New Delhi, April 27: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday slashed the minimum required percentile for admission to post-graduate and super-speciality medical courses by 15 per cent, a step that is expected to benefit about 18,000 students.
"The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has reduced the NEET PG and NEET SS cut off percentile by 15 per cent. The decision is likely to benefit about 18,000 students as this will improve the chances of filling up PG seats and minimize wastage of seats," it said.
Referring to the decision, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda stated that all efforts are being made to fill up the PG seats.
"This is a significant step towards strengthening medical sector and indicates the priority given by the government to the health sector. We are making sure that there is adequate manpower for providing quality health services," Nadda added.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
