The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri K. Chandramouli, IAS (UP:75), presently Secretary, Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare vice Ms K Sujatha Rao, IAS (AP:74), on her retirement on 30th November, 2010.
Medical aspirants will have a better chance of securing a seat in state colleges next academic year as the number of medical seats in the state might increase by an average of 30 percent, thanks to the new Medical Council of India rules.
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service will team up to improve the health status of American Indian and Alaska Native veterans, in part by developing health IT tools to improve care.
A scheme for providing 38 types of medicines free of cost in OPDs of government hospitals of Himachal Pradesh was launched by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at Nahan recently.
In a major push towards aam admi reforms, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared two big ticket schemes
In its first significant move towards bringing about more transparency, the Health Ministry has decided to set up a company, with independent directors on board, to procure drugs and equipment to be distributed to state-run medicare centres.
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India has resolved a dispute with the European Union over the repeated seizure of Indian generic drugs for patent violations, the Press Trust of India reported.
There is an urgent need for atleast 500 medical colleges in India and that too in the next five years, urged the Medical Council of India (MCI). Further to that the MCI has also recommended that the proposed new medical colleges can be established now with a minimum requirement of only 10 acres of land and more than 250 students.
To increase the number of skilled workers in healthcare, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is working with the health department to train school dropouts to work in hospitals and for homecare, reports media.
Honourable Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare, Environment, Protocol and additional charge of Sports & Youth Welfare, Shri Suresh H. Shetty launched the National Program for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD) in Maharashtra on 6th September 2010.
Parliament cleared the amended Indian Medical Council Act bill on Thursday, August 26. The bill proposed to reconstitute the Medical Council of India (MCI) within one year and establish a board of governors, which will the incharge of the MCI’s functions.
The Union ministry of home affair’s (MHA) directorate of forensic science (DFS) has set the ball rolling for the establishment of a hi-tech Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) on a 25-acre campus at Wadgaon Maval, about 25 kms from here, along the Pune-Mumbai highway, media reports.
