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Bhubaneswar: In a major announcement, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that a compensation of Rs 50 lakh would be provided to families of all doctors, health professionals and members of the other support services who lose their lives in the COVID-19 battle. The Chief Minister also assured that the State will treat them […]

New Delhi: Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, the top Indian Army commander based in Leh who has led the Indian response in the LAC dispute with China in eastern Ladakh, will move out and take charge of the force’s military academy. The current 14 Corps Commander based in Leh, Lieutenant General Singh, who was engaged in […]

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called out the Centre for responding inappropriately to the pandemic on Thursday. In a strongly-worded statement, the national body of doctors has condemned the series of reforms in medical education the Centre has pushed recently. The IMA has alleged that concerns of the profession and people were […]

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday released a poster carrying the names and photographs of 515 doctors — 492 males and 23 females — who died on the line of duty while treating Covid-19 patients. The poster is a tribute paid to the martyred doctors on the occasion of the 151st birth […]

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association on Thursday questioned the scientific basis of the government’s recently released protocol based on ayurveda and yoga for the prevention as well as treatment of asymptomatic and mild patients of COVID-19. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday released a protocol for the clinical management of COVID-19, that lists […]

Ghaziabad: An AYUSH doctors’ body on Saturday welcomed the government’s COVID-19 treatment protocol based on ayurveda and yoga as it asserted that ayurveda is an age-old, well-established science and “not a placebo”, days after the Indian Medical Association (IMA) criticised the Centre’s move. The Integrated Medical Association (AYUSH) said the government’s new protocol will help […]

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday announced the establishment of a fund dedicated to its member doctors who have died in the line of duty while battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The association has planned to raise money by donations from its members and the public, including the registered institutions. The fund will […]

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing debate around the safety and efficacy aspects of Covid vaccines, the president of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has advised the public to not worry too much about it. Speaking to IANS, Dr. J.A. Jayalal, president, IMA said, “We should not be too worried about the safety and efficacy of the […]