Maharashtra Medicos

MCI to conduct national level test for PG medical entrance

2011-08-10T15:45:00.000+05:30

The Medical Council of India (MCI) will for the first time hold an All India level examination for admission in post-graduate medical courses across the country early next year. According to MCI, the syllabus for the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET-PG) will be that of MBBS and further information carrying relevant details in this regard would soon be put on its website. "The Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to Medical Post-graduate Courses across the country i.e. NEET-PG shall be held in Jan-Feb 2012 for admissions in the academic year 2012-2013," a notice issued by MCI said. "The Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) would be based on the MBBS syllabus as well as the knowledge that needs to be acquired during internship... The distribution of questions, model questions and method of tie breaking for ranking would be placed on the website in the due course," MCI said. The move assumes significance as MCI decision to hold a national level examination for admission in undergraduate and post-graduate courses was opposed by various stake holders. Whereas, several group of students had moved the Supreme Court supporting an All India level examination. After a brief legal battle, the apex court had in March this year held that the MCI will oversee the common entrance test each for undergraduate and postgraduate medical programmes following which the recent notification was issued. In general, an aspirant has to take over a dozen examinations for one medical seat despite facing problems like clash of dates and multiple fees. Various students' bodies have demanded single examination for PG medical entrance on the lines of All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE). Every year about 40,000 students are admitted to undergraduate programmes and some 19,000 for postgraduate courses, MCI officials said. As per official statistics, there are close to 300 private and government controlled medical colleges in the country.

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Single Cet from 2011-12

2010-12-14T13:22:00.000+05:30

The Supreme Court on Monday gave an important clarification that will enable Medical Council of India (MCI) to go ahead with its plan to hold a single common entrance test (CET) for MBBS and post-graduation seats in all government and private medical colleges from next year, that is the 2011-12 academic session.

The bench clarified that "pendency of petitions will not stand in the way of MCI notifying the new regulations (proposing single CET) and others from challenging the notification (subsequently)".

This clarification will allow MCI to notify its regulations envisaging single CET for MBBS and PG courses in all medical colleges from 2011.

Once MCI issues the notification, there will be a single entrance examination each for MBBS and MD courses offered by all 271 medical colleges, 138 run by governments and 133 under private management. These colleges offer over 31,000 seats for MBBS courses and another 11,000 seats for PG degrees.

Addressing the concern of state governments afraid of losing their quota in state medical colleges, MCI clarified that state quota would remain intact as `National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test' (NEET) would draw up a national merit list as well as state-wise ranking list for general category, SC, ST and OBC as well as physically challenged persons.

The MCI proposal had said, "In order to be eligible for admissions to MBBS courses for a particular academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain minimum 50% marks in each paper of NEET held for the said academic year. However, in respect of candidates belonging to SC, ST and OBC, the minimum percentage of marks shall be 40% in each paper and for candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs, it would be 45% in each paper."

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Single entrance test for MBBS from 2011

2010-08-15T11:36:00.000+05:30

There will be only one common entrance test each for over 30,000 MBBS seats and over 11,000 MD seats in all government and medical colleges in the country from 2011.

This important decision, taken by the Medical Council of India and accepted by the Union ministry of health, was conveyed to the Supreme Court, bringing huge relief to lakhs of aspiring doctors.

Earlier, students wanting to take up courses in medicine had to appear in at least five to six entrance tests for various colleges and worry about attendant problems like clash of exam dates as well as travel to distant places for counselling for allotment of seats.

But from 2011, there will be just one entrance test each for MBBS and MD courses offered by all 271 medical colleges, 138 government-run and 133 under private management. These colleges together offer over 31,000 seats for MBBS courses and another 11,000 for PG.

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Top 15 Medical Colleges in India

2009-07-26T11:42:00.002+05:30

1 AIIMS Delhi
2 CMC Vellore
3 AFMC Pune
4 Kasturba Medical College Manipal
5 JIPMER Pondicherry
6 MAMC Delhi
7 Madras Medical College Chennai
8 Lady Hardinge Medical College Delhi
9 Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj MU Lucknow
10 BJ Medical College Pune
11 Amrita Inst of Medical Sciences Kochi
12 Bangalore Medical College Bangalore
13 St John’s Medical College Bangalore
14 Government Medical College Chandigarh
15 BJ Medical College Ahmedabad

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Topper of Mhcet-2009

2009-06-14T11:31:00.001+05:30

Result of Mht-cet-2009 is declared today.
Topper of Mhtcet-2009 (Engineering) is Udit Chitaliya.
Topper of MhCet-2009 (Medical) is Shagun Shaha.

Result of MH-CET2009/MHT-CET-2009

2009-06-07T20:11:00.001+05:30

MhtCet 2009/Mh-Cet-2009 for admissions to Medical(MBBS/BDS) and engineering colleges in Maharashtra was held today.Result of Mhtcet-2009 will be declared on 14th June 2009.
Click on the link to the result on left side bar of this page to find the result.

Date change for MHT-CET-2009

2009-03-28T17:25:00.003+05:30

MHT-CET-2009 for admission to Medical courses in Maharashtra will be held on 12th May 2009 instead of 7th May 2009 as previously announced.

MH-CET-2009/MHT-CET-2009/ASSO-CET-2009

2009-01-15T13:12:00.001+05:30

MHT-CET-2009/MH-CET-2009 for admission to Govt. Medical Colleges(MBBS/BDS/BHMS/BAMS) in Maharashtra will be conducted ON 7th May 2009.

Medical Common Entrance Test ( Asso-CET 2009) for MBBS BDS, BAMS, BPTh, BOTh & BSc-Nursing courses in the State of Maharashtra will be held on 24th May 2009 between 2 pm to 5 pm. The Availability of Application Forms and Information Brochure for Asso-CET 2009 for admission to 1st year MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BPTh, BOTh and BSc-Nursing courses will be declared in News papers and on this site.

Health and Cinema Festival-Pune

2008-12-05T15:08:00.001+05:30

HEALTH & CINEMA FESTIVAL
Venue: FTII, Law College Road, Pune
Date: 05.12.2008 – 07.12.2008, 12.12.2008 – 14.12.2008

Can watching a film like The Departed help you cope with your own betrayals? Does The Queen make you think about your place in class and society? And can a movie like Letters From Iwo Jima teach you anything about war and conflict? Therapists recommend movies to help change the way we think and feel. A combination of health and cinema is quite the perfect prescription for both – the mind and the body. The Health & Cinema Film Festival is an effort to educate people under the guise of entertainment. The festival is organized by Dr. Mohan Agashe in association with FTII, Alliance Française de Poona and Max Mueller Bhavan, Pune. A total of nine films will be presented, that deal with the topic of health: There will be three films each from France, Germany and India. After the films there will be a discussion with experts from the health sector and at the end of the festival the experts will share their thoughts about health & cinema during a panel discussion.

