-The Tribune “WHAT AFTER THIS?” That was the only thought on the mind of third-year MBBS student Tanishq Sharma from Delhi as he returned safely from Ukraine after the country was attacked by Russia. Tanishq had scored 95 per cent marks in Class 12, but his rank in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) wasn’t good enough to get him admission in a government college in India. “The fee in most private...
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Why do Indians go abroad for medical studies? -Ramya Kannan
-The Hindu * What prompts students to pick countries like Russia, Ukraine and China? Will setting up more private colleges help? The story so far: The war in Ukraine has turned the spotlight on something that has been the trend for about three decades now. When students from India studying in Ukraine cried out for help, it became clear that there were a large number of them trapped in a war zone....
More »'Open more private hospitals in next five years, make healthcare a fundamental right': Panel -Sumi Sukanya Dutta
-The New Indian Express The committee recommended that the number of MBBS and PG seats in the country be made equal by 2025, along with shifting healthcare from the state list to the concurrent list in the Constitution. NEW DELHI: A high-level panel on reforms in the health sector has come up with radical suggestions like shifting healthcare from the state list to the concurrent list in the Constitution, opening over 3,000-5,000...
More »Healthcare's primary problem -Soham D Bhaduri
-The Hindu It is imperative to promote community-based care rather than relying only on hospital services The deaths of 154 children in Bihar due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) has laid bare the precarious capacity of the State’s healthcare apparatus to handle outbreaks. AES has been linked to two factors: litchi consumption by starving children and a long, ongoing heat wave. As promises of bolstering the health infrastructure are being made, it...
More »States with glut of doctors keep churning them out -Rema Nagarajan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: States like Jharkhand and Bihar with acute shortage of doctors have seen few new medical colleges being opened in the last five years, while those with a glut of MBBS seats and doctors continue to allow new private colleges. This is despite doctors’ associations in these states warning against over-production of doctors. In Jharkhand, a state with the worst doctor-population ratio of just one doctor for...
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