Government Reluctant to Formalize Online Drug Sales
In a significant setback for the ePharmacy sector, government officials have displayed reluctance in formalizing the online sale of drugs and medications. A meeting between industry representatives and officials, held at the office of the Drugs ...
Supreme Court Takes Action on Generic Medicine Prescription
Notice issued by Supreme Court regarding public interest litigation (PIL) pressing for consequences against doctors neglecting generic prescriptions .
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, Justices J.B. Pardiwala and ...
Medical Jurisprudence in Criminal Investigations: How Do They Work?
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Forensic medicine applications vary, from determining the cause of death and interpreting injuries to analyze toxicology and conducting sexual assault examinations
Expert witnesses such as doctors and medical researchers ...
Shielding Our Little Ones: The Uneven Reach of Infant Helmet Therapy
According to the July issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), helmet therapy is a highly effective treatment for position-related head flattening in infants, known as deformational ...
Essential Must-Know Legal Aspects of Organ Donation
Highlights: The Transplantation of Organs Act, 1994 and its subsequent Rules and Amendments is the supreme statute governing the practice of organ transplantation in India Certain factors such as consent, non-objection of kin, brain death ...
US Supreme Court Protects Access to Common Abortion Pill
Access to a popular abortion pill will continue, as the US Supreme Court has ruled the drug can remain on the market while a lower court lawsuit is underway.
The future of the drug was questioned after a federal judge in Texas, on April 7, ...
Personal Examination of Doctor Who Prepared Medico-legal Cases Report Optional: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court recently ruled that a personal examination of the doctor who created a medico legal case report (MLR) was not required in order to rely on the report if the record was proven by any other doctor at the hospital.
The ...
Supreme Court of India rules on Condition of Persons Suffering from Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome
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The petition arose from the denial of diagnosing the treatment of CFS.
Diagnosis, treatment and research of patients suffering from CFS is a patient’s fundamental right
The judgement on a chronic neurological disease ...
Orissa HC Orders Survey to Identify Fake Medical Practitioners
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In India, there are large number of doctors who do not possess qualification to practice allopathy medicine.
The high court in Orissa has ordered the state govt. to conduct a time-bound survey to identify such ...
UK’s Top Court Rules on Censorship Zones
Can the government censor people in public spaces simply because of their pro-life views? The UK Supreme Court has delivered a decision on the validity of Northern Ireland’s ban on ‘direct’ and ‘indirect’ pro-life ‘influence’ in a 100m vicinity of ...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Organ Transplant Priority Policy
A recent judgement by allows an organ failure patient from outside Gujarat to register on the state registry. On Monday, the Gujarat high court issued a landmark ruling that invalidated the state government’s preference for Gujarat residents in ...
Top Court Says Doctors are Not Always Liable for Patient's Death
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that a doctor is not liable for his patient’s death. The doctor may only treat his patients to the best of his ability.
When a patient dies or has an accident, it’s easy to point fingers at the doctor. ...
PIL by Medical Students From Ukraine in Indian Colleges
On November 29th, the Supreme Court of India heard a petition filed by Indian medical students studying in Ukraine who are seeking permission to return to India to finish their degrees at an Indian medical school.
ASG Aishwarya Bhati informed ...
Homeopaths Should Follow Government Guidelines to Treat COVID-19
The Delhi High Court has ruled that while homeopathy is beneficial, the medical procedure to deal with pandemic cases should always be left to the discretion of the government in response to a request for homeopathic treatment of mild instances of ...
Major WHO Report is Informed by Eye Care Research.
New research published today in The Lancet Global Health reveals that less than half of people over 50 worldwide have received spectacles or contact lenses needed to correct refractive error, the world’s most common visual complaint – and informs a ...
