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Image for representation purposes only AI generated image ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * AIIMS New Delhi launched a VR training centre for medical and nursing education on April 6 * The centre was developed with MediSim VR to offer simulation-based healthcare training * The partnership focuses on AI-enabled VR impact on skill development and training standards Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode The All India Institute of Medical Scie ...Read More >
New Delhi- For thousands of Indian students unable to secure a medical seat at home, studying MBBS abroad often appears as a practical alternative. But a fresh advisory by the National Medical Commission (NMC) suggests that this route may be far riskier than it seems. In a detailed alert issued on April 1, the Commission has warned that students enrolling in non-compliant foreign medical colleges could find themselves ineligible to practise medicine in India, despite completing their degrees. ...Read More >
He said the hospital will benefit around 50,000 people across 15 villages. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann inaugurated the 30-bed Sant Attar Singh Ji Maharaj Hospital in Cheema village * The hospital cost Rs 11.70 crore and will serve 50,000 people across 15 villages * The facility offers pediatric, ENT, dental, maternal, and de-addiction services with modern equipment Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Sangrur: ...Read More >
Special funds are being allocated to promote research and sports in government medical colleges, said P. Chandrasekhar, Vice-Chancellor of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences (Dr NTRUHS). Addressing the media at the university campus in Vijayawada on Monday (March 30, 2026), Dr. Chandrasekhar said these initiatives are being taken up to improve standards in medical education. Each government medical college shall receive ₹10 lakh as a grant every year to improve infrastructure and conduct In ...Read More >
Lucknow: UP has to set a 100-100-60 target to improve childhood cancer care in the state. The plan aims to ensure 100% access to treatment, 100% financial protection, and a 60% survival rate among children with cancer by 2030. This was discussed during a consultation programme -- Change for Childhood Cancer in Uttar Pradesh 'From Challenge to Change' -- organised by CanKids KidsCan on Monday.Over 100 govt officials, doctors and representatives of non-govt organisations attended the programme.Add ...Read More >
"You will have to satisfy us that this drastic reduction in the cut-off, virtually bringing it to zero, does not affect the quality of the education. We are concerned about the quality of the medical education," a bench of justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe told the Centre's counsel. The court issued formal notices on a batch of petitions challenging the reduction in cut-off and posted the matter for hearing next week. Senior advocates Pinki Anand, Gopal Sankaranarayanan and DS Naidu appear ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said it would examine whether the sharp reduction in the qualifying marks for NEET-PG 2025-26 affects the standard of postgraduate medical education. A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe made the remarks while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the reduction in the percentile cut-off for the current academic year. "Adversely affecting the quality of education is what we are concerned about more than anything. It is about the quali ...Read More >
India has added 48,563 MBBS seats and 29,080 postgraduate (MD/MS) seats between the academic years 2020-21 and 2025-26, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. In a written reply to an unstarred question, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel said the expansion was undertaken based on inputs from the National Medical Commission (NMC) to bridge healthcare workforce gaps, especially in underserved regions. Also Read | India's first ...Read More >
India has seen a significant rise in medical colleges and seats. Maternal and child health indicators have improved considerably. Tuberculosis incidence has also dropped sharply. More seats are expected in the coming years. Graduating doctors are urged to serve with empathy and embrace innovation for the nation's healthcare needs. The number of medical colleges in the country has gone up from 387 to 819 in the last 11 years, Union Health Minister Nadda said on Saturday. Addressing the 50th Ann ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda, on Saturday addressed the 50th Annual Convocation Ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, commending the institution's contribution to medical education, research and patient care. Congratulating the graduating batch, Nadda urged young doctors to "serve with empathy, uphold the highest standards of ethics and embrace innovation" to address the nation's evolving healthcare needs. Nadda highlighted t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 25: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh today highlighted the rapidly changing paradigm of medical education in India as also that of health care, pointing to a transformative decade that has made healthcare in India more accessible, affordable, and inclusive. Addressing the Foundation Day and College Convocation of the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) as chief guest, Dr. Jitendra Singh awarded MBBS and MD degrees upon undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Mini ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) Over 14,700 people joined the inaugural Compression-only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) live demonstration as part of the Health Ministry's initiative to sensitise citizens about the importance of early bystander intervention during cardiac arrest and other medical emergencies. During the pan-India CPR Awareness Week from October 13-17, as many as 79,870 people pledged their commitment on the MyGov portal to spreading CPR awareness. In a statement, the ministry sai ...Read More >
Mumbai: Resident doctors across Maharashtra are grappling with faculty shortage, poor academic supervision, increasing workload and lack of adequate infrastructure, according to a recent survey conducted by the Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA). Though overburdened, resident doctors do not have access to any grievance redressal mechanism or mental health support systems. On the contrary, they are forced to manage rising patient loads with minimal supervision and limited acade ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The central got has approved a major expansion of postgraduate (PG) medical seats across the country ahead of the new admission cycle, adding over 11,000 seats in govt and self-financed medical colleges.In Gujarat, more than 250 additional PG medical seats have been sanctioned across various govt and medical society-run institutions. State govt officials said the move was aimed at meet the growing demand for specialist doctors and strengthening both medical education and healthcare in ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Postgraduate medical education in the state received a major boost with the addition of 106 new PG medical seats in government medical colleges. Health minister Y Satya Kumar Yadav said in a statement on Saturday that the National Medical Commission (NMC) had approved these additional seats in various broad specialty courses, including General Medicine, Gynaecology, and other disciplines. Of the newly-sanctioned seats, 60 have been allotted to five new government medical colleges an ...Read More >
The JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mauritius (JSSAHERM) has said that its MBBS programme has been accredited by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Government of Mauritius, and the establishment of the JSS School of Medicine at Vacoas in Mauritius has been formally approved. This was disclosed at a press conference here on Monday by Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swami of Suttur Mutt, who heads the JSS Mahavidyapeetha, Mysuru. Executive Secretary C.G. Betsurmath, JSS AHER Pro-cha ...Read More >
Dignitaries and students at ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana. A significant milestone was achieved on Tuesday as the ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, commenced its first academic session by organising a foundation course for its inaugural batch of MBBS students. This moment marks the beginning of medical education under the aegis of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, and the fulfilment of the vision to establish the first government medical col ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 3(ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Jagat Prakash Nadda, on Thursday presided as the Chief Guest at the 3rd Foundation Day celebrations of AIIMS Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh. Addressing the gathering, Nadda stated, "With state-of-the-art facilities such as advanced MRI, CT scanner, PET-CT, endoscopy suites, and bronchoscopy suites now in place, AIIMS Bilaspur has made remarkable progress within just three years of its establishment." He added, "The fa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The addition of over 10,000 new medical seats by the Union Cabinet recently is another step towards India achieving universal healthcare, according to an official statement on Saturday. On September 24, 10,023 new medical seats across existing government colleges and hospitals were approved by the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with an investment of Rs 15,034 crore. The move is part of a broader vision to create 75,000 additional medical sea ...Read More >
The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Modi, has sanctioned a significant expansion of India's medical education infrastructure. Over 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate seats will be added in government medical institutions through centrally sponsored schemes. This initiative aims to boost the availability of specialist doctors and strengthen healthcare capacity nationwide with a total outlay of ₹15,034.50 crore. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a m ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a bid to strengthen the overall availability of doctors in the country, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the scheme to increase 5,000 PG seats and 5,023 MBBS seats for a total outlay of Rs 15,034.50 crore. The approval of Phase III of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) aims to strengthen and upgrade existing state government and central government medical colleges, standalone PG institutes, and government h ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Monday that his administration will establish a fund to finance organ transplants and other medical treatments exceeding Rs 5 lakh. Fadnavis mentioned at a meeting of the governing council of the State Health Assurance Society that the program will broaden the coverage of health insurance schemes. He instructed the state medical education and drugs department to develop a detailed policy for offering inclusive cancer treatment se ...Read More >
The CM said while addressing the foundation day ceremony of the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan CHIEF MINISTER Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that "life is defined by three states -- tendency, distortion and culture." "Staying unchanged is tendency, continuous decline is distortion and decisions taken in the larger public and national interest embody culture," Adityanath said while addressing the foundation day ceremony of the Dr Ram Manohar Loh ...Read More >
Guwahati: The 118.5-km-long Guwahati Ring Road and the Narengi-Kuruwa bridge over the Brahmaputra, which is a part of the ring road project, will be Assam's first seamless multi-modal connectivity network, said PM Narendra Modi.He laid the foundation stones for the projects in Assam's Darrang district on Sunday.The PM said improved connectivity has made travel more accessible, expanded tourism, and created new employment opportunities for the youth of the region."The bridge will save both time a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Despite there being uproar around initiating medical education in Hindi, the plan hasn't taken off yet. Many experts believe that launching this initiative without adequate preparation would amount to rushing things. Others believe that the medical curriculum should be taught in English only, as the country lacks resources to start medical education in Hindi. Taking this debate forward, former General Secretary of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr DR Rai pointed out that Hindi ...Read More >
Lucknow, September 13: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, addressing the foundation day ceremony of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, said that life is defined by three states -- tendency, distortion, and culture. "Staying unchanged is tendency, continuous decline is distortion, and decisions taken in the larger public and national interest embody culture," he remarked, citing the institute itself as a living example of this culture. In just 19 years, ...Read More >
Lucknow, September 13: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, addressing the foundation day ceremony of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, said that life is defined by three states -- tendency, distortion, and culture. "Staying unchanged is tendency, continuous decline is distortion, and decisions taken in the larger public and national interest embody culture," he remarked, citing the institute itself as a living example of this culture. In just 19 years ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sep 13 (PTI) AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director and CEO Dr Ashutosh Biswas said the institute has been placed in the top 100 institutions in the country in the overall category, making it one of the few medical institutions to achieve such a distinction. AIIMS Bhubaneswar has been ranked 14th among medical colleges in India, as per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025. This outstanding performance marks a significant leap from 31st position in 2021 and 15th p ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar has secured 14th rank among medical colleges in India, as per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025, released by the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. This outstanding performance marks a significant leap from 31st position in 2021 and 15th position in 2024, underlining the institute's continued commitment to excellence in medical education, healthcare, and research. Further adding to i ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 12 (PTI) The Indian Medical Association (IMA)'s Maharashtra chapter has warned of a strike on September 18 if the state government does not withdraw its fresh notification on registration of homeopathic doctors who have completed certificate course in modern pharmacology. Earlier this year, the state government directed the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) to register homeopaths who had completed the one-year Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP), allowing such practitio ...Read More >
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