Private doctors from modern medicine will observe Saturday as protest day to show their unity and strength to oppose the dissolution of Medical Council of India (MCI), illegal suspension of licence of the national president and secretary general of Indian Medical Association (IMA) pratice medicine, implementation of clinical establishment bill and proposed bachelor of rural healthcare course (BRHC). IMA's local chapter had organised a similar protest on July 15 last year too, but this time it will be joined by Maharashtra State Medical Teachers Association ( MSMTA) and Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors ( MARD).
The three agencies will plan their future strategy during the dharna and rally that will be organised on Saturday to mark the protest. The agencies are claiming that the recent decisions of MCI and government in reducing the teaching staff for graduate and post-graduate courses will prove detrimental to the standards of modern medicine and medical education for future generations.
Dr Prashant Nikhade, IMA city president, said that substandard BRHC is definitely going to be detrimental to rural populace. IMA feels that the rural people are not second class citizens and the government for whom only doctors produced from rural sector should treat. The government is not serious in even utilising the services of newly passed out doctors under the existing provisions of compulsory bond.
The dissolution of MCI and appointment of board of governors is a slap on the democratic running of the statutory institution of this country. MCI is a well established autonomous statutory council and should be run in that form. "MCI must be an autonomous body, free of government pressures and democratically elected. IMA will strive hard to restore the autonomy of MCI to protect the norms of medical education," said Dr Nikhade. No government arm can regulate and monitor the standards of medical education in required manner. Doctors from all fields should oppose the nominated nature of the body.
IMA is also labeling the clinical establishment bill in Parliament without taking IMA into confidence as mockery of democracy. This law will bring licence raj. This act would act as a disincentive for the establishment and growth of private hospitals and nursing homes in cities which form the backbone of medical care in India in the absence of adequate government facilities.
IMA is agitating against the alleged illegal suspension of licence of national president and secretary general of IMA by the adhoc body of MCI. Irrespective of the fact that the MCI has no jurisdiction to penalise the office-bearers of IMA, even the quantum of punishment sought to be afflicted is arbitrary. As a matter of fact, as per the information supplied by the MCI on March 30, 2009 to an applicant under the RTI Act. "There are no such defined guidelines/criteria for determining the quantum of punishment to doctors found guilty after an inquiry in the council's regulation under IMC Act, 1956.
The demands
* Withdrawal of the proposed clinical establishment act
* Withdrawal of BHRC course proposed by MCI
* Adhoc MCI body has now powers to make any policy decisions and hence cannot reduce the teaching staff in medical colleges
* Adhoc MCI can also not suspend the national IMA president and sectary. Their suspension should be revoked
The three agencies will plan their future strategy during the dharna and rally that will be organised on Saturday to mark the protest. The agencies are claiming that the recent decisions of MCI and government in reducing the teaching staff for graduate and post-graduate courses will prove detrimental to the standards of modern medicine and medical education for future generations.
Dr Prashant Nikhade, IMA city president, said that substandard BRHC is definitely going to be detrimental to rural populace. IMA feels that the rural people are not second class citizens and the government for whom only doctors produced from rural sector should treat. The government is not serious in even utilising the services of newly passed out doctors under the existing provisions of compulsory bond.
The dissolution of MCI and appointment of board of governors is a slap on the democratic running of the statutory institution of this country. MCI is a well established autonomous statutory council and should be run in that form. "MCI must be an autonomous body, free of government pressures and democratically elected. IMA will strive hard to restore the autonomy of MCI to protect the norms of medical education," said Dr Nikhade. No government arm can regulate and monitor the standards of medical education in required manner. Doctors from all fields should oppose the nominated nature of the body.
IMA is also labeling the clinical establishment bill in Parliament without taking IMA into confidence as mockery of democracy. This law will bring licence raj. This act would act as a disincentive for the establishment and growth of private hospitals and nursing homes in cities which form the backbone of medical care in India in the absence of adequate government facilities.
IMA is agitating against the alleged illegal suspension of licence of national president and secretary general of IMA by the adhoc body of MCI. Irrespective of the fact that the MCI has no jurisdiction to penalise the office-bearers of IMA, even the quantum of punishment sought to be afflicted is arbitrary. As a matter of fact, as per the information supplied by the MCI on March 30, 2009 to an applicant under the RTI Act. "There are no such defined guidelines/criteria for determining the quantum of punishment to doctors found guilty after an inquiry in the council's regulation under IMC Act, 1956.
The demands
* Withdrawal of the proposed clinical establishment act
* Withdrawal of BHRC course proposed by MCI
* Adhoc MCI body has now powers to make any policy decisions and hence cannot reduce the teaching staff in medical colleges
* Adhoc MCI can also not suspend the national IMA president and sectary. Their suspension should be revoked
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