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Senior advocate Vrinda Grover will no longer be representing the R G Kar Medical College rape-murder victim's family, sources said on Thursday. They said that the concerned trial court, before which the trial in the rape-murder case is being held, has been informed accordingly and that the counsels stand discharged from the matter. The sources said that at this stage, on account of "certain intervening factors and circumstances", senior advocate Vrinda Grover is constrained to withdraw from the case proceedings in this matter and will no longer be representing the victim's family. The chamber of advocate Grover, including advocates Soutik Banerjee and Arjun Gooptu, were requested by the victim's parents to provide legal representation before the Supreme Court, Calcutta High Court and the Sealdah sessions court and ACJM court, they said. Grover's chamber provided legal services and representation pro bono (free of cost) to the victim's family before all courts from September 2024, t

As per the release, the candle march is scheduled to start from JLN Auditorium in Delhi at around 6 pm on October 9

The 'fake doctor' operated on the boy without the family's consent after he was admitted for severe vomiting

The draft of the anti-rape Bill, scheduled to be tabled by the Mamata Banerjee government in the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday, proposes capital punishment for persons convicted of rape if their actions result in the victim's death or cause her to become vegetative. Additionally, the draft stated that persons convicted of rape and gang-rape would receive a life sentence lasting for the rest of their natural lives. Titled 'Aparajita Woman and Child Bill, (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill 2024,' the legislation aims to enhance protection for women and children by amending and introducing new provisions related to rape and sexual offences. The draft Bill proposes to amend the newly passed Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 laws and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 "in their application to the state of West Bengal to enhance punishment and to constitute the framework for...expeditious investigation and trial of th

IMA Bengal state branch as well as certain associations' of doctors also have demanded action

One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry's death is set to appear Friday in a federal court in Los Angeles, where he is expected to plead guilty to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine. Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors earlier this month and would be the third person to plead guilty in the aftermath of the Friends star's fatal overdose last year. Chavez agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as they pursue others, including the doctor Chavez worked with to sell ketamine to Perry. Also working with the U.S. Attorney's Office are Perry's assistant, who admitted to helping him obtain and inject ketamine, and a Perry acquaintance, who admitted to acting as a drug messenger and middleman. The three are helping prosecutors as they go after their main targets: Dr. Salvador Plasencia, charged with illegally selling ketamine to Perry in the month before his death, and Jasveen Sangha, a woman who authorities say

The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. According to the cause list of August 20 uploaded on the apex court website, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a matter titled 'In Re: Alleged rape and murder incident of a trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata and related issue'. The Calcutta High Court recently transferred the probe from the Kolkata Police to the CBI. The alleged rape and murder of the junior doctor at a seminar hall of the state-run hospital has sparked widespread protests.

Nearly 28 per cent of UG and 15.3 per cent of PG medical students reported having been diagnosed with mental health conditions, according to an online survey conducted by a National Medical Commission (NMC) task force. The survey, which included 25,590 undergraduate students, 5,337 postgraduate students, and 7,035 faculty members recommended that resident doctors work no more than 74 hours per week, get a weekly one-day off and seven-eight hours of daily sleep. Thoughts of self-harm or suicide in the last 12 months were reported by 16.2 per cent MBBS students while the number was recorded at 31 per cent in MD/MS students, according to the report by the National Task Force on Mental Health and Well-being of Medical Students. According to the task force survey report that was finalised in June this year, feelings of loneliness or social isolation are common, with 8,962 (35 per cent) experiencing them always or often and 9,995 (39.1 per cent) sometimes. Social connectivity is an issue

An elderly person experienced a heart attack at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Air Terminal 2. The video of a woman doctor performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on him went viral

National Doctors' Day is celebrated annually on July 1. The day celebrates the birth anniversary of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, an eminent physician and former Chief Minister of West Bengal

The trial will be available for just 44 patients around the world. After the trial finishes, the vaccine will either be licensed for use or if it's successful, a bigger study will be carried out

Committee, formed by WB Health Department to explore possibility of introducing three-year diploma course in medicine in the state, is of opinion that it cannot be introduced without restrictions

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It addresses the shortage of radiologists and pathologists and frees up doctors to deal with complex cases

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Activists have been alleging nexus between pharma companies and doctors, which was echoed in the Apex Court recently. Why's Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices not legally binding yet?

Ensure value of goods doesn't exceed Rs 20,000 to avoid TDS

Veteran singer Bappi Lahiri, who passed away at the age of 69 on 15th February 2022, had been battling OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) since 2021, says Doctor.

They urged the Union Government and the Supreme Court of India to take note of the grievance of resident doctors of the nation

According to the advisory, in case a person is not carrying the card the same must be searched with the Aadhar number of the beneficiary in the Swasthya Sathi web portal.