Day and Date of Screening Name of the Film Timings
Friday, Dec 5th, 2008 Phir Milenge 18:00 hrs
Friday, Dec 5th, 2008 Les Temoins (The Witness) 20:00 hrs
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2008 Fickende Fische (Do Fish do it? 18:00 hrs
Saturday, Dec 6th, 2008 My Own Country 20:00 hrs
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2008 Zindagi Zindabad (Long live life!) 16:00 hrs
Sunday, Dec 7th, 2008 Panel Discussion 18:00 hrs
Friday, Dec 12th, 2008 Sur Mes Levres (Read my lips) 18:00 hrs
Friday, Dec 12th, 2008 Kroko 20:00 hrs
Saturday, Dec 13th, 2008 Chambre des Officiers (Officer’s Ward) 18:00 hrs
Saturday, Dec 13th, 2008 Jenseit der Stille (Beyond Silence) 20:00 hrs
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2008 Panel Discussion 16:00 hrs
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2008 15 Park Avenue 18:00 hrs

PGM-CET-2009/PGD-CET-2009

2008-10-19T11:50:00.002+05:30

Entrance Examination for admission to Medical Postgraduate Courses (MD/MS/Diploma) and Dental Postgraduate Courses (MDS)will be held on Sunday 25th January 2009.

B.J. medical college donates Rs 42,484 to Bihar flood-affected

2008-10-02T12:22:00.000+05:30

Students of the B.J. medical college donated Rs 42,484 to the Maitri group, an NGO working in Bihar for the rehabilitation of the floodaffected. The members of the collecting team have also urged students from other colleges in the city to come forward and raise funds for the affected people. Students, resident doctors and teachers of the medical college chipped in to raise the amount.

Topper of MH-CET-2008/MHT-CET-2008

2008-06-14T17:27:00.001+05:30

Result of MH-CET-2008/MHT-CET-2008 is declared today.Ms Shefali Pradeep Parikh has topped the state merit list with 198/200 marks.Many congrats to her.
Updates regarding admission procedure of MBBS/BDS will be added soon.

Result of MH-CET-2008/MHT-CET-2008/ASSO-CET-2008

2008-05-05T19:09:00.001+05:30

MH-CET-2008/MHT-CET-2008/ASSO-CET-2008 Maharashtra, for admission to medical courses (MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS/B.pth)was held in May 2008. Result is expected to be declared on 14th June 2008.You will find a link for the result on the right sidebar for this page.
A list of top medical colleges in Maharashta and India will be displayed shortly.
Keep visiting this blog for updates.

MH-SSET-2008

2008-04-14T18:44:00.001+05:30

Common Entrance Examination "MH-SSET-2008" for admission to DM / MCh Medical Postgraduate Superspeciality courses in the State of Maharashtra for the academic year 2008-2009 will be held on Sunday, 22nd June, 2008. Detailed programme regarding issue of application forms and information brochures will be announced later.

7 CET'S

2008-03-29T19:42:00.001+05:30

A total seven common entrance tests (CETs) of significance for students in Maharashtra after their H.S.C. examination are lined up within a span of 55 days — between April 6 and June 1.It includes MHT-CET-2008.
In fact, the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College’s (AFMC) all-India entrance exam as well as the Association of Managements of Private Unaided Medical and Dental Colleges’ ‘ASSO CET 2008’ are scheduled for the same day on May 4.
To the relief of the students, the timings of these two exams are not clashing and are spread over morning and afternoon sessions.
The AFMC will be filling up 130 seats (105 boys and 25 girls) through the all-India entrance exam, which is regarded as the toughest of the CETs.
The ASSO CET 2008 is expected to draw a much larger number of students considering that the exam is the gateway to 5,975 health science courses seats at 110 private unaided colleges across Maharashtra. This includes 970 seats at 10 unaided medical and 1,630 seats at 19 dental colleges. The rest are for courses in Ayurveda, physiotherapy, occupational medicine and nursing.

Result of PGM-CET-2008

2008-02-11T18:59:00.000+05:30

PGM-CET-2008 was conducted by DMER for admission to MD/MS/Diploma courses in medical colleges of Maharashtra in Jan 2008.Its result is declared on 7th Feb 2008.

This result has come as a big surprise to many candidates,espencially those who had received version 44 Question paper for the said examination.Many candidates reported they got atleast 30 marks less than their expectations.As each and every single mark is invaluable in this examination and as it is question of hundreds of PG aspirants in Maharashtra,these students have decided to be united to find a solution for this 'Shock'.

Please leave your comments regarding future course of action,with your name,conract number and email address.(To post a comment click on "__ comments" at the bottom of this post)

All the best Guys!

ASS0-CET-2008

2008-01-25T18:28:00.000+05:30

Common Entrance Test (Asso-Cet-2008) conducted by AMUPMDC,will be held on Sunday 4th May 2008 for admission to MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BPth/BSc Nursing courses in aMaharashtra.

MHT-CET-2008(Update)

2007-12-17T18:23:00.000+05:30

The MHT-CET-2008,for admission to Medical(MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS/B.Pth)courses in Maharashtra will will be conducted on Thursday 8th May 2008.Updates regading issuance of application form and information brochure will be added soon.

About MHT-CET exam

The entrance examination for the selection to all Health Science Courses Pharmacy degree courses in state of Maharashtra for the academic year 2008-2009 shall be conducted by the competent Authority appointed by Government of Maharashtra. The entrance –examination shall be conducted for the seat at all Government /Municipal corporation and Government aided Health Science institutions.

Date of Form and Place of Purchase:
The single Application form and three information Brochures for MHT-CET 2008 (Health Sciences, Engineering and Pharmacy) will be available at Junior College/High school where student has given his/her requisition.

Prescribed application forms as per the requirement shall be obtained by Head Master/ Principal of the college where candidate is studying.Duly filled application form should be submitted by the candidate to the same Junior College/ School on or before prescribed date.

