The Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital, which has been the epicenter of the ongoing stir, witnessed chaos as the OPD counters remained shut. The doctors protested outside the emergency ward and all emergency services were obstructed.
December 28, 2021The resident doctors, after a brief interval of one week, resumed their protest and boycotted all services, including emergency services.
December 17, 2021The association has alleged that the Karnataka government has not released Covid risk allowance even six months after giving assurance, due to which they are resorting to indefinite strike
November 29, 2021The institute will be twice the size of the Tata Memorial Institute of Mumbai which has about 650 beds and will be four times of Delhi's Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute.
October 20, 2020The Additional CS said the doctors have been placed in the hubs situated in medical colleges of the state to provide the services of tele-consultation.
September 4, 2020Speciality services will also be closed for patients from March 24 till further orders.
March 23, 2020The protesting doctors have alleged that Section 32 of the proposed NMC Bill will intensify quackery by rural medical practitioners, private medical practitioners and others.
July 31, 2019Teaching doctors associated with government medical colleges and other healthcare services institutes will now get promotions on the basis of their performance in their respective teaching hospitals. Their visits to attend different academic seminars in the country and aboard will also be allowed if they are considered as good performers in public healthcare services. The …
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March 24, 2018The outpatient department (OPD) services and routine surgeries remained suspended at Lok Nayak Hospital in the Capital on Wednesday, with the staff continuing its protest in support of after two resident doctors who were allegedly thrashed by a patient’s attendants and relatives.The government hospital is governed by Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC). The Lok Nayak …
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March 1, 2018The incident on 24 January when a CRPF man allegedly molested a minor girl in public and in broad daylight has triggered concerns over the security of patients and their relatives at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) here. NBMCH authorities, however, said that steps are being taken to revamp the security system. …
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January 31, 2018A 12-day-old baby of a resident of Jhankar More in Siliguri was stolen today. Soma Sarkar, the mother of the baby, had been at the Out Patient Department (OPD) of the Siliguri District Hospital for her child’s regular check-up when a woman, a stranger, lured her on the pretext of buying her food and took …
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January 18, 2018Over 20,000 resident doctors in the national capital on Thursday went on mass casual leave in solidarity with their Maharashtra counterparts, leading to postponement of over 800 surgeries across Delhi government and civic body-run hospitals, and also left thousands of patients in the lurch with OPD functions hit. Resident doctors in Delhi went on mass …
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March 23, 2017Over 20,000 resident doctors in the national capital on Thursday went on mass casual leave in solidarity with their Maharashtra counterparts, leading to postponement of over 800 surgeries across Delhi government and civic body-run hospitals, and also left thousands of patients in the lurch with OPD functions hit. Resident doctors in Delhi went on mass …
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March 23, 2017Patients at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) seemed to be irked over the premier institute's new move to open exclusive OPD counters for VIPs. These "special patients" can now escape OPD's long queues. However, the definition of VIPs will be decided by AIIMS director, deputy director administration (DDA), medical superintendent and senior financial …
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March 9, 2017Patients at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) seemed to be irked over the premier institute's new move to open exclusive OPD counters for VIPs. These "special patients" can now escape OPD's long queues. However, the definition of VIPs will be decided by AIIMS director, deputy director administration (DDA), medical superintendent and senior financial …
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March 9, 2017