A picture of intense preparations and droopy eyes, the group of 20-odd students huddled around their laptops in the library room of the Osmania Medical College are a sign of casual disregard by the city’s MBBS fraternity to the one-day old anno ..

Medical students at the five government medical colleges in the State called off their strike past Monday midnight following last- minute discussions with Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar and Health Secretary Rajeev Sadanandan.The students had gone on  ..

The Health Minister, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, today favoured increasing the duration of the MBBS course from the existing 5.5 years to 6.5 years and said the Medical Council of India was working on the proposal.“I don't mind increasing the dura ..

With the ongoing financial support under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Surakasha Yojna (PMSSY) and also a helping hand by the District Planning and Development Committee (DPDC), the Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) in the Government Medical College and  ..

The third convocation ceremony of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College will be held on Tuesday. More then 200 undergraduate students (MBBS) and 120 postgraduate students will receive their degrees.Dr Ashok Seth, interventional car ..

Dr A V Srinivasan, who has contributed immensely to the world of medical literature and in the field of practical management of patients of Parkinson’ disease has been elected to the Royal College of Physicians as a Fellow, for the year 2012. T ..

More than 2000 post-graduate doctors, house surgeons and senior residents of five state government-run medical colleges will boycott work indefinitely from Monday.The boycott is to protest the government's refusal to withdraw its decision to impo ..

Even as the students have started preparing for various entrance tests including the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) and several others, the central government has decided to introduce som ..

Resident doctors, house surgeons and MBBS students at the five government medical colleges would launch an indefinite strike from Monday to seek withdrawal of three-year compulsory rural service, appointment of regular doctors from the PSC list, and  ..

The governing council of the Regional Cancer Centre has decided to increase the fees of post graduate courses offered by this centre to Rs 3 lakh from Rs1.3 lakh per year.The decision, which was mooted by the executive committee of the RCC headed by  ..

The Kerala engineering and medical entrance examination  will begin on Monday at 307 centres within and outside the state. The examination, which will begin with the engineering phase on April 23-24 will be followed by medical phase on April 25- ..

Hoardings dotting the city claim ‘miraculous' cure for a range of ailments through homoeopathy. From stopping hair fall to treating obesity and from bringing in hormonal balance to curing infertility, mushrooming clinics promise an answer t ..

Set up in 1947, Dibrugarh's Assam Medical College and Hospital has been a pioneer in the field of healthcare and medical education. However, the northeast's premier institution - formerly known as Berry White Medical School - has been facing  ..

 A division bench of the High Court comprising chief justice Madan B Lokur and justice BN Rao Nalla on Friday dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by aspirants to establish medical colleges and imposed Rs 10,000 costs on each of them.Usha C ..

Teams of Medical Council of India (MCI) carried out inspection at the Gandhinagar Medical College  proposed to be started with the Gandhinagar Civil Hospital. There are chances that the college may get approval to start admission from this year  ..

The Medical Council of India (MCI) is expected to approve an additional 200 MBBS seats in state medical colleges for the academic year 2012-13, medical education minister Kondru Murali said on Thursday. Interacting with the media at the Secretariat,  ..

The State Government has decided to set up a medical college at Karimganj and a proposal will be passed in the next Budget session of the Assembly, said Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, Health Minister during his recent visit to the border district.Addressing ..

 If all goes well, Barkatullah University will start a new medical college on the university premises with JP hospital as part of the medical college in three years. Once it becomes a reality, it will be the sixth medical college in Bhopal.Besid ..

Teams of Medical Council of India (MCI) carried out inspection at the Gandhinagar Medical College  proposed to be started with the Gandhinagar Civil Hospital. There are chances that the college may get approval to start admission from this year  ..

Leader of opposition, Eknath Khadse, kicked up a storm after he submitted a CD of a sting operation that exposed a racket of sale of seats in private institutions in Pune and Mumbai. He alleged that students on the merit list were being denied admiss ..