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Medical Body IMA To Hold 24-Hour Hunger Strike To Support West Bengal Doctors

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Medical Body IMA To Hold 24-Hour Hunger Strike To Support West Bengal Doctors

The partial cease-work will start at 6 a.m. October 14 and continue till 6 a.m. on October 16. New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) announced a 24-hour nationwide hunger strike on October 15 to support doctors in West Bengal, seeking justice for the young doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical…

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Unconditional Apology To Supreme Court Published Widely: Medical Body Chief

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Unconditional Apology To Supreme Court Published Widely: Medical Body Chief

The apology pops-up on IMA’s website, said advocate PS Patwalia (File) New Delhi: Indian Medical Association (IMA) president RV Asokan told the Supreme Court on Tuesday his unconditional apology to the top court over his “damaging” statements in an interview to PTI, where he had answered queries about Patanjali Ayurved Ltd’s misleading advertisements case, has…

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Health Ministry withdraws fiat mandating doctors prescribe only generic drugs

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Health Ministry withdraws fiat mandating doctors prescribe only generic drugs

Thursday evening saw the end of a half-month stand-off between the National Medical Commission (NMC), India’s regulatory body guiding medical professionals and the Indian Medical Association (IMA), a national voluntary organisation of physicians with over three lakh members. (For top health news of the day, subscribe to our newsletter Health Matters) The two had locked-horns over one…

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