Dr.Srinivasa Raju

can  you believe, that the  proteins can be manufactured cheaply and efficiently  not in the labs but from plants.   This type of manufacture is very cheap  compared even with traditional animal cell and microbial based methods. - enzymes, vaccines ,antibodies,immunoglobulins,interferons,anti-leukins,anti-TNF -are going to be extracted from genetically modified plants & algae &yeast.

The system has deteriorated to such a state in uttar pradesh, that the barbaric strength only prevails over every part and personality. The latest example is man handling of the govt.doctor by a politician. Samajwadi Party Yuvjan Sabha district president Om Pal Gujar  allegedly slapping a government doctor   Dr Gupta ,as he had refused to withdraw an FIR (first information report) he had lodged against the quack. the U.P.state is notorious for  atrocities on weaker sections.  Doctors are one of the easily vulnerable weaker section in the society due to their intellectual idiosyncrasies and lack of unity. No doubt,IMA- UP state wouldn't hesitate to take strong legal  stand against erring political leader. IMA has to use the constitution's 4 arms -judiciary,legislature,media,beurocracy- to get the due justice. IMA repeatedly requesting all medical fraternity to fight under its expanding  umbrella of security.

300-hr course a must for MBBS doctors wanting to do ultrasounds Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Any MBBS doctor wanting to do ultrasounds will now be required to do a 300-hour course in the basics of ultrasonography approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and conducted by an MCI-recognised institution. The government has mandated the course under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act 1993, which says any MBBS wanting to do ultrasounds must take six-month training in the area. MBBS doctors, already practicing ultrasonography on the basis of the old provision in the law, will need to clear a competency test at the time of renewal of their clinic’s registration

1.  CBI closes assets case against ex-MCI chief  .  The CBI had booked Desai after allegedly finding “illegal assets” worth Rs 24 crore during raids at his properties in Delhi and Ahmedabad. But after a two-year-long probe , the agency concluded that “the allegations could not be substantiated”. CBI also  probed about two dozen colleges across India and charge-sheeted former health minister Anbumani Ramadoss for granting illegal favours to a college in Indore. 2. CBI closes  DA case against ex-DCI boss - In September 2011, Kohli was accused by the CBI of allegedly amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. 3.   IRIA got stay in toto at delhi high court against the recent amendments of PCPNDT ACT.

Long time ago, the SC gave a judgment as a result of which the residency scheme with proper pay scales was introduced. (Before that, residents were paid a "stipend"). This judgment also gave detailed guidelines about the working hours of residents, including the maximum in a week and the maximum permissible at a stretch. The Government of India introduced the Residency Scheme in replacement of the system of House Surgeons, Postgraduate students and Registrars in Central Institutions/Hospitals. The said scheme is dated 22.4.1974. The scheme dated 22-4-1974 was announced by the government pursuant to a SC judgment, as far as I remember. The Government of India introduced the Residency Scheme in replacement of the system of House Surgeons, Postgraduate students and Registers in Central Institutions/Hospitals. The said scheme is dated April 22, 1974 which was amended and replaced by a fresh one issued on June 5,1992. payment of allowances to such of the doctors namely Ju...

it may attract    legal actions  against such hospitals in consumer courts, hospital registering authorities and medical council and judiciary. as per  the national Consumer Commission judgment on 16 Aug. 2007, it was observed in para 20 of the judgment as follows: {    judgment can be viewed at—  http://ncdrc.nic.in/OP21497.HTML   } "When a patient is admitted in a hospital, it is done with the belief that the treatment given in the hospital is being given by qualified doctors under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.      We hold that it is clear deficiency in service and negligence by the hospital for leaving the patient in the hands of non-MBBS doctor .” so, its sincere advise from IMA-HBI to all such hospitals to restrain from employing non-MBBS doctors.

No. It has no such authority.  As per  section 19A of the IMC Act, 1956 , MCI can only  recommend  to the states and after getting prior approval from the states,MCI will forward it to the union govt (MOH )  which is the deciding authority. Unless the medico has entered in to any bond with the govt. prior to the admission in to the said course,the medico is not legally bound to do compulsory rural service. As per existing law, once the internship is satisfactorily completed, a doctor is granted permanent registration. 

