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General medicine speciality finds more and more takers as medical students opt for broader pathsAn increasing number of postgraduate medical students are opting for general medicine and radio-diagnosis rather than general surgery, with...
Maharashtra govt announces paediatric task force to prepare for COVID-19 third waveAnticipating a third wave of the pandemic, which is likely to affect children in more numbers, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had instruct...
Mucormycosis: Gujarat sets up special wards in hospitals, procures anti-fungal drug vialsGujarat has so far reported over 100 cases of mucormycosis, a serious but rare fungal infection which has left many patients blind and is a...
Mucormycosis fungal infections up among COVID-19 survivorsIn Maharashtra, at least eight COVID-19 survivors have died due to mucormycosis while 200 others are being treated, said Dr Tatyarao Lahane...
Maharashtra CM hints at lockdown; meeting with task force todayAt the all-party meeting, which was held through video conference, Uddhav Thackeray is believed to have conveyed that a situation was fast ...
NCP chief Sharad Pawar takes first dose of COVID-19 vaccineOn Monday, the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive began nationwide wherein people above 60 years of age and those over 45 years...
Maharashtra govt slashes charges for Covid-19 tests by private labs"Rs 2,200 will be charged for collecting the swabs through viral transport media (VTM) from hospitals, while it would cost Rs 2,800 for col...
Shortage of nurses cripples Mumbai and New Delhi hospitalsThe crisis is most acute in Mumbai. Almost 1,000 nurses returned to their hometowns as the city became the nation’s Covid-19 epicentre with...
Indiscriminate use of hydroxychloroquine in Mumbai a cause of concern: Jan swasthya AbhiyanThe disclosure was made by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) of Mumbai, which outlined its Covid-19 management proto...
50% of Maharashtra's Covid-19 patients aged 31-50; 66% of cases importedAlmost half of the patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in Maharashtra are in the 31-50 age group, shows an analysis of the first 122 ...
Mumbai's 240-year-old St George’s tunnel could be used by robbers: RBIA Mirror team had photographed the over 240-year-old underground passage in June 2010. Until then, its existence had not been reported.
Maharashtra government plans to implement rural service bond for doctors retrospectivelyNotably, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) had earlier this month cancelled the registration of over 4,500 doctors i...
4,548 doctors lose registration for not serving in rural areasThe decision to cancel their registration was taken by DMER after it found that these doctors have refused to work in rural areas for a yea...
NEET aspirants dread another year of chaosThe Madras High Court restrained the CBSE from continuing with evaluation and declaration of NEET results till June 7 after a petition for ...
Number of beds in government hospitals to be increased: Anil VijVij today said the number of beds in government hospitals would be increased and five per cent of them would be reserved for senior citizen...
Provide Ebola detection facilities at Pune, Nagpur airports: High CourtThe Union Government today filed an affidavit saying they had taken adequate precautions at the airports to detect Ebola virus among the pa...
Bombay High Court slams Maharashtra government for domicile rule for medical admissionBombay High Court has pulled up Maharashtra government over the newly-introduced rule which makes domicile certificate mandatory for seekin...
Criteria to shortlist candidates for job must be rational: HCMPSC's petition challenged a MAT ruling, which said the criteria adopted by MPSC for shortlisting candidates was not in conformity.
- Resident doctors, medical students call off strike
Resident doctors and medical students today called off their six-day-old strike after an assurance by the Maharashtra government to meet th...
- Services in govt hospitals hit as doctors stir continues
Services in the state-run and municipal hospitals in Maharashtra were severely affected following the indefinite strike by the resident doc...