OPEN APPEAL

OPEN APPEAL TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY OF INDIA, AND THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, PRESIDENT OF INDIA AND THE chairman OF MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA AND THE NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS (DNB BOARD):

Case of the Medical Diplomates: Many Medical diploma doctors have served this country as specialist’s doctors and tutors in medical colleges, and have worked for paltriest salaries, even lesser than an MSc educated non doctor, even within medical institutions and have suffered as second grade citizens in such institutions since independence.

We request the powers controlling medical education to take a liberal view of the problems face by these brethren and allow Diploma doctors to be treated as par with MD doctors subject to certain conditions ,well agreed by respective medical speciality associations-ex. We can think of a national level written exam to elevate these Medical diploma doctors to MD/MS degrees –or 3 year service as medical diploma can be deemed sufficient to treat them as equal to an MD/MS or similar suggestion. This problem if solved soon, will deliver many medical postgraduates to serve our rural population directly or indirectly.

Allow private practice during non office hours: Also, currently all forms of private practice is restricted in government owned medical colleges. This results in many doctors not able to serve of rural health and impoverished persons, in spite of their ability to treat competently. The doctors will have to be let to practice freely subject to precondition that they will not practice during their government duty hours. Also many MD/MS from preclinical and Para clinical sciences are not practicing and these doctors can be incentevised by the government to help care the rural and urban poor better than ever.

 Also the salary paid by the government is for the 8-10 hour stipulated work period only and cannot stipulate that a doctor cannot render consultancy services for profit beyond his designated office ours as similar consultancy is allowed in other professions, in India and abroad, especially the computer professionals. If such moonlighting is legal for computer professionals it cannot be illegal for our government college staff to practice in evening, beyond office hours.

 Plight of DNB brethren: I wish to draw attention to the fact that many doctors are trying to do postgraduation in hospitals attached to the DNB board, and many of these are well recognized by our Medical education patron the Medical council of India. But many of our toiling DNB brethren are unhappy that they are not getting the similar pass percentage as the MD/MS brethren in Medical colleges permitted by MCI.

 We request the powers within the Health Ministry to not that this high failure rate does not yield more Postgraduates to serve the health impoverished nation. Hence it is in National interest to release more DNB postgraduates imprisoned in such failures.We, from the All India MD/ MS/ DNB Doctors Association fervently appeal to increase the pass percentage of such doctors, who will also alleviate rural health problems of India, soon. This will also fulfil the wishes of the nation, our president and other thinkers on Health of our nation.

 RECOGNISE & VALUE OUR RURAL SERVICES: No others professionals get compelled to work in rural areas-Also we understand that the nation does not, the supreme courts do not make similar observation of rural service by a lawyer, judge by a chartered accountant, by an engineer or a dentist or a nurse or a physiotherapist or any other professional. We can understand the importance attached to doctors, and the compelling thereof as a result of that extreme respect.

 LOANS @ 2 percent interest for rural medical practitioners to establish hospitals: Rural doctors should get loans to build their hospitals at lowest interest rates so that their patients (consumers) get the ultimate benefit of reduced service costs. We request the government should provide us concessional broadband facilities to connect to the best hospitals in the world while we envision our rural hospitals for public benefit. Such doctors can be given land by the government at concessional rates .In short since we shout be given the best deal-if doctors have to shift lock stock and barrel to the countryside.

 Foreign educated doctors: Our Doctors graduated abroad face similar discrimination by the health ministry which has to be more prudent and liberal in allowing the entry of medical graduates and postgraduates educated abroad, we appeal to the Medical leadership to end this disturbance to our medical brethren, by ensuring parity, without harassing these professionals-as they will be hundred times better than 3 year or 4 year MBBS cadre to be created or a quack.

 Act on Illegal doctors/cross practicing doctors of Indian Systems of Medicine:Stop Quackery:Government can publicise that quacks will be legally penalized if they continue their quackery after being noted by the local health authorities.The policing of quackery should be taken up seriously and the District commissioner should be empowered to take legal action against these forms of illegal medical practice.

 We, members of  INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,

 Largest PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION of medical fraternity of our country, want health of our rural fellow Indians to be as healthy as per world standards and are ready to serve their health purposes.

We request community support against quackery, dilution of medical education standards, and dilution of health Care  standards in general. 

We request the courts of this country and vigilant non-governmental organizations supporting health for all and against health inequities to support our cause.

 LONG LIVE IMA

 JAI HIND.