Daily Archives: 17/05/2017

Medical training is a tragedy waiting to happen. We shouldn’t be silent about it

Georgina Dent I don’t want to write about being married to a doctor but complicity in the silence around the pressures of practising medicine isn’t a victory for anyone A doctor in a hospital View more sharing options Contact author @georgiedent Tuesday 16 May 2017 00.03 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 17 May 2017 00.25 […]

Guidelines for issuing a Medical Certificate 

(a) Medical certificates are legal documents. Medical practitioners who deliberately issue a false, misleading or inaccuratecertificate could face disciplinary action under the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics), Regulations, 2002.  b)   The certificate should be legible, written on the doctor’s letterhead and should not contain abbreviations or medicaljargon.  The certificate should be based on facts known to the doctor. […]