During a bail hearing last week involving charges of sexual assault, the Punjab and Haryana High Court faced an unexpected hurdleâ a doctor's handwriting. The judge was unable to read a single word of ...

Health News: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a special directive stating that doctors must write prescriptions in clear handwriting so that they are legible to everyone. NMC ...

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The MCI had previously issued guidelines urging medical practitioners to use capital letters and legible scripts, these instructions were conveniently ignored by the doctors. With the NMC now serving ...

Dr. Kathie Kadri, a former pharmacist who practices internal medicine at St. Vincent Healthcare, estimated she writes 80 prescriptions and patient orders a day. Kadri said she usually prints, which ...

At a time when most people use keyboards to write, does handwriting really matter? Yes, say Indian courts, if the writer is a doctor. Jokes around the notoriously bad handwriting of many doctors that ...