Resident doctors of SK Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura have demanded that their pay be brought at par with their counterparts in AIIMS New Delhi and threaten to go on strike if the authorities failed to do so.
In a three page letter, written to Director SKIMS, on 1 November 2017, resident doctors’ association of SKIMS has highlighted the plight of doctors working at the institute. “Once a dream place for residents, SKIMS has now become the last choice for them” reads the letter. Resident doctors have brought to notice the fact that interviews for resident doctors’ posts are conducted “every now and then” as a considerable number of these posts, due to the unresolved issues, continue to remain vacant at the institute. “Even outgoing postgraduates do not want to continue” reads the communication.Read more》》
SKIMS resident doctors demand removal of pay discrepancy
TOI: No operations in nursing homes without ICU: SC
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has said nursing homes without an intensive care unit facility can't carry out surgeries on a patient as absence of an ICU posed danger to the patient's life. A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit gave the ruling on a petition filed by Bijoy Kumar Sinha who lost his wife due to alleged medical negligence of Dr Biswanath Das who conducted a hysterectomy surgery at Kolkata's Ashutosh Nursing Home in Kolkata. The nursing home did not have an ICU facility. Read more》》
Union Health Ministry mulls increasing MD, MS seats
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfares (MoHFW) shot the missive to J&K after its request to Medical Council of India (MCI) to allow an increase in PG seats of surgery, medicine and Gynae-obstetrics from 2017-18 session only as ‘a one-time measure’. The state health authorities have been asked to fill its existing infrastructure and human resource details into the format circulated by the MCI. “There is usually no dearth of clinical material in government hospitals,” the MoHFW letter to J&K government dated February 08 2017, reads, adding that the state should expedite furnishing the information required by MCI to permit the increase in intake capacity for PG courses.The matter may be treated as “top priority”, the letter reads, as the Government of India has decided to increase the availability of PG seats across the states. An increase in the PG seats for MD and MS courses has been made possible as the Ministry has given a go-ahead to “rationalizing of student-teacher ratio”.
An official said a separate communication has gone to Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu, GMC Srinagar, SKIMS Medical College Srinagar and Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences Jammu, from the Union Ministry asking them to furnish the details at earliest.
The official communiqué has also asked these medical colleges to furnish “assessment details for existing and potential number of PG seats in view of the revision of teacher student ratio in clinical subjects in government medical colleges”.
In view of this development, the Ministry had also held a video conference with the heads of all medical colleges on January 24th 2017.
Recently, the MCI under its PG Regulations issued a notification that re-adjusted the permissible teacher student ratio to 1:3 for Professor and 1:2 for Associate Professor (Unit head). Earlier, a professor could take only one PG student and Associate Professor was also allowed one PG student. However, the relaxation has been extended for government funded Medical Colleges only and would be applicable to “all clinical subjects”. The proposal for increase in availability of medical PG seats comes in view of the efforts required to improve the doctor-patient ratio across the states and bring it at par with the World Health Organisation recommended 1:1000.
NEET PG: Centre plans exit exam for MBBS students
NEET PG 2016 is proposed to be held in first week of Dec 2016
NEET PG will also act as licensing exam for all MBBS students in India (both govt. and private medical colleges) as per the proposal.
For permanent registration, all students will need to qualify (>50 %ile marks) NEET PG.
The PG seats will be allotted as per the merit in NEET PG and those who qualify but fail to get PG seat will be given permanent registration of state medical council or MCI.
FMGE will also be merged into NEET PG.
Source: Indianexpress
NEET to cover JK also: GoI
RisingKashmir: National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), a single common entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses which is slated to be held in two phases, will cover states like Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana which enjoy special category status, the Government of India (GoI) said Friday. Read More
SC nod for National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) 2016-17
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Bridge course proposed to get MBBS degree for BDS
TOI Report: With a view towards overcoming acute shortage of doctors and specialists in the country, the Dental Council of India (DCI) has proposed a bridge course to help bachelors of dental sciences get MBBS degree. The proposal offers hope to thousands of jobless BDS across India who often take up jobs in other sectors.
The proposal has been framed with the help of Medical Council of India and will be submitted to the ministry of health and family welfare for consideration Read full news>>
New logo for doctors and ambulances in the offing
The existing dark-coloured logo is likely to be replaced with a lighter shade of red (90%) but would have either "Dr" or "Rx" written between them. Read full news >>
J&K Governor Approves Amendment To Medical Education (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 1979
JAMMU, March 14: Governor N.N. Vohra has accorded approval to the amendments in the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Education (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 1979, to bring them in line with the Medical Council of India norms.
The Medical Council of India (MCI) had pointed out deficiencies with regard to the minimum teaching and research experience required for promotion of the faculty members and pointed out that the deviations should be met at the earliest possible to avoid de-affiliation of the additional 100-150 seats in the two Medical Colleges .
To immediately satisfy the MCI norms, approval has been accorded to reduce the number of years required for the upward movement to the level of Professor from nine to seven years.
As per the amendments, the minimum teaching and research experience required for Faculty Members of Medical College for the post of Professor is: Associate Professor in the concerned subject for three years in the Govt. Medical College Srinagar / Jammu; 4 research papers accepted/published in indexed/national journal as first/second author on cumulative basis. Out of these 4 research publications a minimum of 2 research publications must be published during the candidate’s tenure as the Associate Professor.
