Opinion: Semaglutide is going off-patent in India. But will people who need it be able to get it?
Rules determining who gets access to semaglutide in India were written for different bodies with different cardiovascular risks.
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Cuttack SCB Hospital Fire: Govt appoints retired judge to lead probe
Bhubaneswar: Following the devastating fire at SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, which claimed at least 10 people lives, and left 11 others with burn injuries, the Odisha government Monday…
NEET SS Counselling: MCC Withdraws 12 Super-Speciality Seats from Round 1 Seat Matrix
New Delhi- The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), has issued an urgent notice announcing the withdrawal of several super-speciality (SS) seats from the…
KNRUHS MSc Nursing admissions: Seat matrix for first phase of counseling released
Telangana- Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) has notified the conduct of first phase of web-based counseling for Competent Authority Quota seats into M.Sc. Nursing Course for the…
Fire at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Surgical ICU; patients evacuated
Thiruvananthapuram: A major fire broke out in the surgical trauma care unit of the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College (GMC) on Tuesday, but no one was injured in the incident, hospital…
HC sets aside MBBS student’s expulsion in exam malpractice case
Chandigarh: Observing that the medical university did not follow the principles of natural justice and failed to provide the student an opportunity to be heard, the Punjab and Haryana High…
Odisha introduces Emergency Care by Air Lifting for critical patients
Bhubaneswar: To provide critically ill patients with timely access to advanced medical care outside the state, the Odisha government has approved a new initiative titled ‘Emergency Care by Air Lifting’.…
NMC nod to GMC Srinagar for 2 MCh neurosurgery seats
Srinagar: The Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar has recently been granted approval by the National Medical Commission (NMC) for two MCh seats in the Department of Neurosurgery. This decision marks…
Empagliflozin Initiation in Hospital Benefits both new onset and acute decompensated HF Patients: Study
A new study published in the journal of JACC: Heart Failure showed that despite a decreased diuretic response in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), in-hospital empagliflozin start had…
Maha Govt allows transfer of Sinhgad dental college students
Maharashtra: Preventing undergraduate, postgraduate, and intern students of the Pune-based Sinhgad Dental College and Hospital from academic loss, the Government of Maharashtra has recently approved their transfer to other private,…