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Over 40,000 applications received for MBBS, BDS seats in Tamil Nadu

40,199 applications for MBBS, BDS seats in TN; 4,000 more than last year. 78,000 candidates qualified in NEET. DME extended deadline & started processing applications. NMC to provide seat matrix.

The Hindu

Jittery medical students and parents in Karnataka demand implementation of NExT be postponed

The NExT is a computer based online examination, which will be conducted in two parts — Step 1 and Step 2. The minimum marks for passing Step 1 shall be 50% (50 out of 100). The Step 1 exam result will be considered for admission to PG courses. Step 2…

The Hindu

Nurse struck off for failing to call 999 after death of secret lover patient in car park

A hearing was told Penelope Williams ignored advice to call an ambulance following the man's collapse in the vehicle.

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Nurse struck off after man she was seeing in secret died in her car

She did not call an ambulance

Nottingham Post

Nurse struck off after death of partially-clothed lover in car park

The nurse was in a secret relationship and she did not call an ambulance

Wales Online

Nurse sacked after secret lover patient died during car park meet and she failed to call 999

Hearing told that Penelope Williams ignored advice to call an ambulance following the man’s collapse

The Independent UK

Foreign medical graduates seek 'intervention by Union Health Minister' to get registration issue resolved

The problem for these students started when they were forced to return to India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Nurse suspended after catalogue of errors led to her sacking

Sarah Knight was found to be 'wilfully' dishonest by the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Liverpool Echo

Letters to The Editor — June 28, 2023

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2019 MBBS batch will be the first batch to shift to NExT pattern

Students admitted to the MBBS course in 2019 will be the first batch to take the National Exit Test (NExT), for which a mock test will be conducted on July 28.

The Hindu

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NMC withdraws Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has now withdrawn the recently issued Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 for MBBS admissions, leading to lack of clarity on several important issues

The Hindu

Foreign medical graduates seek help to get registered

Foreign medical graduates have appealed to the Health Ministry for intervention to get their certificate of permanent registration from the respective State Medical Councils (SMC) without which these doctors cannot work in India, despite having completed their course and subsequent one-year internship.

The Hindu

Glasgow nurse suspended after being drunk while dispensing medication

A Glasgow nurse has been suspended after she was found intoxicated and drinking while dispensing patients' medication, as she appears "unfit for duty".

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Mental health nurse struck off after punching vulnerable teenager

Donald Riziva was found to have committed "unprofessional, violent conduct" according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council

The Hindu

Get clarity on transgender reservations in medical PG admissions: HC to National Medical Commission

A transgender petitioned the High Court seeking reservation within reservation as member of the third gender, Court directed National Medical Commission to spell out its stand on the issue

The Hindu

Karnataka won’t help merit students secure 50% seats in private medical colleges at government fee

National Medical Commission (NMC) wants the fee for 50% of seats in private medical colleges and deemed-to-be-universities on par with government seats. A private medical college in Tamil Nadu and Nitte deemed-to-be-university of Mangaluru had challenged the same in the jurisdictional High Courts, but both lost the case

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NExT exam scheduled for 2024, says Health Ministry

NExT will be a single examination that would replace final-year MBBS examinations and the National Eligibility Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET PG) entrance exam.

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Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today

Welcome to the Tamil Nadu Today newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories to follow today.

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NMC renews five-year recognition for Stanley, Dharmapuri medical colleges

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has withdrawn its notices de-recognising the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital and Government Dharmapuri Medical College on Wednesday night. The NMC will issue a written communication shortly, according to Health Minister Ma. Subramanian.

Glasgow Live

Renfrewshire nurse struck off after giving care home resident wrong diamorphine doses

Robyn Connelly was employed at Ranfurly Care Home when the incidents occurred, giving a resident higher doses of diamorphine than they were prescribed and later lying about the quantity administered.

The Hindu

NMC recognition issue: KUHS V-C to call meeting

The State stands to lose 450 MBBS seats this academic year, with the NMC issuing notices to Jubilee Mission Medical College, Thrissur, Gokulam Meddical College, Thiruvananthapuram, CSI Somerset Memorial Medical College, Karakonam, and SUT Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, denying the continuance of recognition to MBBS courses run by these institutions. NMC’s…

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Will take up derecognition of medical colleges in T.N. with Union Ministry: Health Minister Ma. Subramanian

The National Medical Commission’s decision to withdraw recognition from a historic medical college for minor deficiencies is unacceptable, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian has said. The NMC has cited the non-implementation of the biometric system of attendance and the poor use of CCTV cameras as defects in the Government Stanley Medical…

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian mental health nurse who sexually assaulted vulnerable patient struck off

Richard McLellan, from Bathgate, attacked the woman during a night shift while she was being treated at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in January 2019

The Independent UK

Nursing numbers rise but concerns raised about ‘premature leavers’

There are now 788,638 nurses registered to work in the UK.

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