Indian Medical Association

IMA again demands central law on violence against doctors, hospitals

Stating that Supreme Court has constituted the NTF to evolve a national consensus and to formulate protocols with due consultation of all stakeholders, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in its letter formulated its submission in three sections.

31 August 2024, 11:30 IST

IMA again demands central law on violence against doctors, hospitals

31 August 2024, 11:30 IST

IMA suspends membership of former RG Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh

India’s largest association of doctors with 400,000 members took such a step after a IMA disciplinary committee formed by its national president R V Asokan, considered the 'rape and murder of a post-graduate resident and subsequent developments at the hospital'.

28 August 2024, 12:37 IST

IMA suspends membership of former RG Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh

28 August 2024, 12:37 IST

Kolkata medic rape-murder: IMA's 24-hour doctors' strike cripples OPDs nationwide

Resident doctors at government hospitals in different parts of the country, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra, and Haryana among others, have been protesting since Monday.

18 August 2024, 00:07 IST

Kolkata medic rape-murder: IMA's 24-hour doctors' strike cripples OPDs nationwide

18 August 2024, 00:07 IST

Kolkata medico's rape-murder: Private doctors, hospitals in Maharashtra join stir

According to the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors, elective services such as outpatient departments, planned surgeries and lab procedures were hit due to the protest, but emergency services were attended to.

17 August 2024, 10:51 IST

Kolkata medico's rape-murder: Private doctors, hospitals in Maharashtra join stir

17 August 2024, 10:51 IST

Healthcare services hit in Arunachal as doctors protest rape, murder at Kolkata hospital

As a part of the protest, the doctors at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences at Naharlagun staged a protest in front of the Emergency and Trauma Department.

17 August 2024, 10:37 IST

Healthcare services hit in Arunachal as doctors protest rape, murder at Kolkata hospital

17 August 2024, 10:37 IST

9 of 46 associations of IMA led by women, only one female president since its start: Study

Further, of the 92 individuals who have served as the presidents since the Indian Medical Association's (IMA's) inception in 1928, only one was a woman, said a team of researchers, including those from The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi.

16 August 2024, 10:43 IST

9 of 46 associations of IMA led by women, only one female president since its start: Study

16 August 2024, 10:43 IST

IMA announces 24-hour closure of non-emergency services from 6 am on Aug 17 amid Kolkata hospital vandalism

'All essential services will be maintained. Casualties will be manned. Routine OPDs will not function and elective surgeries will not be conducted', the statement said.

15 August 2024, 18:10 IST

IMA announces 24-hour closure of non-emergency services from 6 am on Aug 17 amid Kolkata hospital vandalism

15 August 2024, 18:10 IST

IMA condemns vandalism at RG Kar Hospital, calls emergency meet with its state branches

Unidentified miscreants vandalised a portion of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital amid midnight protests by women in various parts of West Bengal against the alleged rape and murder of the doctor in the seminar hall of the hospital.

15 August 2024, 09:29 IST

IMA condemns vandalism at RG Kar Hospital, calls emergency meet with its state branches

15 August 2024, 09:29 IST

IMA members express shock over Kolkata doctor's rape-murder, meet parents of deceased medic

IMA national president R V Asokan and its secretary-general Anilkumar J Nayak, who were in the city, also said they were in shock at the way the parents of the deceased doctor were treated after the crime.

15 August 2024, 00:46 IST

IMA members express shock over Kolkata doctor's rape-murder, meet parents of deceased medic

15 August 2024, 00:46 IST

IMA demands special central law to curb attacks on medical staff, wants 2019 draft bill revived

The IMA made the demands, which included defined security measures, as resident doctors at government hospitals across the country held protests and strikes on Monday over the recent rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee in Kolkata.

12 August 2024, 22:13 IST

IMA demands special central law to curb attacks on medical staff, wants 2019 draft bill revived

12 August 2024, 22:13 IST