For the Post of Associate Professor, the requisite qualification is: Assistant Professor in the concerned subject for 2 years in the Govt. Medical College Srinagar / Jammu; 2 research papers accepted/published in an indexed/national journal as first/second author during the candidate’s tenure as Assistant Professor.
For the Post of Assistant Professor, the requisite qualification is: Lecturer in the concerned subject for 2 years in the Govt. Medical College Srinagar / Jammu; 1 research paper accepted/published in an indexed/national journal as first/second author during the candidate’s tenure as Lecturer.
Tribune: Docs lacking, nurses to fill gap in villages
New courses approved by Union health ministry for Bsc Nursing /GNM graduates.
1. “Nurse Practitioner Critical Care”
2. “Nurse Practitioner Primary”
New Delhi, February 14:
Nowhere near finalising the much-awaited move of mandatory rural posting for MBBS doctors, the government has decided to create a specialist nurses cadre to fill health service delivery gaps in villages.
The Union Health Ministry has finalised two new special courses which practising and future nurses can take in order to improve career prospects in both primary healthcare and critical health service delivery.
The two-year courses are expected to be rolled out from this September when the fresh academic session for nursing courses begins.
The first course, “Nurse Practitioner Critical Care”, has already been approved by the Health Secretary and will be available to BSc Nursing graduates and GNMs (General Nursing and Midwifery) course holders from September.
“This new PG course will equip nurses with skills needed to work in critical healthcare situations. The course approved by the Indian Nursing Council will prepare takers in 12 critical care sectors. The framework has been approved and is ready to be rolled out this year. The course will fill existing gaps in ICU and CCU delivery sectors, besides giving nurses new career and income opportunities," a Health Ministry official said.
The second course, “Nurse Practitioner Primary”, is in final stages of approval and will prepare nurses to offer preventive and promotive healthcare at the level of sub centres and primary health centres where doctors are not available. "BSc Nursing graduates and GNMs can take this course and help us fill doctor shortages immediately. They will be trained in preventive and other early diagnosis and management areas so as to use the existing pool of skilled nurses to widen healthcare service delivery base in rural areas," an official said.
At present, the country has around 7.5 lakh registered MBBS doctors as against 26 lakh nurses. “The solution to rural postings is placing trained and highly skilled nurses where there are gaps. We will soon be writing to all state governments about the availability of these two new nursing courses for states to offer the same through government colleges. To start with, we will offer these courses in all Union Government institutions. Private colleges will be free to offer these courses once they are notified after final approvals," a government official said. The government has long been struggling with mandating rural posting for MBBS doctors, a move the Indian Medical Association is resisting.
MCI recommendation: Health Ministry clears common test for admission to UG & PG medical courses
Proposed amendment to empower MCI to hold exam for pvt colleges, states, minority institutes.
In a significant move, Union Health Minister J P Nadda has approved the Medical Council of India’s recommendation for an amendment to the Indian Medical Council (IMC) Act that will empower it to hold a nationwide common medical entrance test.
The health ministry has prepared a draft cabinet note to be circulated among the ministries.
The proposed amendment will pave the way for a one-country, one-medical entrance plan, for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses in all colleges, including private colleges and deemed universities.
The MCI has told the government that it could either notify an existing examination, like the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT), as the common test or notify a new one.
The IMC Act governs the functioning of the MCI, which is the medical education regulator. Under the current Act, its role is limited to finalising the medical curriculum, while the states and individual colleges can devise their own admission procedures.
JK Govt: Guv approves ‘self attestation policy’
JAMMU, Feb 4: Governor NN Vohra today approved newpolicy of "self attestation documents'' by the people includingyouths applying for Government jobs and all other purposes.Earlier, the people had to get the documents attested from theGazetted officers.Official sources said that the new policy on "self attestationdocuments'' was approved today.It may be mentioned here that Prime Minister Narendra Modisoon after taking over the reign of affairs had taken the major deci-sion in favour of unemployed youth and other people under whichthey could themselves attest and certify their documents for anypurpose.
One Rank One Pension (OROP) implementation tables issued
• The annual recurring financial implication on account of implementation of OROP at the current rate will be approximately Rs. 7500 crore.
• The arrears from 01/07/2014 to 31/12/2015 would be approximately Rs. 10,900 crore.
• 86 percent of the total expenditure on account of OROP will benefit the JCOs/ORs.
• Payment of arrears and revision of pension under OROP is to be made by the Pension Disbursing Authorities in four installments, except for family pensioners and pensioners in receipt of gallantry awards who will be paid arrears in one installment.
• The total increase in the Defence Budget for pensions is estimated to go up from Rs. 54,000 crore (BE 2015-16) to around Rs. 65,000 crore (proposed BE 2016-17), thereby increasing the Defence Pension Outlay by about 20 percent.
JK SPECIAL RECRUITMENT POLICY SRO 202 of 2015. - CLARIFICATION
Recruitment done through JKPSC will be out of its purview.
Chinese, Italian doctors plan world’s first head transplant :The Hindu
Chinese, Italian doctors plan world’s first head transplant: Read full news