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50% rise in PhD enrolments from medical fields in 3 yrs | Mumbai News

Representative image MUMBAI: The number of medical experts, be they neurologists, pharmacists, ayurveds or nurses, enrolling for PhD has been steadily going up. While 5,981 healthcare professionals enrolled for doctoral studies in 2016-17, the corresponding number is 1.5 times that at 9,330 in 2019-20. In 2017-18 and 2018-19, the enrolments for a PhD in the health sciences numbered 7,086 and 7,473, respectively, said the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) released by the HRD ministry recently. For 2019-20, the 9,330 medical postgraduates are enrolled in 48 sub-streams, with the highest number enrolled in pharmacy at 3,536. Ayurveda has 361 and dentistry, 507. At the PhD level, only 153 students are from the general medicine stream while 665 are from nursing.

Data shows vaccines are effective against Delta variant, says Manipal Chairman Dr Ballal

Data shows vaccines are effective against Delta variant, says Manipal Chairman Dr Ballal SECTIONS Share Synopsis Delta Plus, the veteran nephrologist said, was initially considered a variant of interest, but the health authorities have later classified it as variant of concern for three reasons: it is more transmissible, has a stronger binding to the lung cells and is less responsive or resistant to monoclonal antibodies that are now used for treating mild cases. Reuters Studies so far have indicated that vaccines are effective against the Delta variant of the coronavirus but more data are required to determine how they act against Delta Plus, Manipal Hospitals chairman Sudarshan Ballal said.

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