Trending:
'BSc Nursing is Not Equal to MBBS', Health Ministry Debunks Fake News
Fact Check: BSc Nursing Students are NOT Junior Doctors, Health Ministry Debunks Fake Notice on Twitter. Therefore students are advised not to fall for such fake notices and to only focus on official websites and Twitter handles for accurate updates.
Updated Jun 8, 2023 | 03:31 PM IST
BSc Nursing students are NOT Junior Doctors
Photo : iStock
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, MoHFW has issued a notice for nursing students. Union Health Ministry issued a fake news alert on its Twitter handle about the social media notice by Indian Nursing Council which talks about considering B.Sc nursing candidate as nursing officers and MBBS doctors. Ministry has clarified that the notice is FAKE.
#FakeNews
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) June 8, 2023
This document is seen to be circulating on some social media platforms.
This is a FAKE document.
Please do not share it further.#MedicalEducation pic.twitter.com/owmND3w9lQ
The fake notice mentioned that the nursing students will be considered as junior doctors in the future, it says. Notice dated June 5 even bears the signature of Dr Sarvjeet Kaur. On June 8, Health Ministry took to Twitter to share that the notice is fake. The Tweet attaching the fake notice reads, “#FakeNews This document is seen to be circulating on some social media platforms. This is a FAKE document. Please do not share it further.”
To sum up, ‘Nurses to be known as nursing officers, BSc nursing equivalent to MBBS and they will be considered as junior doctors, according to the Indian Nursing Council’ is FAKE. Therefore students are advised not to fall for such fake notices and to only focus on official websites and Twitter handles for accurate updates.
Also Read: NeXT Exam Not to be conducted by AIIMS
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS will not be conducting the National Exit Test, NExT exam. It has been clarified by an NMC official. A fake notification was doing rounds on social media claiming that the examination authority will conduct the NExT exam in the second half of this year.
However, it is now clear that the NeXT exam will not be taken as a replacement of the National Eligibility Entrance Test Postgraduate, NEET PG exam for admission into various postgraduate courses in medical colleges across the country. For more details, click here.
End of Article
Videos
02:08
What Are Key Differentiating Points In Poonawalla Fin Corp ? | Explains MD Abhay Bhutada
03:23
Breaking News | BJP MP Accuses Leaders Of 'Adjustment' With Congress In Karnataka, Sparks Infighting
03:38
Manipur Violence Erupts Again As Kukis, Meiteis Refuse Peace Talks| 9 Killed In Flare-Up
03:03
How MD of Poonawalla Fincorp Abhay Bhutada Started His Career ? | Business News
03:56
TMC Workers Clash In West Bengal Ahead Of Upcoming Panchayat Polls | Election News