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Post-graduate diploma for doctors in eastern India
The Christian Medical College, Vellore, will start a distance education programme here offering post-graduate diploma in family medicine for general practitioners - of West Bengal and other eastern states from June.
Apr 19, 2008 - 9:23:57 PM
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Classical medical terminology can endanger patients
The limited and recycled vocabulary of dead languages used in medical terminology is confusing and has the potential to cause serious consequences for patients. Dr Melinda Lyons, University of Cambridge, UK, discusses the issues in a Comment in this week's edition of The Lancet.
Apr 17, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Indian doctor sentenced for Glasgow airport bombing bid
London, April 11 - Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed was Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail by a court in London in connection with the failed car bombing of Glasgow airport in Scotland last June.
Apr 11, 2008 - 8:59:04 PM
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Indian-origin doctor gets Ontario's highest civilian award
Toronto, April 11 - Sheela Basrur, the Indian-origin doctor who led the fight against the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome - outbreak here, was Thursday given the Order of Ontario, the highest civilian award in Canada's most important province.
Apr 11, 2008 - 10:29:30 AM
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NRI doctor guilty of unethical tests on British patients
London, March 29 - An NRI psychiatrist from Assam faces the sack after being found guilty of conducting unethical drug tests on mentally ill patients, according to reports Saturday.
Mar 29, 2008 - 6:04:41 PM
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Post Graduate Medical Degrees from UK, US and Canada Recognised in India
Union Health Minister of India Anbumani Ramadoss has said that Union Government of India has taken a unilateral decision to recognise postgraduate degrees in medicine obtained from foreign institutes in UK, USA, Canada and New Zealand. This would mean that Indian doctors who have obtained their postgraduate qualifications from these countries would be able to practice in India as a specialist in their areas of post graduate qualification.
Mar 16, 2008 - 9:21:34 AM
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Indian doctors among many attacked on duty in Britain
London, Jan 10 - Indian and Indian-origin doctors working in the National Health Service - are among thousands of doctors in Britain who were physically or verbally attacked by patients last year but most choose not to report the abuse, according to a report.
Jan 10, 2008 - 4:35:20 PM
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New British rules favour non-EU workers for high-end jobs
London, Jan 2 - British employers may no longer have to advertise highly paid jobs locally before hiring overseas as new rules from July open up opportunities for Indian and other non-European white-collar workers.
Jan 2, 2008 - 7:29:12 PM
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Father of dead student demands Rs.5 mn from AIIMS
New Delhi, Dec 30 - The father of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences - student, who died of dengue last year, has asked the institute to pay him Rs.5 million as compensation, saying a government enquiry had put the blame on negligence by doctors.
Dec 30, 2007 - 1:10:22 PM
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Australian court clears Haneef, family unlikely to sue
Bangalore/Sydney, Dec 21 - A court in Australia Friday cleared the way for Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef to return to his job as registrar in a Gold Coast hospital, leading to double Eid festivities at his home in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
Dec 21, 2007 - 4:38:22 PM
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Australian court clears Haneef, family says its Eid gift
Bangalore/Sydney, Dec 21 - An Australian court Friday cleared the way for Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef to return to his job in a Gold Coast hospital, leading to double Eid festivities at his home in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
Dec 21, 2007 - 1:45:15 PM
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New steps to curb overseas doctors in Britain
London, Oct 9 - Indian doctors should think several times before coming to Britain for jobs - the employment situation has been difficult for non-European Union doctors, and new proposals have been drawn to guarantee jobs to doctors trained in Britain.
Oct 9, 2007 - 3:46:42 PM
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Over 600 post-graduates to wait one more month for degrees
New Delhi, Sep 25 - Over 600 post-graduates of the premier All India Institute of Medical Science - will have to wait one more month to get their degree certificates.
Sep 25, 2007 - 8:21:17 PM
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Medical seats in JIPMER increased to 100
New Delhi, Sep 21 - It's good news for medical college aspirants. The central government Friday increased the number of MBBS seats from 75 to 100 at the Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research -, Pondicherry.
Sep 21, 2007 - 4:27:04 PM
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NRI docs' healing touch for Bengal's poor
Kolkata, Sep 13 - Thanks to the initiative of around 20 NRI doctors, mostly from Britain and the US, a hospital is being set up here with the aim of providing quality healthcare at a low cost to the poor.
Sep 13, 2007 - 9:00:17 AM
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India to recognise foreign medical degrees
Chennai, Aug 26 - India will provide 'unilateral recognition' to post-graduate medical degrees of foreign universities, union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said here Sunday.
Aug 26, 2007 - 7:09:38 PM
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Over 200 AIIMS post-graduates yet to get degrees - over a signature
New Delhi, Aug 18 - Over 200 post-graduates of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences - here are yet to receive their degree certificates, making it difficult for them to apply for jobs. They have been told that Health Minister A. Ramadoss is yet to put his signatures on them.