Important Date of MHT CET exam:

Form Issue and Submission Date : 20th Feb 2008 to 1st March 2008

Exam Date : 8th May 2008

Nature of Exam
Subjects for MHT-CET (200 Marks)
Paper 1 :- Physics & Chemistry (50 marks each)
Paper 2:- Biology 100 marks (Botany and zoology -50 marks each)
Total :- 200 Marks
Duration: one and half hours for each paper

Syllabus

Syllabus of Physics , Chemistry, Biology for the MHT-CET -2008 will be the same as for the current year for HSC Examination of HSC Boards of Maharashtra.

Examination Centres: The MHT – CET – 2008 will be conducted at all the district head quarters of the State of Maharashtra. The MHT-CET examination center will be within the same district from where the candidate has passed/ is appearing at the qualifying examination i.e. HSC/12th Standard examination.

Eligibility:
Passed the SSC (Std. X) & HSC (Std. XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with English as one of the subjects and Physics, Chemistry and Biology as the compulsory subjects.

A candidate belonging to open Category must have obtained not less than 50% (i.e. 150 out of 300) marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together at the HSC Examination. A candidate belonging to backward class must have obtained not less than 40 % (i.e. 120 out of 300) marks in physics. Chemistry and Biology taken together at the HSC (or equivalent) Examination.

Age Limit: The candidate must be an Indian National , born on before 1st January 1992 to be eligible to appear for MHT-CET-2008.

MBBS will be of six-and-a-half years

2007-11-30T18:11:00.000+05:30

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has approved the proposal for compulsory rural posting for doctors. One year posting in rural and inaccessible areas will now be made part of the curriculum.

Once approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI), this would mean that the MBBS course would now be of six and a half years instead of the present five and a half years.

The proposal requires an amendment to the MCI Act that needs to be approved by Parliament. The new curriculum will be applicable from the 2008-09 academic year, after being passed by Parliament.

Applicable to all medical colleges

According to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the proposal, if approved, will be applicable to both the government and private medical colleges.

India churns out 29,500 medical graduates annually but even then there are few healthcare facilities in the rural and far-flung areas.

The one-year rural posting will include serving at the district headquarters for four months, community health centres for another four months and the primary health centres for the remaining four months.

The doctors will be given a monthly stipend of Rs. 8,000 to Rs. 10,000 as an incentive to work in these areas, Dr. Ramadoss said.

They will be based at the district headquarters and will serve under the District Health Officer.

Earlier there was a proposal to make rural postings compulsory after the MBBS course and a doctor will have to serve in the rural areas for at least one year before he applied for a post-graduation course.

However, this proposal was dropped.

The proposal was mooted keeping in mind the poor healthcare facilities in the rural areas, particularly the shortage of doctors as even the government doctors are reluctant to serve in these regions and would rather join the private sector for better salaries and an urban posting.

Update:
The Health ministry has agreed to revise its decision in view of opposition from students all over INDIA.
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Medicos oppose Rural posting

2007-11-23T17:50:00.000+05:30

Medical teachers and students in the state have strongly opposed a move by Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss to extend the five-and-a-half-year MBBS course by a year, with the last year as mandatory rural posting. They have said that the move will be counter-productive since fresh medical graduates will not be able to deliver the desired results.
“A fresh MBBS graduate is too inexperienced to handle crisis situations in a rural set-up, which will be unfair to the rural population,’’ a senior professor said.
Ramadoss is considering extending the course following recommendations by the National Rural Health Mission. A month ago, he had set up a high-level committee headed by additional director general of health services R Samba Siva Rao to ascertain the views of undergraduate and post-graduate teachers, medical teachers, parents and associated groups before implementation of the rural posting for medical graduates.
Accordingly Rao, on Wednesday, held a marathon meeting with medical teachers and students from 42 medical colleges across the state, senior officials of the medical education department and the directorate of medical education and research at JJ Hospital. Rao explained the proposal and said, “Our rural health care system is weak and we want it to strengthen in a time-bound period. Hence Ramadoss, on the recommendation of the rural health mission, has mooted the new concept.’’
However, medical teachers opposed the move and also raised the following objections. Students who want to continue post-graduate studies will be affected as a gap of one year in a non-academic environment will have an adverse effect on their studies.
The course is already long and adding a year is unfair. Making it compulsory with a meagre pay or stipend amounts to exploitation. It is likely that if this scheme is implemented, the number of posts in rural areas may be insufficient to accommodate all the graduates. In its report, NHRM has said that public health centres across India are poorly managed owing to acute shortage of manpower. In Maharashtra, out of the 6,000 public health centres, there are no doctors at at least 1,600 centres, while at 2,000 centres, the medical officers are appointed on adhoc basis for 11 months.
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Aids Pill

2007-10-13T19:46:00.000+05:30

The US government approved a novel anti-AIDS pill on Friday, offering a new option for hard-to-treat patients.

Manufacturer Merck & Co. said Isentress should be on pharmacy shelves within two weeks.

The AIDS virus uses three different enzymes to reproduce and infect cells. Numerous drugs are available that target two of those enzymes, called protease and reverse transcriptase.

Isentress is the first in a new class of medicines that blocks the third enzyme, called integrase. Added to "cocktails" of other HIV medicines, the drug can lower the amount of HIV in the blood and help infection-fighting immune cells rebound.

HIV mutates rapidly to resist various treatments, and the Food and Drug Administration approved use of Isentress in patients over age 16 whose blood tests show they are resistant to common older medications.

Side effects include diarrhea, nausea, headache and itching.

Patients take Isentress, also known as raltegravir, twice a day. A Merck spokeswoman said the drug would cost $27 a day, or $9,855 a year _ in the range of other competitors.

It is the second novel HIV drug to win FDA approval in two months. Pfizer Inc.'s Selzentry works by yet another method, blocking a passage that HIV often uses to enter white blood cells.

Lead India..letter from Times of India

2007-09-07T18:13:00.000+05:30

Dear 'Doctors For You' Volunteer,
Sub: Doctors For You-TOI partnership for Lead India

It is my privilege, on behalf of The Times of India, to seek your participation in Lead India, the biggest search for India’s future leaders. Doctors For You has joined hands with The Times of India in this unique movement to positively impact this country’s political landscape.

Lead India seeks concerned and action-oriented people like you to nominate the best names for India’s next generation of leaders. If you have it in you, please come forward and rise. Spread over three phases, Lead India is seeking nominations in the first phase that ends on Sep 7, 2007. All entries will be screened to arrive at city-wise representatives. Eight candidates will be short-listed from each city, in the second phase, followed by the final national round to elect the Lead India winner.

