For two nights, a patient was stuck in a broken elevator in a hospital in southern India till he was rescued on Monday (July 15). The incident happened in the prestigious and often busy Government Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala.

For two nights, a patient was stuck in a broken elevator in a hospital in southern India till he was rescued on Monday (July 15). The incident happened in the prestigious and often busy Government Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. Ravindran Nair had gone to the outpatient department of the orthopaedic division of the hospital on Saturday morning, local media reports said. He was there to get treatment for back pain. The lift he was in broke down at noon. Also read | Kerala: Sanitation worker's body found after 3-day search in canal below railway tracks He could not call for help as his mobile phone fell down and broke when the lift stopped with a thud. He spent a total of 42 hours stuck inside the lift. It being the weekend, nobody cared to check the lift on Sunday. It was not even found for two days that someone was stuck inside the elevator. When the operator opened the lift on Monday, Nair was found lying amid his urine and excreta. Patient stuck in Kerala hospital elevator: Three staff suspended On Monday, three staff members of the medical college were suspended over the incident. Those suspended pending further investigation were two lift operators, and a hospital sergeant on duty at the time. The state's health minister Veena George asked the medical education department director to investigate the incident and take necessary measures. Also watch | Ayurvedic healing in Kerala - Yoga: Celebrating India's gift to mankind × This came after a joint investigation by the medical education joint director, medical college principal, and superintendent. After being rescued, Nair said others in the hospital did not notice his situation, and the lift operator locked the lift and left on Saturday. On Sunday nobody came near the lift or opened it, he said. Nair's family had filed a complaint at the hospital after he went missing, but he could not be found. He was later admitted to the hospital and found to be having blood pressure issues. (With inputs from agencies)

Patient stuck for two nights in Kerala's medical college hospital, three staffers suspended

Maharashtra Cabinet on Monday decided to introduce a bill for reservation of certain seats in medical colleges of government and municipal corporations, in the legislative assembly.

The new bill when passed will enable the state government to keep some medical seats reserved for the candidates who are voluntarily willing to provide their services at government hospitals on a long term basis.

According to the cabinet decision, 10 per cent seats would be reserved for PG courses and it will be mandatory for the students availing this reservation to give at least 5 years service in government hospitals after completing their course.

Government has decided to introduce this new reservation system for medical colleges to tackle the scarcity of doctors in government hospitals specially hospitals in rural/tribal areas and the areas with difficult terrain.

Maharashtra Cabinet on Monday decided to introduce a bill for reservation of certain seats in medical colleges of government and municipal corporations, in the legislative assembly.

Maharashtra Cabinet on Monday decided to introduce a bill for reservation of certain seats in medical colleges of government and municipal corporations, in the legislative assembly. The new bill when passed will enable the state government to keep some medical seats reserved for the candidates who are voluntarily willing to provide their services at government hospitals on a long term basis. According to the cabinet decision, 10 per cent seats would be reserved for PG courses and it will be mandatory for the students availing this reservation to give at least 5 years service in government hospitals after completing their course. Government has decided to introduce this new reservation system for medical colleges to tackle the scarcity of doctors in government hospitals specially hospitals in rural/tribal areas and the areas with difficult terrain.

To tackle doctors' scarcity, Maharashtra proposes 10%  MBBS quota for people willing to work in government hospitals

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Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday announced that the cabinet has approved 75 new medical colleges to be established in the country by the year 2022, which will create an additional 15,700 MBBS seats.

Javadekar was addressing the media at a cabinet briefing in Delhi.

"Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we took several important decisions today. One of the decision was to approve 75 new medical colleges. It will cost around Rs 24 thousand crores and create an additional 15 thousand new seats in MBBS," the union minister said.

He said that these institutes will be set up in under-served areas where there are no medical colleges.

"In the last five years, over 45 thousand new seats have been created in MBBS and PG. This is the biggest ever expansion of medical education facilities throughout the world," Javadekar said.&nbsp;
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Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday announced that the cabinet has approved 75 new medical colleges to be established in the country by the year 2022, which will create an additional 15,700 MBBS seats.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday announced that the cabinet has approved 75 new medical colleges to be established in the country by the year 2022, which will create an additional 15,700 MBBS seats. Javadekar was addressing the media at a cabinet briefing in Delhi. "Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we took several important decisions today. One of the decision was to approve 75 new medical colleges. It will cost around Rs 24 thousand crores and create an additional 15 thousand new seats in MBBS," the union minister said. He said that these institutes will be set up in under-served areas where there are no medical colleges. "In the last five years, over 45 thousand new seats have been created in MBBS and PG. This is the biggest ever expansion of medical education facilities throughout the world," Javadekar said.

Cabinet approves 75 new medical colleges to be established by 2022

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