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Pharma industry considering 'ethics inspectors' to ensure better compliance
Pharma players to meet DoP to discuss suggestions around implementing ethical marketing practices code
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Govt appoints AIIMS' Prof Suresh Chandra Sharma as first chief of NMC
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Sharma for a period of three years or till the age of 70 years, it said
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Clear and present medical crisis: India has few doctors to treat its people
The country has one government doctor for 11,000 people. The WHO recommends one doctor for 1,000 people. The situation is worse in rural India where a government doctor serves over 30,000 people
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Students, patients left clueless after Medical Council website shut down
Medical Council of India was dissolved on September 26 by a Presidential ordinance
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Will the latest attempt to reform Medical Council be any more successful
Like the present MCI, the proposed National Medical Commission will be a poor enforcer of the medical standards in the health profession if its composition is dominated by doctors
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Cabinet approves bill to set up National Medical Commission
The MCI will be replaced, and a National Medical Commission bill has been brought, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Supreme Court to hear plea contending MCI oversight by Lodha committee
Justice Lodha committee was set up to oversee the functioning of the Medical Council of India for at least a year
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