The process of selection will entail a 360-degree evaluation of candidates on political leadership – like the ability to conceive goals for the nation, a sense of social responsibility, the capability to translate the vision for the nation into specific, pragmatic action points, the ability to rally people around ideas, the ability to execute, and resilience. The public at large, and an eminent jury, will judge each candidate’s performance.

What awaits the eventual Leader will be a handsome corpus of Rs 50 lakh for funding a public project of his choice and an entry into the Leadership Development Programme at the John F Kennedy School of Political Leadership. This is besides the once-in-a-lifetime chance to short-circuit the arduous political route and be pitched right in the arena.

To find out more about Lead India, please visit www.lead.timesofindia.com. You can also browse through related Times news stories and interactive features at the website.

Top Medical Colleges (MBBS) in India

2007-05-31T18:30:00.000+05:30

1)AIIMS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi 2) CMC - Christian Medical College,Vellore 3)AFMC -Armed Forces Medical College,Pune 4)JIPMER, Pondicherry
5)Seth G.S. Medical College,Mumbai 6)Maulana Azad Medical College,Delhi 7)Grants Medical College Mumbai 8)St John’s,Bangalore 9)Kasturba Medical College Manipal
10)B.J. Medical College Pune 11)King George’s Medical College,Lucknow 12)Calcutta Medical College,Calcutta 13)Bangalore Medical College,Bangalore 14Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad 15)Christian Medical College,Ludhiana 16)Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad 17)Madras Medical College Chennai 18)Institute of Medical Science, BHU,Varanasi 19)B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad 20)Government Medical College,Nagpur 21)Government Medical College,Mysore 22)Sri Ramachandra Medical College,Chennai
23)Stanley Medical College, Chennai 24)L.T.M. Medical College Mumbai 25)Lady Hardings,Delhi .
(Source): As per Outlook July 17, 2006 issue. The Survey was carried out taking into consideration - Intellectual Capital, Infrastructure and facilities, pedagogic systems and processes, and placements. This survey was for for Undergraduate MBBS Programs.

Result of ASSO-CET-2007 and MHT-CET-2007

2007-05-17T12:09:00.000+05:30

As ASSO-CET-2007 and MHT-CET-2007 exams for admissions to Medical colleges(MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/B.Pharm) in Maharashtra are over,students must be busy in finding Model answers to Multiple Choices Questions(MCQ'S) asked in those exams.
The result of ASSO-CET-2007 and MHT-CET-2007 is expected to be declared on 15th June 2007.Till then keep your fingers crossed.
You will updates regarding the results on this site.

Pune Doctors pledge eyes!

2007-05-04T20:40:00.000+05:30

Although there is a need for an estimated two lakh corneas annually to restore vision of the corneal blind, barely 24,000 corneas are collected through eye donation in the country.

In an exemplary initiative to address this shortfall, 90 doctors from Pune have now pledged their eyes after death.

The doctors have also decided to strengthen the eye donation campaign in Pune by encouraging patients to pledge their eyes and by guiding them.

ASSO-CET-2007

2007-04-06T11:45:00.000+05:30

Common Entrance Test (Asso-CET-2007) will be held on Sunday 6th May 2007 for the academic year 2007-2008 for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BPTh, BOTh & BSc-Nursing courses.
Application forms and information brochure for Asso CET-2007 for admission to 1st year MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BPTh, BOTh and BSc-Nursing courses will be available at all the Private Medical and Dental Colleges and other notified centers given below from 12th March 2007 to 12th April 2007 on payment of Rs. 500/- by DD. Application forms will also be available from AMUPMDC office by post with an additional DD of Rs. 100/- for postal charges. Application Forms will also be available from selected centres of Punjab National Bank on Paymant of Rs 500/- in Cash. The Fee for Examination is Rs. 1,500/- payable by DD. All DD's are to be drawn in favour of "AMUPMDC" and payable at Mumbai.

All the health Science Colleges are affiliated to Maharastra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. All the Medical Colleges are approved by Medical Council of India, Dental Colleges by Dental Council of India and other Helth Science Colleges by their respective Central Councils.
Examination Center: Asso CET-2007 will be conducted at 18 centres in Maharashtra (viz. Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, Latur, Akola, Nanded, Amravati and Nagpur), 7 Centres outside Maharashtra state (viz. Delhi, Noida, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Indore, Kolkata, Hyderabad).

The rights to increase or delete Examination Centres rest with the Competent Authority.

Eligiblity Criteria: (1) Candidate must be born on or before 1st Jan. 1991, (2) Candidate must have passed HSC (10+2 or equivalent) with Physics, Chemistry, Biology & English, (3) Candidates appearing for HSC (10+2)/equivalent examination in March 2007 are also eligible to appear for Asso CET-2007, however, the candidate must fulfill the eligibility conditions.

Important Dates

Availability of forms : 12/03/2007 – 12/04/2007
Last Date of forms submission : 12/04/2007

Date of Asso CET-2007 : Sunday 15/05/2007

Examination Pattern: ¨Asso-CET-2007 will consist of 200 MCQs comprising of Physics (50), Chemistry(50) and Biology (100)
Every correct answer will be awarded 1 mark No negative marking.The medium of examination will be English.

MHT-CET-2007/MH-CET-2007

2007-03-20T18:07:00.000+05:30

MHT-CET-2007 EXAMINATION for admission to all Health Sciences,i.e. medical(MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS),Engineering and Pharmacy degree courses for the academic year 2007-08 will be held on Thursday 17th May 2007 by DMER.You will find updates regarding this examination as well ASSO-CET-2007(Conducted for admission to private medical colleges)in next posts on this site.You will also find a link for Website dedicated to MHT-CET-2007 in the side bar on right side of this page.So you can post your queries regarding MHT-CET-2007 and get answers from experts and readers of this site.

Facts about Diabetes!

2007-03-06T17:47:00.000+05:30

In a significant breakthrough that is expected to radically change the line of diabetes treatment, Pune-based diabetologist CS Yajnik and evolutionary ecologist Milind Watve have linked onset of diabetes to high population density, highly competitive social environment, greater rich-poor divide, sedentary life and reducing immune challenges to the body besides diet and lack of exercise.

They have prepared a behavioural therapy and are finalising a treatment protocol, clinical trials of which will commence in Pune within six months.

