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Hospital room featuring an empty medical bed, overhead light, wall-mounted monitors, and cabinets labeled with numbers.

29 Mar 2026

6 min read

Rural funding may force hospitals to cut services.

a close up of doctor wearing a stethoscope a white coat and a black t -shirt.

India

MP High Court: In-Service Doctors Not Required to Execute Rural Service Bond After PG Course

Vanshika Kalra

15 Jan 2026

3 min read

Petition dismissed for concealment of material facts; Court clarifies Rule 11 doesn't apply to government doctors already in service

Medical graduates must still comply with compulsory rural service bonds, while engineering graduates face no such obligations.

Opinion

Medicine vs Engineering: The Truth About Compulsory Rural Service Bonds in India

Dr. Sumbul MBBS, MD

10 Dec 2025

5 min read

Unpacking India’s Unequal Bond System: How Medical Graduates Bear the Burden While Engineers Thrive

Madhya Pradesh HC questions the legality of Rs 25 lakh penalty imposed on a doctor for missing rural service. (Wikimedia Commons)

MedBound Blog

MP High Court Seeks Response from State Over Rs 25 Lakh Penalty on Doctor for Missing Rural Service

Ankur Deka

01 Nov 2024

2 min read

HC Questions State on Delay in Posting and Heavy Penalty Imposed on MBBS Graduate

Montana Establishes Emergency 'Drive-Thru' Blood Collection Service for Rural Ambulances.(Representational image: Unsplash)

Medicine

Montana Creates Emergency ‘Drive-Thru’ Blood Pickup Service for Rural Ambulances

MBT Desk

19 Jun 2024

4 min read

Crystal Hiwalker wonders if her heart and lungs would have kept working if the ambulance crew had been able to give her a transfusion as the blood drained from her body during a stormy, 100-mile ride.

MedBound Blog

Operating in the Red: Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money, as Many Cut Services