Now the trained principals will tell the students about the importance of the nursing and paramedical professions while secondary teachers will conduct 'career counselling' for the students studying in class 11th-12th.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government will launch 'Mission Niramayah' to revamp nursing and paramedical training, said the officials.

Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 8 (ANI): A team of the Economic Offence Wing on Monday morning raided the residence and office of an assistant manager of Madhya Pradesh's cooperative society department, police said.

Bengaluru Mar 21 PTI The Karnataka government would see to it that about 700 medicos who returned to the State from war-torn Ukraine continue their studies in 60 colleges in the southern State of India Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Monday However he said the students would not be officially absorbed into the colleges but their learning and practice would be allowed till a solution is found There would be no additional fee for this he said The Minister said this after a meeting with the students at Vidhana Soudha today Stating that a high-level committee consisting of Principal Secretary of Medical Education Department Director of Medical Education Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Vice-Chancellor Registrar Directors and deans of some medical colleges has been formed Sudhakar said the committee would look into aspects considering the academic future of the students and submit a report to the State government Based on the report the government would request the National Medical Commission NMC and Union government to take measures to protect the future of the students he was quoted as saying by his office in a press release On the basis of the report necessary requests would be submitted to the Union government and the NMC would take a final decision he said We are hopeful and praying that the war will come to an end soon We have to see what developments will take place in Ukraine and make appropriate decisions based on the situation We will also need to consider the mindset of students and take the best possible decision within the existing legal and regulatory framework said the Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already initiated several measures to protect the future of the students and revive the medical education system of the country he said PTI KSU NVG NVG

Mumbai Feb 18 PTI The Maharashtra and Union governments have spent less than 50 per cent of funds under the National Rural Health Mission to treat COVID-19 patients functionaries of healthcare initiative Jan Aarogya Abhiyan said on Friday The JAA an informal group of healthcare activists made the statement based on data shared by the Maharashtra governments health department on its portal Out of Rs 1583 crore for NRHM as states share only 323 per cent funds have been spent in 2021-22 The Union government likewise spent only 413 per cent Less than two months are left in this fiscal The overall expenditure of the health department is just 467 per cent while the medical education department has spent 497 per cent so far the JAA said It said Maharashtra had the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths but the states health department had spent just Rs 110 crore or barely 6 per cent of the proposed spending in the current fiscal of Rs 1733 crore The health and medical education departments had together allocated Rs 2077 crore for supplies and materials including medicines and oxygen during this year But only Rs 180 crore or 86 per cent of the budgeted amount has been spent which is deeply worrisome at a time when healthcare needs are higher due to the pandemic it said PTI ND BNM BNM BNM

Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], January 13 (ANI): Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said that the state government has approved nursing policy and it has come into force from January 1 this year.

Tribune News ServicePatiala August 18After some delay Punjabs first whole genome sequencing lab has started functioning at the Government Medical College hereIt has been learnt that the lab has already started testing samples to ascertain Covid mutations if anyDr Rupinder Bakshi in-charge Genome Sequencing Lab said they could test 96 samples at a time while reports would be available within 24 hoursThe lab will test samples from across the stateEarlier we had to send samples for genome sequencing to Delhi or Pune she added