MH-SSET-2007

2007-03-03T19:38:00.000+05:30

Common Entrance Examination "MH-SSET-2007" for DM / MCh
Medical Postgraduate Superspeciality courses in the State of Maharashtra
for the academic year 2007-2008. The said CET will be held on Sunday, 3rd
June, 2007. Detailed programme regarding issue of application forms and
information brochures will be announced later.

Please Vote

2007-01-17T18:33:00.000+05:30

This January month is crucial for PG aspirant medicos of Maharashtra.Already they are done with All India PG Entrance and they are preparing for PGM-CET-2007 and they will start their residency in May 2007.
We will have a poll here regarding the PG subject which will have better prospects in future clincal practice.All medicos are requested to vote for poll which you will find on right side bar of this page.
Results of this poll will reflect a common opinion of Medicos.
All the best to PG aspirants!

Renewal of MMC Registration!

2006-11-29T12:57:00.000+05:30

Maharashtra Medical Council has issued a notice recently by which all registered medicos with MMC are required to apply for renewal of their registration with DD of of Rs 500.
For details please visit website of MMC,Mumbai mmcmumbai.com

Medical Tourism

2006-10-24T19:37:00.000+05:30

What's called medical tourism – patients going to a different country for either urgent or elective medical procedures – is fast becoming a worldwide, multibillion-dollar industry.

The reasons patients travel for treatment vary. Many medical tourists from the United States are seeking treatment at a quarter or sometimes even a 10th of the cost at home. From Canada, it is often people who are frustrated by long waiting times. From Great Britain, the patient can't wait for treatment by the National Health Service but also can't afford to see a physician in private practice. For others, becoming a medical tourist is a chance to combine a tropical vacation with elective or plastic surgery.

Medical tourism is actually thousands of years old. In ancient Greece, pilgrims and patients came from all over the Mediterranean to the sanctuary of the healing god, Asklepios, at Epidaurus. In Roman Britain, patients took the waters at a shrine at Bath, a practice that continued for 2,000 years. From the 18th century wealthy Europeans travelled to spas from Germany to the Nile. In the 21st century, relatively low-cost jet travel has taken the industry beyond the wealthy and desperate.

Countries that actively promote medical tourism include Cuba, Costa Rica, Hungary, India, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia and Thailand. Belgium, Poland and Singapore are now entering the field. South Africa specializes in medical safaris-visit the country for a safari, with a stopover for plastic surgery, a nose job and a chance to see lions and elephants.
India is considered the leading country promoting medical tourism-and now it is moving into a new area of "medical outsourcing," where subcontractors provide services to the overburdened medical care systems in western countries.

India's National Health Policy declares that treatment of foreign patients is legally an "export" and deemed "eligible for all fiscal incentives extended to export earnings." Government and private sector studies in India estimate that medical tourism could bring between $1 billion and $2 billion US into the country by 2012. The reports estimate that medical tourism to India is growing by 30 per cent a year.

India's top-rated education system is not only churning out computer programmers and engineers, but an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 doctors and nurses each year.

The downsides of medical tourism

Experts have identified a number of problems with medical tourism

Government and basic medical insurance, and sometimes extended medical insurance, often does not pay for the medical procedure, meaning the patient has to pay cash.
There is little follow-up care. The patient usually is in hospital for only a few days, and then goes on the vacation portion of the trip or returns home. Complications, side-effects and post-operative care are then the responsibility of the medical care system in the patients' home country.
Most of the countries that offer medical tourism have weak malpractice laws, so the patient has little recourse to local courts or medical boards if something goes wrong.
There are growing accusations that profitable, private-sector medical tourism is drawing medical resources and personnel away from the local population, although some medical organizations that market to outside tourists are taking steps to improve local service.(Source)

Dr Jabbar Patel

2006-10-22T19:18:00.000+05:30

Dr Jabbar Patel is a renowned theatre and film director of India.

Born in 1942 in Pandharpur in Maharashtra his most acclaimed film is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar released in 1999. He completed his MBBS from B.J.Medical College,Pune.
A paediatrician by profession, Jabbar Patel founded the best-known Marathi experimental theatre group, 'Theatre Academy'. Their works include the landmark stage production of Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal (1972) and also the adaptation of Brecht's Threepenny Opera (Teen Paishacha Tamasha, 1974) to the stage in Marathi. His films, often scripted by Vijay Tendulkar rely on topical political references and theatrical acting styles.

Dates of Entrance Examinations for admission to MD/MS/Diploma/MDS courses

2006-10-13T18:58:00.000+05:30

As per guidelines issued by the Medical Council of India, New Delhi and Dental Council of India, New Delhi, the dates for Entrance Examination for admission to Medical and Dental Postgraduate courses i.e. MD/MS/Diploma/MDS courses will be as follows.
MD/MS/Diploma Medical Postgraduate courses
(PGM-CET) - 2007
Sunday, 21st January, 2007
10.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

MDS Dental Postgraduate courses (PGD-CET) - 2007
Sunday, 21st January, 2007
10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.

All the best folks.

Dr Mohan Agashe

2006-09-15T19:59:00.000+05:30

Dr. Mohan Agashe, a Psychiatrist who opted to work in a government hospital rather than to go in for the much more lucrative world of private practice, so as to have equal time to devote to his first love, 'acting'.
Agashe has been acknowledged as one of the finest actors on the stage and screen, in the seventies and eighties. Beginning with an acting tour-de-force as the machiavellian Nana Phadnavis in Vijay Tendulkar's internationally acclaimed play Ghashiram Kotwal, Agashe went on to great heights in a succession of plays and award winning films by masters like Satyajit Ray, Mira Nair, Shyam Benegal, Gautam Ghose and Jabbar Patel. But his greatest contribution to the Indian Theatre in general and Marathi Theatre in particular has been his pioneering work in introducing concept of Grips Theatre Berlin in India in 1986 which today has become a self sustained movement. As an honorary Director of "Theatre" Academy - Grips Project" he produced in collaboration with Grips Theatre, Berlin and Max Mueller Bhavan excellent yet meaningful realistic plays which opened a new chapter in Indian theatre for Children and Youth besides conducting several workshop all over India on Grips methodology with the help of Goethe Institute branches in India. He was awarded 'The Goethe Medal' - Official Decoration of German Government, by the President of The Goethe Institut in March 2004.

