JIPMER’s recent decision to cap resident doctors duty hours at 12 hours continuously and 48 hours weekly has been welcomed across the medical community. This article explains the change in simple terms, why it matters for doctors and patients alike, what daily life looks like now and how it could influence medical training across India.
National Human Rights Commission has sent a notice to the National Medical Commission and the Union Health Ministry over 24-72 hour continuous shifts faced by postgraduate medical students especially those with disabilities. This article breaks down the complaint, regulations, real world impacts and what it could mean for better working conditions in India’s medical colleges.
Read MoreIn a landmark move, an intervention application in Supreme Court Writ Petition No. 817 of 2025 shines a light on the deadly mental health crisis among India’s resident doctors. Explore the urgent call for enforcing 12 hour duty norms and saving lives.
Read MoreIn the world of Indian medicine, AIIMS Delhi stands as the undisputed gold standard the institute every aspiring doctor dreams of joining. Yet a recent RTI reply has pulled back the curtain on a troubling reality: 190 postgraduate (PG) resident doctors from MD/MS programs resigned from AIIMS Delhi over the past three years. Another 35 super-specialty (DM/MCh) students also stepped away.
Read MoreFor years young doctors have been silently suffering through 80–100+ hour weeks and terrifying 36 hour continuous shifts, human cost was heartbreaking, hundreds dropping out and multiple suicides linked directly to unbearable workloads. Now Maharashtra has finally hit the brakes.
Read MoreTragic suicide of a young ophthalmology PG student in Dehradun sparks calls for better mental health support in medical colleges.Why India’s Medical Students Desperately Need Better Mental Health Support
Read More“The Broken Healer” exposes the toxic realities of medical training in India through Dr. Rahul Rattan (AIIMS MBBS, ex-PGI Chandigarh Psychiatry resident), who quit residency early, calling it his “biggest mistake” to become a doctor due to the system’s “weaponized hypocrisy.”
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