Annual Health Survey-2011: India's first district-level health survey showed that 57 districts (out of 287 dist . surveyed ) have the worst health indicators in terms of birth rate, infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate and sex ratio. DOCTORS: in 2011, India had 6.12 lakh registered allopathic doctors. 0.5 doctors per 1,000 population  ( WHO's norm is  one doctor per 1,000 people).   to achieve this WHO target by the year 2028 , govt plans   by setting up of 187 medical colleges in 17 high focus states during the 12th and 13th Plan. MEDICAL EDUCATION: MEDICAL UG & PG SEAT MATRIX as on july15th.-2012: the overall availability of MBBS seats in India is   45,464 and  seats in PG medical programmes. 22,194  + 1442 (  1,442 new PG seats created in 2012. ) the number of medical colleges in the country is   355. Roughly 65% of medical colleges and 70% of total medical UG&PG seats are located in south india....

Hospital board of india-IMA AP stat e is going to organize BASIC LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING for paramedical staff of HBI-IMA member's hospitals and advanced life support training  for HBI members. As  part of this ,we are going to train few members -master trainers - in "emergency medical skill development program" with in a short period under the auspicious guidance of sri. D r.N.Appa rao. This is just one day program.  Those candidates who are interested to get trained as  " master trainer", please contact  DR.C.S. RAJU- 9490172569.

The Gujarat High Court delivered a judgment on 17 September 2010 in several writ petitions which were clubbed together. The case is titled as  Association of Pathologist  & Ors  v. Secretary Health  & Ors. The judgment was given by a bench comprising of HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. S.J. MUKHOPADHAYA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.M.THAKER. The judgment can be viewed at http://164.100.52.47/gujarathc/showoj.jsp?hidTxtVal=./showoj.jsp?side=C&casetype=SCA&caseno=7999&caseyr=1998&orddate= 17/09/2010&ordno=6&side=C&casetype=SCA&caseno= 7999&caseyr=1998&orddate=17/09/2010&ordno=6 2--The main writ petition was filed in 1998 by the   Association of Pathologists for  prohibiting the 5th respondent   United Clinical Laboratory, Kalanala, Bhavnagar and other persons from running laboratory of pathology in the State of Gujarat with further prayer to direct other respondent Â Officers o...

Proposed List of Commonly Used Emergency  Medicines/Life Saving Drugs-  by  Prof. Roy Chaudhury Adenosine Injection Adrenaline Bitartrate Injection Aminophylline Injection Amiodarone Injection Antisnake venon inj polyvalent Injection Antitetnus Human Immunoglobulin Injection Atropine sulphate 0.6mg/ml Injection Calcium chloride Injection Chloroquine phosphate 64.5 mg/ml (5ml amp) Injection Dextran-70 Injection Diazepam 5mg/ml Injection Dicyclomine hydrochloride 10mg/ml Injection Diphenhydramine Injection Diltizem Injection Diptheria Antitoxin Injection Dobutamine 50mg/ml (5 ml amp) Injection Dopamine hydrochloride 40mg/ml (5ml amp) Injection Epinephrine hydrochloride 1mg/ml Injection Flumazenil Injection Fresh Frozen Plasma Injection Frusemide 10mg/ml Injection Glucose with sodium chloride Injection Glyceryl trinitrate 5mg/ml Injection D50% Injection Haloperidol Injection Heparin sodium 5000IU/ml Injection Hydrocortisone sodium succinate 100mg/ml Injection Insulin...

