Dr.Srinivasa Raju

"Free-medicines-for-all scheme " has received its first financial allocation of Rs 100 crore from the Planning Commission for 2012-13.  (The entire programme is estimated to cost Rs 28,560 crore over the 12th Five Year Plan). How many public health care centers are  in india? 1.6 lakh sub-centres, 23,000 primary health centres, 5,000 community health centres and 640 district hospitals. How many  drugs are  categorized  in essential medicine list ? 348 drugs are in National List of Essential Medicines, 2011. How the  Indians  are expended their money on  health care ?  India's per capita OOP expenditure to pay for healthcare costs has gone up  from Rs 41.83 in 2005 to Rs 68.63 in 2010 ,  per capita s pending on drugs increased from 29.77 per cent to 46.86 per cent during the same period,  while hospitalization costs went up from 11.20 per cent to 22.47 per cent &  Outpatient expenditure also increased from 30.63 per cent to 46.16 per cent.

In 1995, the Supreme Court brought the medical profession under the Consumer protection act and medical treatments were labelled ‘services’. As per the Consumer Guidance Society of India, the patient’s rights as a consumer are the following: 1. Patients have the right to be told about their illness; to have their medical records explained. 2. Patients should be explained about whatever treatment/medicines are prescribed to them. They should be made aware of the risks and side effects, if any. They have the right to ask questions and clarify their doubts about the treatment. 3. Patients have the right to know a doctor’s qualifications. 4. Patients have the right to be handled with consideration and due regard for their modesty when being physically examined by the doctor. 5. Patients have the right to maintain confidentiality regarding their illness and can expect the same from the doctors. 6. Patients have the right to a second opinion if they are doubtful about the me

The cross section opinion strongly recommends to file writ petitions in those states where CE ACT is notified and already implementing . it will benefit not only those states but the entire country if we got stay order in any high court.

1. who is a medical doctor?  Any speciality may be considered as Medical when practiced by a Doctor holding an MBBS degree / Post graduate degree.    At present the medical practitioners who have necessary qualifications prescribed in Medical Council of India Act, 1956 are legally entitled for examination, diagnosis and making a treatment plan of patients. The Government of India, for regulating the profession of Modern Medicine, as contemplated in the List-I under item 65 (a) and in List – III under item 26 of the Constitution of India vide G.O.No.R/1405/25/96 dated 25-November, 2003, has fixed the existing systems of medicine in India under the said provisions of the Constitution of India.   The Supreme Court of India has clearly ruled in a judgment that only a person having a recognized qualification of the Medical Council of India and holds the registration alone can practice modern scientific medicine  2. who shall register in paramedical council?         param

Kerala High Court Qualified Private Medical ... vs State Of Kerala on 1 August, 2006 Equivalent citations: 2006 (4) KarLJ 81 Author: P Raman Bench: V Bali, P Raman JUDGMENT you can keep an ultrasound machine without registration under pcpndt act-1994, if you give an undertaking that no pre natal diagnostic tests are being carried out . IMA has to plan accordingly  to make this judgment valid through out the country.

“MRCPCH is a prestigious international exam recognised by the Indian government. Indian doctors have the opportunity to take an international post-graduate exam without having to leave the country,” said Ramesh Mehta, Royal College’s principal regional examiner for south Asia. :  Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH) , which had been the centre for written exams of Britain’s prestigious Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) since 2009, will now also conduct the clinical examinations.

inspiring story.... Anil Joshi, an Ayurveda doctor in Fatehgarh village in Madhya Pradesh- collected one rupee each from one lakh people and constructed a check dam across a local seasonal river called Somli. Going on to repeat it across eleven locations, he is now a full-time water conservationist. With a dream to build 100 such check dams in nearby villages, constantly experiencing drought conditions.One premise of the green economy (World Environment Day 2012 theme) is social inclusion and here is an economically inventive version of that possibility, where the initiative remains human.

     Dear friends, those who likes philanthropy and want to do some good rural health service,its one of the best option to procure this mobile clinic. we can do wonders with this vehicle and one multipurpose health worker. The eRanger Immunisation/Clinic unit has been specifically designed for primary health care in rural areas with many features that benefit local medical staff and enhance their ability to carry out primary care clinics in remote rural locations. The self contained unit can transport two healthcare workers into the field and can be set up at a point of use in a few minutes. The unit is designed to reach areas that may be inaccessible to all but 4-wheel drive vehicles, but at a fraction of the cost.                                                                                                  Effectiveness Each unit has a set of standard features shown below and it has  the ability to vary the loads thereby allowing the unit to perform varied primary

To presidents & secretaries of all local braches of IMA Dear doctor, By this time, every local branch would have received the " protest and dharna materia l" from IMA state office. please download this image of poster and print as flex banners during your protest rally on 25-6-12.

> If u r young u r DISMISSED as inexperienced,  if old DOUBTED to be outdated > If u take a decent fee they may CONSIDER u as greedy ,if u take less they  may CONFUSE u for a quack. > If u prescribe few medicines they feel prescription is INCOMPLETE , if u  write too many they choose to COMPLETE the course of vitamin leaving the   antibiotics course mid-way. > If u give them too many investigation, they SUSPECT u do it for  COMMISSION, if u do not u r SUSCEPTIBLE to be sued for OMISSION. > If u do not give them time they feel u r not EMPATHETIC ,if u give them   too much time they fear ur competence is PATHETIC as u seem to have only a   few patients n ample time > If he is sick n u advice hospitalization he may PRESUME u do it for  REVENUE, if he deteriorates at home , PREMISES OF COURT will be the next  VENUE ! > Give us some sunshine ,give us some rain, given another chance many may  not choose to be doctor once again. > By- One doc of GMCH

 section 12(2) of CEA, 2010, imposes a responsibility to treat in emergency without any arrangement for compensation for services provided.  you know,  in the past  the MCI submitted to the APEX COURT an affidavit ,stating that every doctor must oblige to deliver emergency medicare in all cases irrespective of medicolegality -".  Basing on this affidavit in 1989,the supreme court ordered  directions  in   Parmanand Katara case. the expert comments: by  Dr M C Gupta (Advocate)    MD (Medicine), LLM "Health and Medico-legal Consultant, New Delhi Clinical Establishments Act, 2010, which aims at regulating clinical establishments. However, the government and the parliament made a mockery of this Act by imposing upon all private clinics and nursing homes a statutory duty to treat all emergency patients free of cost in contravention of the report of the Law Commission submitted as ‘201st Report On Emergency Medical Care To Victims Of Accidents And During Emergency Medical