Health Bulletin 28/ June/ 2024
Here are the top health stories for the day:
No negligence found: NCDRC grants Rs 75 lakh relief to doctor for performing excisional biopsy to confirm cancer
Reiterating the Supreme Court’s observation that every death occurring in a hospital does not necessarily amount to medical negligence, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently exonerated a doctor, accused of operating on a cancer patient without obtaining a Biopsy report. The bench noted that the doctor had performed only an Excisional Biopsy to confirm cancer, which is a prescribed method to diagnose Cancer, and it does not come within the purview of surgery.
While considering the matter, the Apex Consumer Court relied on the Supreme Court order in the case of Devarakonda Suryasesha Mani v Care Hospital, Institute of Medical Sciences, where the Apex Court had held that “Every death in an institutionalized environment of a hospital does not necessarily amount to medical negligence on a hypothetical assumption of lack of due medical care.”
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Health ministry issues guidelines for ethical use of leftover human organs and blood for commercial purposes
In a bid to promote innovation in diagnostics, the Union Health Ministry has issued guidelines governing the ethical use of ”leftover, de-identified and anonymous” samples generated from a diagnostic or surgical procedure on patients for commercial use.
These specimens include organs, parts of organs, cells, tissues, cell products such as blood, blood products (even positive for eHBsAG/HCV/HIV/Syphilis and expired blood), urine, saliva, DNA/RNA, hair, nail clippings, or any other cells, body fluids etc.
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First arrests made by CBI in NEET paper leak scandal, two men detained in Patna
For the first time after the Bihar police transferred the NEET UG paper leak case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the agency arrested two individuals from Patna today who have now been taken into custody.
According to the CBI officials, the accused, Manish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar, allegedly provided safe premises to the aspirants before the NEET examination, where they were given leaked papers and answer keys, reports PTI.
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NEET paper leak to be investigated, offenders will be punished: President Murmu
In her address to a joint sitting of Parliament, President Droupadi Murmu spoke on the raging row over NEET 2024 across the country.
The government is fully committed to investigating the recent incidents of paper leaks and ensure that the guilty are punished, President Droupadi Murmu said, as quoted by PTI.
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