Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani Colleges To Be Connected With AEBAS

These medical colleges and teaching hospitals will be required to implement a centralized Aadhar Enabled Biometric Attendance System to track the attendance of teaching staff, non-teaching staff, hospital staff, postgraduate students, and interns. The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) will have access to this data for analysis.

DCI Announces Deadline for Uploading BDS Student Details

The directive iterates that as per the schedule issued by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), the last date for students to join their BDS program is October 30, 2024. Therefore, the notices urges that dental colleges must upload details of admitted students to the DCI portal by October 30, 2024 (midnight) using their allotted login credentials.

Ayurveda Practitioners Warned Against Misleading Cannabis Claims

The National Commission for Indian Medicine (NCISM) has emphasized that registered medical practitioners should refrain from promoting themselves as cannabis specialists. Such claims can be misleading and could lead to the misuse of cannabis-containing drugs. It also observed that these drugs are being falsely advertised and prescribed for various ailments on online platforms.

NMC Calls For Compliance With Minimum Standard Requirements for Post Graduate Courses

Every medical college shall have prescribed number of cameras at the prescribed locations of cameras with Close Circuit Cameras, as prescribed by the National Medical Commission. Every college /institute shall have its own website which shall display the details of Departments with available facilities, faculty with contact details, PG courses along with number of seats, details of the admitted students and number of OPD, IPD and Surgeries etc. for each Department separately.