Medicines

800 essential drugs, including paracetamol, to get costlier by 10% from today

April 01, 2022

800 essential drugs, including paracetamol, to get costlier by 10% from today

This is the highest one-time increase in the prices of medicines under price control regime, since the NPPA came into being in 1997.

March 10, 2022
NEET UG: Upper-age limit criterion removed for all candidates

The upper age cap put by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 2017 was 25 years for unreserved candidates and 30 years for reserved candidates.
March 04, 2022
From 2022-23, private medical colleges to charge govt fees for 50% seats

The NMC guideline to private colleges will be applicable for undergraduate (MBBS) and post-graduate (MD) medical courses.
February 17, 2022
Young Malayali ambulance driver covered 420 kms in 5 hours to save a child's life

Mattannur native Shefeeq drove at breakneck speed to get a life-saving drug from Bangalore to Kozhikode the other day.
January 15, 2022
Drugs shortage: Kerala’s health sector could collapse under a third wave of COVID-19

Among the first patients to be affected by the shortage is former Health Minister K K Shailaja, who is now admitted to Pariyaram Medical College Hospital after being tested positive for the virus.
January 13, 2022
KMSCL officials created bogus medicine purchase papers, pocketed crores of rupees

Bogus documents were created to show that the KMSCL had purchased medical equipment and medicines to the tune of crores of rupees from manufacturers.
December 29, 2021
Why are resident doctors on the streets?

The resident doctors were hoping to get additional hands once the NEET PG admissions were done.

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