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Rajasthan Health Budget 2026-27: RAJ-SURAKSHA Scheme Explained
RAJ-SURAKSHA announced in Rajasthan Budget 2026 introduces a statewide emergency response system for road accidents, heart attacks and critical cases. The scheme includes a 24×7 command centre, tele ECG at CHCs, CPR training for drivers and 250 advanced ambulances to reduce preventable deaths and improve trauma care across Rajasthan.
Read MoreRajasthan Launches RAJ MAMTA Mental Health Initiative: Rajasthan Health Budget 2026–27 Key Highlights
Rajasthan Health Budget 2026-27 introduces RAJ-MAMTA, a major mental health initiative focused on suicide prevention, counselling services, district mental health cells and a Center of Excellence in Jaipur. With rising depression and suicide rates across Rajasthan, the scheme aims to strengthen early detection, awareness and treatment through a statewide mental healthcare network.
Read MoreMajor Healthcare Announcements in Rajasthan Health Budget 2026-27 That You Should Know
Rajasthan Health Budget 2026-27 brings major reforms in public healthcare with new hospital infrastructure, 150 PG seat increase, critical care expansion, 500 drug counters, online medico legal reports and recruitment of doctors and staff. From paediatric super speciality care to fire safety and patient facilities, Rajasthan’s health system is set for a major upgrade.
Read MoreFaculty Vacancies Across AIIMS Institutions in India Raise Serious Concerns: Over 34% Faculty Posts Vacant at AIIMS Delhi
AIIMS institutions across India are facing major staffing shortages. AIIMS Delhi alone has 446 vacant faculty posts out of 1306 sanctioned positions, with 2542 non faculty posts also unfilled. Newer institutes show even higher vacancy rates, including AIIMS Mangalagiri with about 52% faculty posts vacant, AIIMS Deoghar nearly 50%, AIIMS Rajkot around 48% and AIIMS Bibinagar about 45%.
Read More65,000 Medical Negligence Cases Filed in India in 2025: How Documentation and Digital Records Are Increasing Legal Risk for Doctors
Medical negligence cases in India are rising rapidly with 65,000 cases filed in 2025 across courts and consumer forums. Legal scrutiny is shifting from clinical errors to documentation lapses, digital evidence, consent forms and telemedicine practices. Experts warn that poor paperwork and record keeping are increasingly leading to compensation and criminal proceedings against doctors and hospitals
Read MoreFMG Interns Must Receive Same Stipend as Indian Medical Graduates: Supreme Court Judgment
The Supreme Court has ruled that Foreign Medical Graduate interns are entitled to the same stipend as Indian Medical Graduate interns. The court made it clear that seniors cannot be treated worse than juniors once stipend parity is granted. This landmark decision reinforces equal pay for equal work during medical internship and is expected to benefit hundreds of FMGs across India.
Read MoreFirst Year MBBS Student Found Dead in Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal: This Tragic Incident Again Raises Academic Stress Concerns Among Medical Students
A first year female MBBS student of Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, has allegedly died after consuming acid in her hostel room. Her body has been sent for post mortem examination to determine the exact cause of death. This incident raises serious concerns about intense academic stress, absence of structured mental health counselling programmes, and student support systems across medical colleges.
Read MoreIs India’s Medical Education Under Digital Fraud Attack? How Chinese Softwares are Helping Ghost Faculties to Mark Attendance
Medical colleges across India are under scanner of NMC after a shocking AEBAS attendance scam surfaced. Ghost faculty, cloned SIM cards and suspected Chinese software are allegedly being used to bypass Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) and show fake compliance. Investigations and regulatory action have begun. Is India’s medical education system being digitally compromised?
Read MoreGhost Departments in Telangana Government Medical Colleges: The Fall of Medical Education Standards and MBBS Degree
27 departments across 36 government medical colleges in Telangana are running without any teaching faculty, exposing a dangerous collapse behind the rapid expansion of MBBS seats. This crisis is not limited to Telangana. Across India, medical colleges face faculty shortages, widening the gap between infrastructure and academic quality and decreasing the credibility and value of MBBS degree.
Read MoreNEET PG 2025: Candidates with Negative and Single/Double Digit Marks out of 800 Get Clinical and Non-clinical PG Medical Seats, Raises Merit and Reservation Debate in India
NEET PG 2025 saw drastic cut off reduction leading to PG seats being allotted at negative and single/double digit marks out of 800 across India. The trend has sparked a nationwide debate on merit, reservation policy, falling standards in medical colleges, and the future quality of specialist doctors in India’s healthcare system.
Read MoreFake FMGE Racket Busted: SOG Arrests Fake Foreign Made Doctors, 73 more Under Probe for duping RMC
A major medical fraud has surfaced in Rajasthan after SOG arrested two fake foreign made doctors for using forged FMGE certificates to obtain internships and registration through the Rajasthan Medical Council. With 73 more candidates under investigation, the scam raises serious concerns about patient safety, regulatory failure and the integrity of India’s healthcare system.
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