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The National Medical Commission has not agreed to Pharmacy Council of India's proposal to allow pharmacists to write prescription, saying writing a prescription is dependent on examining patients and making a diagnosis, the government said on Friday. Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said this in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha. Pawar also said the recruitment of pharmacists in government hospitals, their salaries and the eligible qualification for becoming pharmacists in hospitals in any state is governed by the rules of the respective state. However, she added, the Pharmacy Council of India has issued Pharmacy Practice Regulations, 2015, and amendments thereafter, as per which there is a provision for Pharm D graduates to work in the hospitals in various positions. Besides, D Pharm and B Pharm graduates are eligible to work as community pharmacists in collaboration with physicians and other health care professionals to provide patient care, which optimi

Updated On: 17 Mar 2023 | 4:40 PM IST

Earlier, the NEET-PG counselling 2022 was slated to begin from Sept 1, 2022 till Sept 4, 2022.

Updated On: 29 Aug 2022 | 11:42 PM IST

Protests and strikes by students seeking accommodation in Indian medical colleges have so far not yielded any assurance from the NMC, Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Updated On: 29 Jul 2022 | 10:20 PM IST

National Medical Commission (NMC) has recommended that 'Maharshi Charak Shapath' should replace the Hippocratic Oath in a new curriculum for MBBS courses and students pursuing them in the country.

Updated On: 02 Apr 2022 | 12:49 PM IST

Shetty had said in a statement on Saturday he planned to return to UAE, denied reports he had fled India after hospital group's collapse under a mountain of previously undisclosed debt

Updated On: 15 Nov 2020 | 5:34 PM IST

NMC Health is the largest private healthcare provider in the UAE, operating more than 200 facilities including hospitals, clinics and pharmacies

Updated On: 08 Nov 2020 | 11:30 PM IST

B R Shetty runs NMC, the largest private healthcare provider in the United Arab Emirates.

Updated On: 19 May 2020 | 5:25 PM IST

In a Q&A, Biocon CEO and MD Siddharth Mittal explains why he believes his company is on track to achieve the $1 billion revenue target from the segment by 2022

Updated On: 15 May 2020 | 11:44 PM IST

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Sharma for a period of three years or till the age of 70 years, it said

Updated On: 02 Jan 2020 | 8:54 PM IST

NMC Health is now one of 24 equities in the region with a market cap above $10 billion

Updated On: 24 Apr 2018 | 12:37 AM IST

The Al Zahra Hospital, with operating 137 active inpatient beds, serves about 0.4 million outpatients and 23,000 inpatient bed days per year

Updated On: 14 Dec 2016 | 7:22 PM IST