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India facing shortage of surgery trainees

India’s shortage of surgeons could get worse in the coming years, new government data suggests. The number of medical trainees studying to become surgeons is declining. Of 2,029 surgery seats in super speciality courses for the 2018-19 academic year, 189 went unfilled. Super speciality courses are those for which candidates have to clear National Eligibility-cum-Entrance …

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Clinical trials: The human cost

Clinical trials play an instrumental role in healthcare, aimed at ensuring that new medical treatments are safe and effective. The number of clinical trials conducted in India every year has steadily been rising in recent years. India is presently poised to become ‘one of the largest clinical trial hubs’, contract research organisation George Clinical announced …

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High Court walks back on e-pharmacy sales

A ban on online medicines sales has been stayed by the Madras High Court until it makes a final decision on the matter. This means consumers can still buy medicines online – at least for now. E-pharmacy sales were subject to a blanket ban by the Court on Monday, December 17th. The Court’s ruling followed …

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One in ten medications could be fake claims WHO

A potential one in ten medications circulating in India could be fake, claims a recent news release by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report states that, in low and low to middle income countries (L-LMICs), there is an abundance of medications that are either deemed to be substandard — containing far less of the …

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Asima Chatterjee, 100th birthday of famed Indian chemist

Dr Asima Chatterjee, the first Indian woman to receive a doctorate of science from an Indian University and a major contributor in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine has been honoured on the 100th anniversary of her birth by a google doodle (the image on the google homepage). Dr Chatterjee was born on September …

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