Gujarat Doctors

Two junior resident doctors of a medical college in Gujarat's Vadodara were sacked and five third-year MBBS students were expelled from the hostel for their alleged involvement in ragging around 60 second-year MBBS students, officials said.

At least 450 intern doctors of three civil hospitals attached to medical colleges run by a Gujarat government-controlled entity went on an indefinite strike on Thursday.

Usha Lodaya, who had dropped out of college at 20, has completed her doctorate course in Jainism after resuming her education in her sixties.

Prominent association representing doctors in Gujarat on Monday approached the Ahmedabad city police and sought registration of an FIR against yoga guru Ramdev for his alleged disparaging remarks against modern medicine and its practitioners.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trying to harm Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's reputation by creating and uploading a "doctored video", using a part of the chief minister's recent speech, the police said.

A 15-year-old-boy in Ahmedabad in Gujarat has been detected with Mucormycosis or Black Fungus a week after he recovered from COVID-19, a doctor treating him said today.

Wearing uncomfortable PPE kits, doctors and other healthcare professionals are working for unrealistically long hours amid the rapid second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

All MBBS graduates under government bond in Gujarat have been asked to immediately join duty in the wake of a shortage of doctors at COVID-19 hospitals in the state.

Gujarat government has announced a special COVID incentive allowance of Rs 5000 per month in addition to the regular stipend for interns and resident doctors engaged in treating COVID-19 patients.

A doctor and three others were held for allegedly trying to claim insurance with the help of bogus COVID-19 medical records in Vadodara in Gujarat, police said on Monday.

The Gujarat health department has issued an advisory to doctors and health officials after some COVID-19 patients were recently found infected with mucormycosis, saying it a serious but rare fungal infection and has an overall "mortality rate of 50 per cent".

Over 30,000 doctors from Gujarat joined the nationwide protest called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday against the Centres decision to allow post-graduate Ayurvedic physicians to perform certain types of surgeries after training.

A doctor was arrested on Friday for allegedly creating email addresses in the name of officials in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and ordering Gujarat government officials to act promptly on his complaint.

Garba Dance: Ahead of Navratri in Gujarat, a group of fashion designing students in Surat performed Garba wearing hand-painted costumes made of PPE material. Personal Protective Equipment or PPE overalls are a must for doctors and other healthcare workers. The Garba costumes in white are covered from head to toe just like the ones the doctors wear ...

A case was lodged against 10 persons, six of whom were detained, on Saturday for allegedly attacking a doctor after the death of a suspected COVID-19 patient in Veraval in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, the police said.

Two junior resident doctors of a medical college in Gujarat's Vadodara were sacked and five third-year MBBS students were expelled from the hostel for their alleged involvement in ragging around 60 second-year MBBS students, officials said.

At least 450 intern doctors of three civil hospitals attached to medical colleges run by a Gujarat government-controlled entity went on an indefinite strike on Thursday.

Usha Lodaya, who had dropped out of college at 20, has completed her doctorate course in Jainism after resuming her education in her sixties.

Prominent association representing doctors in Gujarat on Monday approached the Ahmedabad city police and sought registration of an FIR against yoga guru Ramdev for his alleged disparaging remarks against modern medicine and its practitioners.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trying to harm Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's reputation by creating and uploading a "doctored video", using a part of the chief minister's recent speech, the police said.

A 15-year-old-boy in Ahmedabad in Gujarat has been detected with Mucormycosis or Black Fungus a week after he recovered from COVID-19, a doctor treating him said today.

Wearing uncomfortable PPE kits, doctors and other healthcare professionals are working for unrealistically long hours amid the rapid second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

All MBBS graduates under government bond in Gujarat have been asked to immediately join duty in the wake of a shortage of doctors at COVID-19 hospitals in the state.

Gujarat government has announced a special COVID incentive allowance of Rs 5000 per month in addition to the regular stipend for interns and resident doctors engaged in treating COVID-19 patients.

A doctor and three others were held for allegedly trying to claim insurance with the help of bogus COVID-19 medical records in Vadodara in Gujarat, police said on Monday.

The Gujarat health department has issued an advisory to doctors and health officials after some COVID-19 patients were recently found infected with mucormycosis, saying it a serious but rare fungal infection and has an overall "mortality rate of 50 per cent".

Over 30,000 doctors from Gujarat joined the nationwide protest called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday against the Centres decision to allow post-graduate Ayurvedic physicians to perform certain types of surgeries after training.

A doctor was arrested on Friday for allegedly creating email addresses in the name of officials in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and ordering Gujarat government officials to act promptly on his complaint.

Garba Dance: Ahead of Navratri in Gujarat, a group of fashion designing students in Surat performed Garba wearing hand-painted costumes made of PPE material. Personal Protective Equipment or PPE overalls are a must for doctors and other healthcare workers. The Garba costumes in white are covered from head to toe just like the ones the doctors wear ...

A case was lodged against 10 persons, six of whom were detained, on Saturday for allegedly attacking a doctor after the death of a suspected COVID-19 patient in Veraval in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, the police said.