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Plug loopholes in NMC Bill: Indian Medical Association
Dr Ravi Wankhedkar, national president of Indian Medical Association, came down heavily on the Centre for bulldozing the Bill for the National Medical Commission replacing the Medical Council of India though objections were raised by the doctor fraternity across the country.
Vijayawada: Dr Ravi Wankhedkar, national president of Indian Medical Association, came down heavily on the Centre for bulldozing the Bill for the National Medical Commission replacing the Medical Council of India though objections were raised by the doctor fraternity across the country.
“However, the Bill was referred to the Select Committee for making cosmetic changes in it, which is not sufficient,” he added. Addressing the media at IMA auditorium here on Tuesday Dr Ravi, who is on IMA Bharat Yatra, said that the Bill was anti-people, anti-medical fraternity and was no good for the welfare of the poor.
Objecting to the various provisions in the Bill, Dr Ravi described inclusion of Ayush streams with allopathy as mixopathy or crossopathy. “How these streams could be clubbed with allopathy that too by giving a six-month bridge course to them,” he wondered.
Strongly objecting to the introduction of National Licentiate Examination for the medical graduates, he said that it was superfluous and an insult to the medical colleges situated in various states in the country.
He recalled that out of three lakh medical graduates appeared for the examination, only 65,000 persons were qualified. He wondered as to what the rest of the graduates would do?
The IMA president said that the medical professionals would have no say in the National Medical Commission which would badly affect the medical and health services in the country.
He recalled that some of the state governments like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and others have already raised objections to the proposed Bill and the rest of the governments are being sensitised to raise their voice.
“The Andhra Pradesh government is yet to respond to the National Medical Commission Bill,” he clarified. Expressing concern over the poor medical services in the country, the government is supposed to provide health service to the poor but it was sad that it was working against the private services in health sector.
Blaming the centre for copying the model of the USA, he said that there were no health universities in the USA like in India. He said that the Bharat Yatra would conclude on March 25 at New Delhi where Doctors’ Maha Panchayat would be held to decide the future course of action against the proposed Bill. Dr Rasik Sanghvi, President of the Vijayawada unit of IMA, Dr Jayashankar and other noted doctors were present.
