New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC), in place of the Medical Council of India (MCI), for development and regulation of all aspects of Medical Education and Profession, has been constituted and came into existence from yesterday, a gazette notification said. With NMC coming into being, the Board of Governors (BoG), which superseded the MCI…
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PG medical students to serve in districts for 3 months
September 21, 2020New Delhi: With doctors showing reluctance to serve in rural and isolated areas, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has made it mandatory for Post-Graduate (PG) medical students to serve three months in a district as part of their academic pursuit. The Board of Directors of MCI has notified the District Residency programme a couple…
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Doctors Stage Protest: Medical services in city not affected
January 2, 2018Mysuru: Doctors of many private hospitals in city wore black badges and attended to patients, protesting against the proposed law that aims to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) with National Medical Commission (NMC), here today. Hospitals were seen functioning normally as all the departments including Out-Patient Department (OPD) and surgery departments. Meanwhile, many…
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Doctors to face strict action if they fail to prescribe generic drugs: MCI
April 23, 2017New Delhi: The country’s apex medical regulator, Medical Council of India (MCI), has warned doctors of action if they fail to adhere to its guideline on prescribing drugs in generic names. The MCI’s directive comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of putting in place a legal framework to ensure that doctors prescribed low-cost…
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