Medical Law
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The Jan Vishwas bill passed by Lok Sabha further dilutes the regulation of pharmacies
Dispensing drugs is often a question of life and death for patients, but pharmacies brazenly violate laws governing the employment of pharmacists.
Dinesh Thakur & Prashant Reddy T
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Cabinet approves amendments to National Medical Commission Bill
Doctors had objected to proposals in an earlier version of the bill, including one to allow practitioners of alternative medicine to pursue allopathy.
Scroll Staff
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Cabinet approves bill to replace Medical Council of India
The National Medical Commission Bill aims to do away with ‘heavy handed regulatory control’ over medical facilities.
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Karnataka Assembly passes watered-down medical bill after doctors’ protest
The legislation does not include the clause that said doctors will be jailed for negligence, harassing patients and for handing out inflated bills.
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Medical bill tabled in Karnataka Assembly, jail clause removed after doctors’ strike
At least seven patients have died because they did not receive treatment as a result of doctors’ protests against the bill.
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Supreme Court reserves verdict on ‘living will’ in passive euthanasia cases
The petitioner had argued that the right to die with dignity should be a part of the Right to Life, which is guaranteed in the Indian Constitution.
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Doctors are not bound by the living will of a patient seeking euthanasia, Centre tells SC
The government also told the court that it had prepared a draft Bill on withdrawal of medical support to terminally-ill patients.
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Doctors are not bound by the living will of a patient seeking euthanasia, Centre tells SC
The government also told the court that it had prepared a draft Bill on withdrawal of medical support to terminally-ill patients.
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The Delhi High Court allows 344 potentially dangerous combination drugs to remain in the market
The health ministry had ordered the manufacture and sale of these drugs to be stopped, a move which the pharmaceutical industry opposed in court.
Prashant Reddy
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Doctors and activists face off over sex-determination regulation
Radiologists across India are on strike to ask the government to ease a law that requires them to maintain records of ultrasound procedures.
Priyanka Vora
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Five doctors from Mumbai's LH Hiranandani Hospital arrested in connection with a kidney racket
The police received a tip-off about the sale last month, and acted after a state health department committee submitted a report on the developments.
Scroll Staff
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What doctors who administer euthanasia feel about it
Public discussion on the subject has focused almost entirely on patients and underplayed the dilemma that this medical practice poses for doctors.
Ajaz Ashraf
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