Rural Service For Doctors

The Madras High Court has directed the Director of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMS) to consider a plea from the wife of a doctor, who was a victim of Covid-19 during the first wave in 2020.

He was addressing the first convocation of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), in Bhubaneswar, Odisha today.

New Delhi: Nearly 75 per cent of dispensaries, 60 per cent of hospitals and 80 per cent of doctors are located in urban areas, serving only 28 per cent of India, says a new report released on Friday by KPMG and the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI). India’s total healthcare expenditure at about 4.1 per cent of GDP is among ...

In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Allahabad High Court judgment quashing Uttar Pradesh government order to provide 30 per cent quota in admissions to post-graduate medical courses to those doctors in government service who have served in rural areas.

One of the major reasons for low weight among newborns in rural India was the continuous exposure of pregnant women to indoor air pollution, according to doctors.

Nearly 9,000 government doctors across the state today boycotted work for two hours over demands of time-bound promotions and hike in rural allowance, a doctors' body said.

Medical services were badly affected at various government hospitals in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as junior doctors continued their protest over demand for clear guidelines on rural service.

Karnataka Government would make it mandatory for MBBS and post-graduate doctors to serve one year in rural areas and a bill in this context would be introduced on July 30, Medical Education Minister S A Ramadass said today.

Medical students, house surgeons and junior doctors of five medical colleges in Kerala have decided to go on an indefinite strike on Monday following "failure" of talks with government on compulsory rural service and bond system. "We have been forced to take this step as the authorities totally failed to address our issues though we staged strikes...

The Karnataka government would promulgate an ordinance to make it mandatory for MBBS undergraduates and post-graduates to serve one year in rural areas immediately after successful completion of the course.

The Madras High Court has directed the Director of Medical and Rural Health Services (DMS) to consider a plea from the wife of a doctor, who was a victim of Covid-19 during the first wave in 2020.

He was addressing the first convocation of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), in Bhubaneswar, Odisha today.

New Delhi: Nearly 75 per cent of dispensaries, 60 per cent of hospitals and 80 per cent of doctors are located in urban areas, serving only 28 per cent of India, says a new report released on Friday by KPMG and the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI). India’s total healthcare expenditure at about 4.1 per cent of GDP is among ...

In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Allahabad High Court judgment quashing Uttar Pradesh government order to provide 30 per cent quota in admissions to post-graduate medical courses to those doctors in government service who have served in rural areas.

One of the major reasons for low weight among newborns in rural India was the continuous exposure of pregnant women to indoor air pollution, according to doctors.

Nearly 9,000 government doctors across the state today boycotted work for two hours over demands of time-bound promotions and hike in rural allowance, a doctors' body said.

Medical services were badly affected at various government hospitals in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as junior doctors continued their protest over demand for clear guidelines on rural service.

Karnataka Government would make it mandatory for MBBS and post-graduate doctors to serve one year in rural areas and a bill in this context would be introduced on July 30, Medical Education Minister S A Ramadass said today.

Medical students, house surgeons and junior doctors of five medical colleges in Kerala have decided to go on an indefinite strike on Monday following "failure" of talks with government on compulsory rural service and bond system. "We have been forced to take this step as the authorities totally failed to address our issues though we staged strikes...

The Karnataka government would promulgate an ordinance to make it mandatory for MBBS undergraduates and post-graduates to serve one year in rural areas immediately after successful completion of the course.