Aug 18, 2007 - 1:33:22 PM
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Another Indian doctor to head home from Australia
Canberra, Aug 16 - Indian doctor Mohammed Asif Ali, who is being investigated after admitting to lying on his resume, will fly out of Australia Thursday night.
Aug 16, 2007 - 2:41:09 PM
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India far from being a knowledge power: Arjun Singh
New Delhi, Aug 11 - Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Saturday expressed scepticism over India's knowledge power status and said the country needed more funds and dedication for improvement in the education sector.
Aug 11, 2007 - 8:09:37 PM
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Now probe into competence of Indian doctors in Britain
London, Aug 10 - Indian doctors are among several overseas doctors whose competence to practice in Britain's National Health Service - is being investigated following an increasing number of complaints registered with the General Medical Council -.
Aug 10, 2007 - 12:29:14 PM
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Pune docs to Dutt's rescue...Munnabhai way
Pune, Aug 10 - Even as Sanjay Dutt gets busy doing carpentry in the Yerawada Jail here, his hardcore fans outside are planning on a novel approach to help...the Munnabhai way.
Aug 10, 2007 - 10:20:58 AM
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Asian doctor charged with sexual assault
London, Aug 10 - An Asian doctor working in Britain's National Health Service - has been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a hospital in Norfolk and making indecent photographs of a child.
Aug 10, 2007 - 9:10:36 AM
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Release full transcript of probe, Haneef tells Australia
Bangalore, Aug 1 - Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef Wednesday contested claims by Australian authorities that they have fresh evidence of his involvement in the failed British terror plot and challenged them to come out with the full transcript of his police interrogation and an online chat with his brother.
Aug 1, 2007 - 8:49:52 PM
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Apex court adjourns hearing on government's quota plea
New Delhi, July 31 - The Supreme Court Tuesday adjourned to Aug 7 the hearing of the central government's latest plea for revival of the suspended law for the reservation for Other Backward Class - students in government-funded higher educational institutions.
Jul 31, 2007 - 2:32:49 PM
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Indians in Australia seek apology from government
Sydney, July 29 - The 230,000-strong Indian Australian community has been relieved that justice has finally prevailed as Muhammad Haneef was on his way home, though it has demanded an apology from the government for the Indian doctor's 25-day incarceration before terror charges against him were dropped.
Jul 29, 2007 - 10:43:39 AM
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Study examines faculty's beliefs on the effects of decreased resident duty-hours
Internal medicine faculty heavily involved in residency programs believe that resident duty-hour limitations negatively affect aspects of residents� patient care, education and professionalism, but improve residents� well-being, according to a report in the July 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Jul 23, 2007 - 4:00:00 AM
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Uttar Pradesh declares revised medical entrance results
Lucknow, June 21 - The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday declared revised results of the medical entrance examinations even as a university vice chancellor announced his resignation in the wake of violent statewide protests that led a youth to commit suicide.
Jun 21, 2007 - 3:45:21 PM
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STAMP system can help medical professionals to predict violence
A researcher who spent nearly 300 hours observing patients in an accident and emergency department has developed a method for identifying possible flashpoints, according to the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Jun 20, 2007 - 9:00:00 PM
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Extended Shifts for Medical Interns Negatively Impact Patient Safety
Working an extended duration shift can pose a risk to not only the safety and well-being of medical interns, but also to that of their patients, according to a research abstract that was presented on Wednesday at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS).
Jun 14, 2007 - 4:00:00 PM
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Bid to save medical colleges from de-recognition
Bhopal, June 3 - The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to provide necessary equipment and adequate staff to the five medical colleges in the state that are facing possible de-recognition from the Medical Council of India -, say official sources.
Jun 3, 2007 - 12:18:07 PM
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Royal College of Physicians exams now in India
Chennai, June 2 - The clinical examination for the prestigious Membership of Royal College of Physicians - can now be held in India.
Jun 2, 2007 - 4:50:55 PM
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India-born doctor to become first woman to head BBC
London, Nov 29 - India-born Dr. Chitra Bharucha is set to become the first woman to head the BBC, albeit in an acting capacity, following the resignation of BBC chairperson Michael Grade.
Nov 29, 2006 - 10:39:52 PM
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Disgraced Indian-born doctor a scapegoat: expert
Sydney, Nov 26 - Disgraced Indian-born surgeon Jayant Patel, wanted in Australia for manslaughter, is merely a scapegoat, a Queensland investigator who first probed his work has said.
Nov 26, 2006 - 10:42:52 PM
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Ailing Indian doctor in Britain to return to Kolkata
London, Nov 26 - A doctor from India who came to Britain in 2002 to work in the National Health Service but was stranded when he had to quit his job due to an incurable brain disease, will now be able to return to India thanks to a campaign by a local newspaper in Sunderland.
Nov 26, 2006 - 5:26:22 PM
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Bihar to get eight new private medical colleges
Eight new private medical colleges are set to open in Bihar as two US and six Indian firms have submitted proposals to invest in the health sector.