He also introduced contemporary Indian Theatre to Europe and North America as an actor-manager of Theatre Academy's overseas tours to present Vijay Tendulkar's folk musical play ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ invited to International Theatre Festivals of Berlin (Festwochen 1980), Lille (1980) Belgrade (BITEF 1989) Quebec (1986) and Baltimore (Theatre of Nations 1986) besides guest performances in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Budapest, Moscow, and many cities of North America

He was Theatre Consultant in 1987 to Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and in charge of the Theatre Program for the Festival of India in former USSR.

Recipient of Prestigious ‘Bundesverdienskreuz’ (The Cross of Order of Merit) from the President of Federal Republic of Germany in 2002 and Sangeet Natak Academy Award for Theatre (Highest National Honour in Arts in 1996, he was conferred ‘Padma Shri’ by President of India in 1990.

Besides he has been recipient of International Theatre Institute (German Branch) hospitation programme in Berlin in 1984, Homi Bhabha Fellowship in 1985, Nadikar Theatre Contribution award in 1991. And Northbrook Society's ABCS (Association of British Council Scholars) Scholarship (1993)

On medical side, he initiated a project to strengthen the mental health education and service in 1988, which resulted in Maharashtra Government adopting a new Mental Health Policy. As a Mental Health Advisor to Government of Maharashtra, he established Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health (State level Training and Research Institute) at Pune in 1991 of which he is the founder Director-Professor. He helped Maharashtra Government to reorganize the Mental Health Services in the State.

He initiated psychosocial rehabilitation of victims of Latur earthquake of 1993 and was the Principal Investigator of a Research Project undertaken by ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research) Centre for Advanced Research to study the Health Consequences of Earthquake disaster in 1994. Currently he is the Principal Investigator of an Indo-US joint Research Project on "Cultural Disorders of Fatigue and Weakness". He was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Annual National conference of Indian Psychiatric Society held at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune in January 2001.

In 1997 Dr. Agashe was invited to occupy the chair of Director of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, where he continued till April 2002.

In the moment he is

Honorary President of Maharahshtra Cultural Centre

Honorary Director D.A.T.E. (Developing Awareness Thru’ Entertainment)

Advisor to Government of Maharashtra on Mental Health-Policy and Program

In the past, he has been

Director-Professor Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health, Pune and Ex-officio Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, B.J. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune (1991-March 1997 and July 2002- July 2005)
Director, Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (April 1997-April 2002)

Honorary President of Theatre Academy, Pune (1985-1991)

Non-official Director on the Board of National Film Development Corporation (NFDC 1985-1987)

Theatre Consultant to Indian Council for Cultural Relations (1987)

Dr Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang

2006-08-27T12:27:00.000+05:30

A husband-and-wife team of doctors in India is making a difference in helping reduce country’s infant and maternal mortality ratios. Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr. Rani Bang lead the Society of Education, Action and Research in Community Health (SEARCH) in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.Their Home-Based Neonatal Care Program, which trains village women to diagnose and treat newborns, reduced incidents of infant mortality over a one-year period from 120 to 30 in 39 villages in their district. During the same period, postpartum maternal morbidity in the intervention area was reduced by more than 50 percent. This program is now being replicated at seven sites in Maharashtra.In a country like India, where state-of-the-art medical care at modern hospitals is not accessible to millions of villagers, this program holds great hope.Recently Time magzine honoured them as 'Global Heroes of Health'.Government of Maharashtra awarded them "Maharashtra Bhushan'
Their work will definitely inspire generations of medicos to come.

Mumbai Medicos arrested

2006-08-27T12:07:00.000+05:30

On Friday 25th August,about 200 students and doctors, including senior doctors of Indian Medical Association were arrested while protesting against Centre's decision to introduce quota in government-aided educational institutions.The medical students, doctors and activists of Youth for Equality, members of Maratha Mahasangh and Bhiwandi Vyapari Association staged an anti-reservation protest in Mumbai and were trying to proceed towards Chief Minister's residence at Malabar Hill.

Dr Sudam Khade

2006-08-27T11:13:00.000+05:30

Inborn talent,sharp memory,determination,strong will and belief in ambitions made Dr Sudam Khade an icon for medicos not only from Maharashtra but also India.
He hails from a drought hitten village of Satara district of Maharashtra.Born in a farmer's family Dr Sudam showed his talent in academics as well as sports.He played Kabaddi at state level and led state in scout.Facing adversaries with great courage,he topped university in MBBS exam.Later on,he served poor and needy patients free of cost.He directed and acted in many street-plays on health issues.
He won state level award for his role in Marathi play 'Tarun Turk Mhatare Ark'.
He studied for IAS exam for only one year and topped rural Maharashtra.He feels one can give social service as a Doctor but same purpose can be served in a better way by IAS officers.
After his success he received more than 250 shawls as gifts.He donated all those shawls to poor patients anonymously.
Salute to Dr Sudam Khade and best wishes for his future.

ASS0-CET-2006 Selection List

2006-08-20T12:08:00.000+05:30

As per the Order of the Hon'ble High Court dated 10th August 2006 the Programme of admission for the Health Science Courses (MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/B. PTh/ B.Oth and B. Sc Nursing) for the year 2006-07 is as follows:-

Declaration of First List on Web Site ... 19/08/2006
Last date of Joining the College ........ 23/08/2006
Last date of Retention Form Submission.... 25/08/2006
Declaration of Second Selection List on Web Site 4/09/2006
Last date of Joining the College..................8/09/2006
Last date of Retention Form Submission............11/09/2006
Declaration of Third Selection List on Web Site ..20/09/2006
Last date of Joining the College..................23/09/2006

For more Details visit the Asso-cet-2006 link in the right sidebar.
(Source)

Dimond Jubilee year of B.J.M.C. Pune

2006-08-20T11:45:00.000+05:30

B.J. Medical College, Pune is one of the premier medical institutions in Maharashtra and India. The college, administered by the Government of Maharashtra, comprises various clinical and para/pre-clinical departments working alongside the Sassoon General Hospitals. The college has an illustrious past and many alumni have excelled in medicine (in India and abroad) as well as in arts (drama, literature, cinema) and politics. It has been ranked among the Top 10 Medical Colleges in India in a 2005 survey.

