MCI for ban on gifts to docs by pharmaceutical company
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The move is likely to face stiff resistance from the pharma lobby as well as a section of doctors who have been benefiting from largesses showed by the pharma industry. MCI chairman Dr Ketan Desai, an Ahmedabad-based urologist, said the council has forwarded to the Centre an MCI resolution adopted on November 18 titled “Building a healthy relationship based on self-regulation between doctors and pharmaceutical and allied health sector industries and preventing unscrupulous practices by doctors.”
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Silver nano-particle has anti-platelet action:BHU
Sunday, June 14, 2009
May be such an era is coming where we do not have to use aspirin or clopidogrel as an anti-platelet agent! Researchers found that silver nano-particle has anti-platelet property, they keep platelets in an inactive state.It is our pride that this research is being done at deptt. of Biochemistry,IMS-BHU.The scientists, led by Debabrata Dash, Head, Department of Biochemistry BHU, said lab testing of silver nanoparticles seemed to keep platelets in an inactive state.
"Nanosilver is already known to have antibacterial property. However, ours is the first ever discovery that nanosilver also possesses significant anti-platelet property," Dash said in an email interview.
Its time to be united
Saturday, June 13, 2009
We,the junior doctors are not united, that' why the authorities are so much indifferent to these serious matter.Its time to come-up friend,its time to be united.Unless we would n't able to save ourselves.
Is Resvervation Justified in Post-graduate Medical Education?
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Reservation in Indian Constitution is a form of affirmative action whereby a percentage of seats are reserved in the public sector units, union and state civil services, union and state government depaerments and in all public and private educational institutions, except in the religious/ linguistic minority educational institutions, for the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or the Scheduled Castes and Tribes who were inadequately represented in these services and institutions. The reservation policy is extended for the SC and STs in representing the Parliament of India, etc. The central government of India reserves 27% of higher education, Reservation in most states is capped at a maximum of 50%, but certain Indian states like Rajasthan & Tamil Nadu have proposed a 68 % reservation which ironically includes a 14% reservation for forward castes.
My topic of discussion is not "Reservation", but "Reservation in post-graduate education".The primary aim of the Reservation system in Indian constitution is to bring the under-privileged society in to the main stream of the country.Now, question rises here.
Suppose a candidate from the under-privileged area of our society becomes a doctor/engineer through the help of this reservation system.It is very good upto this point.But when he/she becomes a doctor/engineer how can he/she counted as back-ward then?
India's first stemcell transplant for traumatic brain injury
Saturday, June 6, 2009
We are not lagging behind from the mainstream of medical science today.A 27-year old woman, suffering from severe disability for the past one year following an accident, has succesfully underwent brain stemcell transplant surgery, the first such case in the country, doctors at a superspeciality hospital here claimed today. A team of Neurosurgeons led by Dr N K Venkataramana, Chief Neurosurgeon and Vice-Chairman, BGS Global Hospitals, carried out the complex surgery on Madhu Mallika who sustained the severe brain injury in an accident last year.
"The patient was suffering from altered sensorium, severe cognitive dysfunction and lack of movement in limbs. Following the surgery, she has now regained full consciousness, memory, communication abilities and purposive movements in limbs," Venkataramana told reporters here.
The patient was admitted in an unconscious state with severe injury and on first examination doctors gave her only 20 per cent chances for survival, he claimed. "It was perplexing that the woman did not show any improvement despite all available treatment in the last one year and ultimately the possibility of stemcell therapy was considered after discussions with her family and it proved successful," Chief Neurosurgeon said.
"This is an eye opener that there is a possibility of reactivating brain cells following injury with very gratifying clinical results. To our knowledge such attempts were made only in China. This is the first attempt in the country and India is the second country in the world to use such therapy," he said.
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Donations in medical education kills merit
Friday, June 5, 2009
For the last couple of days, the headlines of the many leading daily's of the country was occupied by a news "officials of two leading medical colleges demanding Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh for an MBBS seat."
The investigation exposes how Chennai-based colleges violate an SC order and state legislation banning capitation fee. Officials of Sri Ramachandra University (SRU) and Shree Balaji Medical College and Hospital were caught on camera demanding donations from a student who cleared his Class XII exams this year.
This is the situation of medical education in India now-a-day.Government are reluctant to open new medical colleges despite of the fact that the county needs more specialized doctors to strengthen its health system.So many private institutions are coming up to provide medical education.These institutions are demanding capitation moneys from the students to be admitted there.The situation is worse in post-graduate medical education.
The main reason for such high rates is the dearth of seats for PG programmes. The average ratio of undergraduate (MBBS) seats to those for post-graduate is 100:29. In effect, nearly 32,000 doctors graduate from medical schools across the country every year, and the number of PG seats available to them is roughly one-third of the requirement.
Only a fraction of PG seats in India, i.e the seats in govt. colleges are filled up on the basis of merit.Rests are on the basis of money!The ultimate sufferer are the patients & the nation itself.Side-by-side a huge number of meritorious but poor students are deprived from the education.
Doctor severely beaten up by furious mob
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Another unfortunate incident of harassment of a doctor in Srirampur Wallce Hospital came from WB.A pediatrician named, Dr.Sujoy Saha was severely beaten by furious mob in Srirampur on 3rd June.
The mob alleged,there was a negligence on the part of the doctors, due to which a post-cesarean patient,Rita Pradhan(24), died on 2nd June.It is very unfortunate that the people beaten up a pediatrician inside the ward for this incident.There was also indulge from a political party in this event.
Stipend of the Junior doctors in West Bengal has been increased
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
After a period of two months doubts & anxiety, ultimately stipend of the Junior doctors has been increased in West Bengal according to the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission.It has been made Rs. 12180/-p.m for the internees & Rs.19700/- p.m for the first year PGTs & house-staffs. Senior PGTs are also getting more.
But are the Juniors doctors getting what they deserve? Yes, internees are getting what they should get.But what about the PGTs?Are they still not under-paid? It is a clear fact beyond doubt that the PGTs run the teaching hospitals in WB. They take a very major part in patient care activity of these hospitals.Doing a same kind of job, a junior doctor in Delhi is paid around 45 K p.m ! Even a DNB PGT in Railway Hospitals is also getting around 40K p.m.
More over PGTs in WB are not paid house-rent.And there is a severe scarcity of hostel accomodation in all colleges.Lots of them have to stay outside the hospital campus.
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