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‘Protest will not die down’: IMA vows despite SC order to Bengal doctors to resume work by 5 pm tomorrow

Sep 10, 2024, at 05:01 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal's Indian Medical Association (IMA) Monday pledged unwavering support for the striking junior doctors in the state, despite the Supreme Court’s order directing them to return to work by 5 pm on Tuesday.

Kolkata doctor rape and murder: IMA suspends former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh

Aug 28, 2024, at 11:53 pm

The Indian Medical Association on Wednesday announced it has suspended the membership of former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Principal Sandhip Ghosh amid nationwide ongoing protests over the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in the state-run medical facility in Kolkata, media reports said.

RG Kar doctor's rape-murder: Calcutta HC raps Mamata Banerjee's govt over demolition near hospital crime site

Aug 18, 2024, at 03:44 am

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has raised concerns about the West Bengal government's "urgency" in renovating areas near the RG Kar Hospital's seminar hall, where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered, media reports said.

RG Kar protest: Centre urges doctors to end strike; assures panel for healthcare professionals' safety

Aug 18, 2024, at 02:52 am

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Saturday urged doctors to call off their nationwide strike in response to the shocking rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital.

SC issues contempt notice to Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved, Acharya Balkrishna for misleading ads on medicines

Feb 28, 2024, at 04:16 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a show cause notice to Patanjali Ayurved and the company’s managing director Acharya Balkrishna for deviating from their promise to not make misleading claims in their product advertisements, media reports said.

Delhi court issues summons to IMA president over allegation of converting COVID-19 patients to Christianity

Jun 04, 2021, at 07:17 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: A Delhi court has issued summons to Indian Medical Association (IMA) president John Rose Austin Jayalal for allegedly attempting to convert COVID-19 patients to Christianity, media reports said.

Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital doctors protest against Ramdev

Jun 02, 2021, at 12:08 am

New Delhi/UNI: Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital's Resident Doctor Association (RDA) on Tuesday protested against the alleged derogatory comments made by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on the allopathic medicine.

Even their fathers can't arrest me: Ramdev facing ire from Allopathic doctors

May 27, 2021, at 06:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Facing ire from Allopathic doctors over his controversial comment on medicine, yoga guru Swami Ramdev has recently expressed confidence in remaining unarrested.

IMA writes to PM Modi demanding sedition case against yoga guru Ramdev

May 27, 2021, at 04:56 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding yoga guru Ramdev be immediately booked under sedition charges for allegedly spreading misinformation on vaccination campaign and challenging Covid19 treatment protocols set by the government, said media reports.

Ramdev withdraws comments on allopathy after Harsh Vardhan's letter

May 24, 2021, at 05:02 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday said he was withdrawing his comments, in which he allegedly said more people died of modern medical treatments during the COVID-19 crisis than the coronavirus itself, sparking a massive controversy.

Former IMA chief Dr KK Aggarwal dies of COVID-19

May 18, 2021, at 03:45 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Padma Shree awardee and former national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr KK Aggarwal has died of the Coronavirus. He was 62.

IMA slams govt for not keeping tab on corona mortality of doctors, health workers

Sep 17, 2020, at 05:56 am

New Delhi/IBNS:  The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the top body of medical practitioners in the country, on Wednesday slammed the government for not maintaining the statistics of total number of doctors and health care workers infected by Covid-19 and the tally of how many of them sacrificed their life due to the pandemic.

COVID: Safety, dignity of doctors non-negotiable, says Amit Shah amid attacks on health workers

Apr 22, 2020, at 12:54 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Amid several reports of attacks on health workers who are the frontline warriors in the fight against the pandemic Coronavirus, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the safety and dignity of doctors at workplaces were non-negotiable.

Assam doctors also take part in IMA’s nationwide strike

Jun 17, 2019, at 11:55 am

Guwahati, Jun 17 (IBNS): The Assam doctors have also taken part in the nationwide strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

Indian Medical Association announces nation-wide strike of doctors on June 17

Jun 14, 2019, at 05:35 pm

Kolkata/new Delhi, June 14 (IBNS): Amid protests by doctors in Kolkata, which has now spread in several parts of the nation, country's leading medical body, Indian Medical Association  on Friday called for a nationwide strike on June 17.

Bombay HC asks agitating docs to resume work as protest enters fourth day

Mar 23, 2017, at 07:18 pm

Mumbai/New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): As talks between agitating junior doctors of Maharashtra and the government failed, the protest is heading for a likely pan-India strike as doctors from the Indian Medical Association and from Delhi expressed their support for the agitating doctors, according to media reports.