B.J. Medical School started in 1878, which was converted to full-fledged B.J.Medical College in 1946.This year B.J. is celebrating it's diamond jubilee.
B. J. Medical College, Pune is in its glorious 60th year! This Diamond Jubilee year is a time for contemplation, consolidation and celebration. 'BJMC Pune Alumni & Staff Association' has been launched with a purpose of channelizing efforts to upgrade this institution in various ways. All students, staff and well-wishers who have passed through the portals of this hallowed institution are invited to add to the sparkle, by your presence and munificence. For those who have participated in the Golden Jubilee Celebrations, it is time to renew afresh old memories and for those who missed it, this is an opportunity to renew old ties.

The 'BJMC Pune Alumni & Staff Association' will strive to upgrade the facilities in the college for education, research and service. As a part of this strategy, some of the objectives of the Diamond Jubilee celebration will be the renovation of the College Auditorium - the hub of our academic, research and cultural activities, and renovation of basement area of college to use as office of Alumni Association and Research Society.

'Diamonds are Forever', and so will be memories of Diamond jubilee year celebrations. The year is studded with academic programmes and updates which will culminate in a dazzling display of the joint celebrations of the Annual Conference of Research Society and the Grand Finale of Diamond Jubilee.

Universal exam of MD/MS Doctors

2006-07-28T19:53:00.000+05:30

Soon,Postgraduate MD/MS doctors in India will have to take a common standard exam before they start practicing or go abroad.Standard of doctors varies greatly,thanks to over 295 universities conducting separate standards of exams.Single exit exam is expected to ensure a uniform standard.
Also,medicos from Mahaarshtra who have passed final mbbs exam in Nov/Dec 2004 are required to join post of medical officer till their PGM-CET Exam in Jan-2007.

Website for selection list MHT-CET-2006 for admission to MBBS/BDS courses

2006-07-16T09:57:00.000+05:30

For easy access to selection list of candidates for admission to MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS courses ,a link is added on this page in the right side-bar.
You will find that link below the header "Links".You have to just click on it to view the list.

Kudos to Mumbai doctors!

2006-07-16T09:45:00.000+05:30

Doctors in the Mumbai hospitals like Sion and KEM,have emerged as the heroes of the tragedy that unfolded in the wake of the serial blasts on commuter trains on last tuesday, working shifts of up to 30 hours to care for the more than 700 people injured in the attacks.
The doctors swung into action shortly after the blasts occurred within a span of 30 minutes on Tuesday evening, performing life-saving surgeries and providing first aid to those who escaped with minor wounds.
Doctors worked continuously for 30 hours.
Kudos to all Mumbai doctors who worked for the needy people.

Do you want Quota? Vote here today!

2006-07-02T13:11:00.000+05:30

Government of India is all prepared to implement OBC quota from next year.That is what all politicians sitting in Govenment want so as to expand their vote bank.
But what all students in India feel?We will have a Poll on this blog-site.At the bottom of right side-bar of this blog you will find a box in white background which has a question which asks your opinion regarding quota in higher educational institutes like AIIMS and IIM.
This will be a fair poll as one person can vote only once.This poll will run this whole month and on 15th August 2006,you will see a detailed result here.

Ward no 5:K.E.M.

2006-06-30T19:14:00.000+05:30

Dr Ravi Bapat needs no introduction to medicos of Maharashtra.The famous surgeon has served needy patients K.E.M.Hospital,Mumbai for last 45 years.Many students who completed their M.S. under his guidence are practising in well-known hospitals in India as well as abroad but 'Ward no.5-K.E.M.' continued to remain his 'Karmbhumi'.
Recently,'Ward number 5,K.E.M.'a book in Marathi,in which Dr Bapat has narrated his life story and his experiences as a doctor,has stormed the market with top position amongst best-sellers.
It is a must read for all medicos and definitely it will be a glimpse of Great surgeon's life.

MBBS in Russia/China

2006-06-22T17:04:00.000+05:30

In an effort to compete with medical schools in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, Russian medical schools have recently been targeting Indian students through regional recruitment fairs and the five regional offices of the Russian Education Foundation, in a campaign to lure them with cheap fees.

Admissions to Russian universities has picked up after a six-year low following the amendment of the Indian Medical Council Act in March 2002.The act states that Indian students can seek admission to any state university in Russia listed in the directory of medical schools of the World Health Organization. Previously, only 11 universities offering bachelor of medicine/bachelor of surgery (MBBS) degree were recognized by the Indian government.

Fees for MBBS courses in Russia run from US$2,000 to US$3,000 depending on the institution. Only “leading” universities offer instruction in English.The Degree is recognised by WHO and the MBBS graduate can practice in India after clearing screening test by Medical Council of India.Fees in Medical Universities of China are almost same.

PLAB Cancelled in India!

2006-06-12T20:32:00.001+05:30

Britain has officially cancelled the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) test it has held in India for a decade for the rest of this year in what is seen as yet another, possibly final, attempt to limit the entry of non-European Union doctors into the UK.

The announcement of the cancelled PLAB-Part 1 exam was made by the General Medical Council (GMC), which conducts the assessment to certify non-EU doctors to practice medicine in the UK.

The exam has been cancelled in all locations outside the UK. The GMC claimed the decision was taken because of "low demand".

Till March, hundreds of Indian doctors routinely took and passed the PLAB-Part 1 at home, only to flood into Britain looking for scarce jobs and training posts.

Some facts of PGM-CET 2006

2006-06-08T09:44:00.000+05:30

As first round for admissions to PG courses through PGM-CET 2006 is over,many open category students have contacted and put forward some facts.

Top 5 Medical Colleges preferred-
1. Seth G.S.Medical College,Mumbai
2. L.T.M.Medical College,Mumbai
3. B.J.Medical College,Pune
4. T.N.Medical College,Mumbai
5. G.M.C.,Mumbai

As we all know, 50% seats are reserved and 50% seats are for Open Category.
But 22 seats from open quota went to the students of reservation categories due to Ear marking. And more than half of these were from the top 4 Medical colleges of mumbai i.e. 15 seats. Thus open category students are getting even less than 50% seats. i.e. 46.01% seats of Maharashtra (252 / 547) and 44.24% seats of the top 4 medical colleges of Mumbai (123 / 278).
This in spite of the fact that in the-
First 50, 43 are from open category.
First 100, 77 are from open category.
First 200, 145 are from open category.

The figures can be confirmed from offical website of DMER.

What you have to say? Express your views here or email to maharashtramedicos@gmail.com

AIIMS resident doctors call off strike, medical students to continue stir!

