The American Medical Association (IMA) opposes AYUSH training for medical students
Pragati Singh —
July 15, 2021
“It is not wise for an Intern trained in modern medicine to partake and practise a system of medicine which he has not mastered in under graduation with know-how and show-how paradigms,”... Read more »
Kolkata-based medical research body ICMR-NICED has submitted a proposal to the Department of Biotechnology under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology for research on an oral Covid vaccine, a senior official... Read more »
Indian Medical Association (IMA) will lead a protest of healthcare workers on June 18 against the assault on healthcare professionals with the ‘Save the Saviour’ slogan. No hospitals will be closed. Doctors... Read more »
The Uttarakhand unit of the Indian Medical Association has opposed the inclusion of Patanjali Ayurved’s Coronil in the Covid-19 kit of the Uttarakhand government. The doctors’ body said Coronil is not approved... Read more »
FORDA announces black day to protest against Yog Guru Ramdev’s comment on Allopathy
Vaishali Sharma —
May 29, 2021
Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) India on Saturday announced that they will hold a nationwide black day protest on 1 June against the statements of Yog Guru Ramdev against Corona warriors... Read more »
ICMR to examine effectiveness of AstraZeneca’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin
Vaishali Sharma —
May 26, 2021
In the first of its kind study since the launch of the AstraZeneca’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin in the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will conduct a survey... Read more »
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has served a defamation notice on Ramdev for alleged disparaging remarks against allopathy and allopathic doctors, demanding an apology from him within 15 days, failing which it... Read more »
ICMR study reveals 3.6% of hospitalized Covid patients diagnosed with bacterial, fungal infections
Vaishali Sharma —
May 24, 2021
Just as cases of black fungus are being reported in Covid-19 patients during the second wave of the pandemic, secondary bacterial and fungal infections affected at least 3.6% (ranging from 1.7% to... Read more »
Latest reports have been coming in from All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD).As per reports All India Organization of Chemist and Druggists conducted zone wise meeting with all office bearers... Read more »
IMA says 269 doctors including 78 in Bihar succumbed to Covid in the second wave
Vaishali Sharma —
May 18, 2021
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has released a state-wise breakup of the number of doctors who lost their lives in the second wave of the pandemic. According to its registry, a total... Read more »