Nov 4, 2006 - 7:26:00 PM
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Severe discrimination based on race and ethnicity in medical-school admissions at University of Michigan
Three studies released today by the Center for Equal Opportunity document evidence of severe discrimination based on race and ethnicity in undergraduate, law, and medical school admissions at the University of Michigan.
Oct 17, 2006 - 8:21:00 PM
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Small But Substantial Proportion Of Surgical Residents Interested In Part-Time Training
Medical students expressed increased interest in a career in surgery if part-time training options were available, and some residents, fellows and practicing surgeons would be interested in flexible training options as well, according to the results of a web-based survey published in the October issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Oct 17, 2006 - 2:23:00 PM
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World Emergency Medicine Experts to Meet in Indo-US Emergency Medicine Summit
All India Institute of Medical sciences will host the Indus EM 2006 from September 27 to October 1, 2006. The conference will be themed at Connecting care, competencies and culture. The conference will emphasise on the latest advances in treatment, literature reviews, and in-depth assessment of the latest clinical controversies. It is expected to be attended by over 1000 delagates.
Jun 25, 2006 - 8:00:00 PM
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Upset Pakistani scientist wants to surrender nationality
A Pakistani scientist announced he was giving up his nationality as he was upset with the government for not backing him in a case he filed against a German research institute three years ago.
May 2, 2006 - 10:54:00 PM
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Delhi medical students to continue anti-quota strike
Students of four medical colleges here Thursday decided to continue their stir against a government proposal to hike reservation seats, even as Human Resource Minister Arjun Singh assured them that the matter will be considered after the assembly polls in five states.
Apr 28, 2006 - 1:23:00 AM
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Chandigarh doctors call off strike
Striking doctors of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here returned to work Tuesday evening after police nabbed three people who had assaulted two doctors earlier in the day.
Apr 26, 2006 - 2:48:00 PM
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Responses to recent crises show that doctors can achieve advocacy goals
When problems in the health care system threaten doctors' ability to practice medicine and patients' access to needed treatments, surgeons can play an important role as advocates for political solutions, according to a series of special articles in the April issue of SURGERY (Volume 139, Number 4, April 2006) published by Elsevier. The articles highlight some recent health care crises and the effective advocacy response by surgeons and physicians, focusing on patient education as the key to political change.
Apr 25, 2006 - 7:20:00 PM
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Medical jargon is not unequivocal
Dutch researcher Ronald Cornet has developed and tested various evaluation methods for assessing the quality of medical terminology systems. Good clinical and epidemiological research depends upon medical jargon being unequivocal and correct.
Apr 19, 2006 - 5:31:00 PM
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Indian-origin dean of S Africa medical school quits
Girish Mody, the Indian-origin dean of the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine (NRMSM) in Durban, has reportedly tendered his resignation following a series of claims of racism, discrimination, exam leaks and unequal treatment of students during his stint of a little over a year.
Apr 18, 2006 - 7:27:00 AM
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Nepal deporting doctors treating protesters
King Gyanendra's government in Nepal has come down heavily on two doctors from abroad for treating protesters who were hurt while taking part in anti-king demonstrations, a report said Friday.
Apr 15, 2006 - 6:20:00 PM
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Nicaraguan doctors continue strike for five months
A five-month protest by Nicaraguan doctors urging a pay raise continues in the absence of an agreement with the authorities, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.
Apr 15, 2006 - 6:18:00 PM
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Woman doctor nabbed for sex-determination test
A woman doctor in Haryana was caught red-handed Wednesday after she conducted a sex-determination test on a woman to ascertain the sex of her unborn child.
Apr 14, 2006 - 11:07:00 PM
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Nicaraguan doctors continue strike for five months
A five-month protest by Nicaraguan doctors urging a pay raise continues in the absence of an agreement with the authorities, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.
Apr 14, 2006 - 10:21:00 PM
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NHS Crisis Adding to Woes of Overseas Doctors in Britain
Apart from changes in work rules that have adversely affected Indian doctors' employment prospects, a financial crisis has gripped several hospitals in Britain's National Health Service (NHS), leading to hundreds of job losses. Almost every day, several hospitals announce job cuts to meet budget deficits. In recent weeks, the overall job losses in the NHS are said to be nearly 7,000 in 22 trusts and hospitals in different parts of the country. The financial crunch further lessens the prospects of thousands of Indian doctors currently seeking employment in Britain. New work rules have compounded the situation for them as now they can no longer work as part of "permit free training", and need work permits. Britain's health authorities are faced with higher numbers of local medical graduates and many more from the expanded European Union who have the right to work in Britain. The situation makes it difficult for non-EU nationals - such as Indian doctors - to secure employment in the NHS.
Apr 10, 2006 - 1:37:00 PM
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CBI Evidence Not Sufficient to Scrap AIPGE Exam - Supreme Court
The government Monday sought permission from the Supreme Court to scrap the All India Post Graduate Medical Entrance Test following allegations of students using unfair means, but the court said there was no material before it to allow this.
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