PANAJI: Indian Medical Association (IMA) president Dr RV Asokan called for the legalisation of prenatal gender determination tests, arguing Sunday that the current ban has not substantially impacted India’s skewed sex ratio in three decades.Prenatal gender determination and sex-selective abortions have been illegal in India under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act since…
Dr RV Asokan, president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), met junior doctors observing fast-unto-death in Kolkata on Friday.After the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9, junior doctors began a “cease work” protest. On September 21, after 42 days, they concluded their strike after being assured…
NEW DELHI: Putting the onus of deciding whether life support should be withdrawn from a terminally ill patient or not would impose undue stress on doctors, Indian Medical Association has said.According to Dr R V Asokan, IMA’s national president, such clinical decisions have always been taken in good faith by doctors. “Our job is to…
KOLKATA: West Bengal Medical Council has decided to cancel the medical registration of former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh after Ghosh failed to reply to the council’s showcause notice, served on Sept 7, asking him why his registration should not be cancelled. He had been asked to reply within three days.Ghosh, currently behind…
KOLKATA: West Bengal Medical Council has decided to cancel the medical registration of former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh after Ghosh failed to reply to the council’s showcause notice, served on Sept 7, asking him why his registration should not be cancelled. He had been asked to reply within three days.Ghosh, currently behind…
NEW DELHI: The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) on Sunday wrote to Indian Medical Association requesting the medical body to “reconsider” Ketan Desai‘s role as the chief patron at IMA. It raised concerns about electoral integrity and alleged corruption within the association.“As the Chief Election Commissioner, we urge you to investigate these matters…
KOLKATA: A man dressed in a red T-shirt in a leaked video of the crime scene on Aug 9 that went public on Friday and led to clarification from police sparked a fierce row with the state chapter of Indian Medical Association claiming the man in red to be a member of the infamous “North…
KOLKATA: Hushed talk of medical college principals in Bengal being bullied and threatened if they don’t toe the line of an influential lobby in the health department came out in the open at a meeting to seek inputs on improving healthcare and addressing the safety concerns of doctors and students, the Indian Medical Association (IMA)…
NEW DELHI: The national task force (NTF) set up by Supreme Court comprises surgeon vice-admiral and DG medical services (Navy) Arti Sarin, chairman of Hyderabad-based Asian Institute of Gastroenterology D Nageshwar Reddy, AIIMS Delhi director M Srinivas, NIMHANS Bengaluru director Pratima Murthy, Jodhpur AIIMS executive director Goverdhan Dutt Puri, Ganga Ram Hospital’s Saumitra Rawat, Rohtak-based…
NEW DELHI: Centre has decided to increase security personnel by 25% at all hospitals run by it in view of the protests by doctors demanding better safety and security for healthcare workers following the Aug 9 rape-murder of an on-duty doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. It has also directed these hospitals…
