical Commission’s regulations can be fined Rs 1 crore per violation, according to the new set of rules notified…
- 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
Regulations mandating doctors to prescribe generic drugs put on hold
New Delhi: The newly-notified Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023, by the National Medical Commission (NMC), has been held in abeyance by the Union government. The latest development come days after…
- 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,…
- Telangana
NMC issues advisory for students seeking overseas admission
Hyderabad: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued an advisory for students seeking admissions to foreign medical universities to ensure that the varsity they chose fits the terms set in Foreign Medical…
- India
SC sets aside Calcutta HC order suspending doc’s licence in contempt proceedings
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has recently said that the power to punish a medical practitioner for “misconduct” rests exclusively with the National Medical Commission. A bench comprising of Justices BR Gavai…
- India
NMC asks health institutions to constitute sexual harassment probe committees
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission has directed all health institutions to constitute sexual harassment probe committees in compliance with the provisions of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act. In a letter…