2006-05-31T20:46:00.000+05:30

Resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) today called-off their 19-day strike and decided to resume duties from tomorrow to avert a direct confrontation with the Supreme Court. They, however, will continue to support the anti-quota agitation waged by medicos against government proposal to introduce 27% reservation to OBCs in elite educational institutions.
This decision was taken during a General Body Meeting of AIIMS Resident Doctors` Association, hours after the apex court ordered medicos to return to work immediately.

All the best!

2006-05-29T12:48:00.000+05:30

Selection list of candidates for admission to Medical Postgraduate MD/MS/Diploma Courses throught PGM-CET-2006 has been displayed by DMER today.
The new batch of PG students is all set to join in next 2 weeks.I wish all the best to all of them who have succeeded in getting their desired speciality.

Seats in Medical colleges will be increased: Govt

2006-05-27T20:34:00.000+05:30

The health ministry has given an order that seats at 9 medical colleges in India including All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), should be increased as soon as possible.The move is the first concrete step by the government to pacify medical students protesting against reservation.
The Centre has asked all the nine medical colleges, including AIIMS, RML, Lady Hardinge, Safdarjung, PGI Chandigarh, NIMHANS Bangalore, JIPMER Pondicherry and Central Institute of Psychiatry in Ranchi, to assess their infrastructure and frame a plan to increase the number of seats.
The striking anti-reservation medicos held another round of talks with the government but the exercise failed to make headway as the students and resident doctors insisted the Centre give its response in writing to their demands and decided to continue their agitation.

During the three-hour talks, the government is understood to have conveyed to the medicos its decision to double the number of under graduate seats in medical education institutions, hike the retirement age of AIIMS faculty members from 60 to 65 and set up six more AIIMS across the country.

Medicos are not criminals!

2006-05-15T10:19:00.000+05:30

Mumbai police on Saturday brutally beat up medicos and other students protesting against reservation. Close to 20 students sustained injuries, with two of them admitted to hospitals with suspected fractures. Many others were treated for minor injuries.This is really shocking.

Definitetly medicos were neither criminals nor they were breaking any law and order.Not only Medicos but every Indian should condemn manhandling of peaceful medicos.
Yesterday Pune witnessed a huge rally by around 600 medicos and engineering students from Pune,Panvel,Satara,Dhule and Nashik, who protested against attacks on medicos by police.IMA has also called for day long strike today which is bound to hit medical services.

Every Medico hopes a amicable solution to the ongoing crisis will be sought soon.

Dr Nityanand Mandke

2006-05-09T21:40:00.000+05:30

Dr. Nityanand (Nitu) Mandke was born on 31st January 1948.

After completing MBBS from B.J. Medical College, Pune, he came to Mumbai for his postgraduation in General Surgery and Cardio-thoracic surgery, which he did from KEM Hospital, Mumbai.

He went to UK and later USA and worked for a number of years with greats like Sir Magdi Yacoub Dr. Kirklin and Dr. Pacifico. He returned in 1985 and was consultant cardio-thoracic surgeon at a number of hospitals in Mumbai.He was equally at ease while operating upon a 6 month old blue baby as well as a 60 year old man for coronary artery disease. He was instrumental in pushing and developing offpump coronary bypass surgery in India. He was one of the few who arranged for the training of his residents abroad, on a regular basis.

He was a brilliant, patriotic surgeon who put the cardio-thoracic specialty of our country on an international map.

We are proud of them!

2006-05-09T21:12:00.000+05:30

Maharashtra is known for having best Medical colleges in India.Here we have premier medical colleges like Seth G.S.Medical College,Armed Force Medical College (AFMC)and B.J.Medical College which have always featured in to Top 10 Medical Colleges in India.

Some Medicos from Maharashtra have touched new heights while serving the needy patients and they will be remembered for years to come.Their clinical acumen,operative skills and social services made them famous across countries. They make us feel proud when we remember them.

Herewith,I am starting a series on who's who Medicos from Maharashtra.To start with,nobody comes to mind but only Dr.Nitu Mandke.

Mail me your Suggestions to maharashtramedicos@gmail.com Also send me articles on prominent medical personalities.

Delhi Medicos on Strike

2006-04-27T12:44:00.000+05:30

Students and interns of five medical colleges in Delhi went on an indefinite strike on Thursday protesting against the proposed move to increase OBC quotas in educational institutions.
Students of Maulana Azad Medical College, Lady Hardinge Medical College, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, University College of Medical Sciences and Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College were boycotting lectures and staying away from OPD services.
The resident doctors have also extended their support to the agitation and would be joining the students during the demonstrations.
Some students have also decided to boycott the ongoing exams of the second and fourth semester.
Medical students clashed with the police yesterday when they were stopped from moving towards HRD Minister residence to register their protest against the Centre's proposed move to increase OBC quotas in educational institutions.

Shortage of Psychiatrists!

2006-04-18T20:33:00.000+05:30

St Cerebellum's Psychiatric Hospital,UK

India is facing an alarming shortage of psychiatrists. Expecting better quality of life,advanced facilities for research as well as salary package, the country’s specialist psychiatrists are heading to the Queen’s land where the crisis is even worse: one psychiatrist for every 90,000 people (compared to one for every 35,000 in India). The entire faculty of Lady Hardinge Medical College’s psychiatry department left two years back, leading to the department being shut down. Recently, several AIIMS faculty members have also moved to the UK. According to Indian government’s national consultant on mental health, the country had just 2,219 practising psychiatrists in May 2002. For a billion people, the country needed 10,000 doctors. In fact we have only 4000 psychiatrists.What is more stark is that nearly 15% of India’s population is suffering from mental problems, and 1% of them are admitted in hospitals.
More distressing is the fact that there are only 36 government-run mental hospitals of which 4 are located in Maharashtra. Maharashtra has about 480 pychiatrists to serve population of 10 crores.So a Psychiatrist is catering to population of 2 lakhs.
But out of these 480 about 240 are in Mumbai and 80 in Pune. So you can understand the pathetic condition of psychiatric services in rest of Maharashtra.Also there is shortage of clinical psychologists.With young medicos from Maharashtra joining MD Psychiatry course in prestigeous institutes like NIMHANS, Bangalore this year,we expect improvement in psychiatric services.

I am back

2006-04-15T20:01:00.000+05:30

Hello Friends,I am back with my blogs with this new look.I hope you all had interest in reading my blogs in which I tried to discuss issues concerned with a Medico's life.
I expect this will be a platform for all medicos to share their views on various issues that touch thier journy from a medical student to a medical practitioner.

With best wishes