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we dont need medical colleges in south india. we dont need truncated substandard fast track medical courses! what india really needs??


some of the information in this post is from "THE HINDU" daily-Courtesy: POONGOTHAI ALADI ARUNA-a practising obstetrician and gynaecologist, is a former Tamil Nadu Minister.

The growth of medical education has been exponential in india, from 88 colleges in 1965, to 335 in 2011.
for comparison,There are presently 141 accredited MD-granting institutions  in the U.S.for a population of 30 crores.
various committees — from the Bhore committee in 1946, the Bajaj committee, the National Knowledge Commission-2007 (NKC), headed by Sam Pitroda, to the present Medical Council of India (MCI) Vision Documents 2011 — have made recommendations to improve the medical and paramedical education systems.
what we need to improve the health care?
Doubling the doctor population and creating new courses alone will not improve the standard of health care. On the other hand, it is easy access to health care, availability of medicines, provision of clean water, sanitation facilities, a vaccination programme similar to what is there in developed nations, a uniform protocol-driven patient management system in certain areas such as obstetric emergencies and medical conditions such as heart attack, and strokes, and first aid to accident victims which will result in an improvement of health care.
MCI doesn't think with commonsense!
When there are clear guidelines for setting up of school, primary health centres, PDS shops and even anganwadicentres, the MCI should, in similar manner, formulate stringent regulations to avoid overcrowding in medical colleges.
what the common man needs?
Irrespective of his/her geographical location, every person needs quality health care. Therefore, it is safer to be in the hands of a few well-qualified doctors and round the clock multipurpose workers. 
MCI masking the truth!
 the doctor-population ratio, In 2005, itwas 1:1,722. 
The present estimated ratio, logically, should be around 1:1,450. 
However the MCI vision document estimates it at 1:1,700 in 2010. The planning of health manpower varies from country to country, and, in a country like ours, from State to State. 
Therefore there is a need to create a methodology to accurately estimate the doctor-population in accordance with our disease distribution, density of population, etc .
How the india suffers?
our human development indicators are among the worst in the world — at the 119th position among 169 countries. The spectrum of diseases is as diverse as our motherland — diabetes, hypertension, cancer, morbidity from road traffic accidents to infectious diseases such as HIV and encephalitis. The incidence of cancer is on the increase. Recently, the ICMR has made a strong plea to include cancer under notifiable diseases.
why&how  USA suffers in health care sector?
what we should do in next 12th.plan to better our health indices? -- will be posted soon.

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