1. to prevent unfair practices and to regulate the admissions, capitation fees,tution fees, prospectus,admission procedures,awarding of degree certificates, exam conduction,the union govt going to promulgate an act. in that process ,  THE PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR PRACTICES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES BILL, 2010 -this bill is going to be mooted in parliament in monsoon session-2012. 2.MCI Not Empowered to Recognise Medical Colleges: SC -----    it is the Central government which is empowered to grant recognition to a medical college or institution  on the recommendation made by the MCI,and  as Section 10A speaks only of permission  and not recognition," the bench said. " a bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir said. 3. The practice of employing AYUSH practitioners in hospitals  is illegal and has been  commented as follows  by the "National Consumer Commissio...

our country framing the standards for its public health system popularly called as indian public health standards. the standards are periodically upgraded to improve the quality. for the year 2012, the guide lines were released..if you have interest please click the below given link.   http://www.mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/ iphs.htm  

The cross opinion among IMA members is what our IMA is going to do to stop the draconian acts?  Its crucial period that every member must appraise social leaders,political activists,members of assembly& parliament about the retrograde acts which are going to weaken the health care delivery system in our country. our leadership is doing exactly by meeting the all party leaders,MPs to present our strong points against BRHC  & NCHRH.. ON 6-7-12, OUR NATIONAL TEAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.N.APPA RAO  has met the parliamentary standing committee and its chairman sri.Brijesh pathak.

the fact is -  40 crore  people are living below poverty line (BPL).  In India 42% of children under the age of 5 are underweight. lack of godowns to store food grains. an inefficient and corruption-prone distribution system.  

1. WHAT'S THE  HIGGS BOSON  PARTICLE?  other wise wittily, called as  What is god particle?  The universe is made of 12 fundamental particles and 4 fundamental forces. This is called the Standard Model of Physics. scientists predicted One more particle which contributes the " mass" and was called the Higgs boson (bosons are force-carrying particles named after  Satyen Bose ).  2. why this HIGGS BOSON particle  GET TO BE CALLED  as THE 'GOD PARTICLE'?  Nobel winning physicist  Leon Lederman  unwittingly coined it.  3. HOW DID THE  LARGE HADRON COLLIDER  (LHC) FIND IT?   Higgs boson is supposed to have originated a trillionth of a second after the  Big Bang  which created the universe. Scientists tried to recreate the same conditions presumed to have existed then by making very high-speed protons collide with each other inside the LHC. Tracking millions of collisions occurring in seconds, the...

IMA CONGRATULATES DR.G SAMARAM & the  TEAM OF SWECHA GORA EYE BANK for their impeccable & inspiring service.

Running clinic from residence not a commercial activity: Delhi High Court. “The professional establishment of a doctor cannot come within the definition of commercial activity. Commerce is that activity where a capital is put into work and risk run of profit or loss…  The word ‘profession’ used to be confined to the three learned professions: the Church, Medicine and Law. There is a fundamental distinction between the professional activities and commercial activities,” Justice Kait said.

Lupin receives FDA approval for generic version of Lyrica  (Pregabalin) capsules. Injecting life-saving oxygen into a vein a short-term oxygen substitute—a way to safely inject oxygen gas to support patients during a critical few minutes. Researchers improve living tissues with 3D printed vascular networks made from sugar Bioengineers can already make 2D structures out of many kinds of tissue, but one of the major roadblocks to making the jump to 3D is keeping the cells within large structures from suffocating; organs have complicated 3D blood vessel networks that are still impossible to recreate in the laboratory. New hormonal gel combination shows promise as reversible birth control for men “This is the first time that testosterone and Nestorone have been applied to the skin together to deliver adequate amounts of hormones that suppress sperm production. AIIMS study finds low-cost visual screening method effective for detecting cervical cancer a three-step, ...

The Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act.”   “An Act to provide for the prohibition of sex selection, before or after conception, and for regulation of pre-natal diagnostic techniques for the purposes of detecting abnormalities or metabolic disorders or chromosomal abnormalities or certain congenital malformations or sex-linked disorders and for the prevention of their misuse for sex determination leading to female foeticide and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.” PC-PNDT Act booklet  ( for this book let plz contact dr srinivasa raju at 9490172569 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting                 9490172569         end_of_the_skype_highlighting   ) must be available in every  Ultrasound   Center  where Obstetrics scans are carried out. Registration: To the Chief Medical Officer of ...