Dr.Srinivasa Raju

In apex court, NEET case has been heard  today and as usual postponed to 5-2-13. Until the final verdict comes,no institution will publish their respective results...

1. If the use of a drug advised to be taken by a patient can have serious  consequences, it is the duty of the doctor to warn the patient against those  consequences in a documented    manner - write the advise and directions in  prescription form or  in the case sheet. 2. Please know the  clause 5, Schedule K of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. According to Section 5 of Schedule K of Drugs and cosmetics act , a registered medical  practitioner is exempted from Drug license, provided the registered practitioner is not  keeping an open shop or selling across the counter or engaged in the importation ,  manufacture or sale of drugs in the provision of chapter 4 of the act and the rules  there under. But drug inspectors interpret Schedule K as per their pleasure. This was a big issue in Kerala recently and finally Drug controller of Kerala exempted single and couple practioners from taking drug license. Kerala state branch of IMA has defended this right before the supreme

Even though the advocates of MCI requested for early hearing & verdict, to facilitate prompt release of the NEET- PG results, the court postponed the hearing for tomorrow-31-1-13.

union govt.responds to the suggestion of Hospital board-A.P. along with number of inputs from various sources and determined to constitute technical assessment committee under   Dr M S Valiathan, national research professor,   to frame standard treatment  guidelines ( evidence-based )  for government hospitals across the country .

IMA-AP State Happy to inform you that  Dr G Samaram  got Prestigious place  in  the  Telugu Book of Records  for writing more than  200 Medical and Health Books  in Telugu.   Telugu Book of Records of A.P.  has been started recently in world telugu conference organized at tirupati.

Dr N S Laud from Maharashtra and Dr M K Bhan from Delhi would be conferred with the Padma Bhushan award for “distinguished service of high order” in the medicine and civil service categories, respectively. Radiologist Dr Sudarshan Kumar Aggarwal, radiotherapist Dr Pramod Kumar Julka, cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon Dr Ganesh Kumar Mani and public health expert Dr Gulshan Rai Khatri from Delhi; oncology surgeon Dr Rajendra Achyut Badwe, gastroenterologist Dr Amit Prabhakar Maydeo and ophthalmologist Dr Sundaram Natarajan from Maharashtra; physician Dr Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram from Andhra Pradesh; ophthalmologist Dr Taraprasad Das from Orissa; physician Dr T V Devarajan from Tamil Nadu; and paediatric surgeon Dr Saroj Chooramani Gopal from Uttar Pradesh would be conferred with the Padma Shri award for “distinguished service in any field”. Dr C Venkata S Ram of A.P. State ,  serves as chief executive officer of MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, and dean and provost of Medi

MCI under the chairman K K Talwar wanted  to curb unethical marketing practices followed by pharma companies, to end the use of branded drugs and bring down the prices of medicines and so,it  directed  doctors, hospitals and medical colleges   and presidents of all state medical councils -  1.  every physician should, as far as possible , prescribe drugs with generic names and ensure that there is a rational prescription and use of drugs.  government has been marketing "generic medicines, in its “Jan Aushadhi”  shops in certain states but the  availability of quality generic medicines is a huge concern.        IMAHBI opinions-  IMAHBI  AP opinions-  1.At present, no  quality control over the formulations at retail and at distributor level. Even though as per regulations,every retail medical shop shall be manned by pharmacy graduate, 90% of retail outlets in our country are used to run by non-pharmacy people. 2. in some instances,generic drugs are costlier than brand

Hospital board of IMA's wish is going to be  fulfilled today (  on 27-1-2013  )by consortium of Dr.N.T.R.University of health sciences-A.P. and A.P. Medical graduates of USA and American Heart Association ,who have established  the " International training institute for BLS,ALS,PALS and ACLS" in the premises of govt.medical college-Guntur-A.P and its inaugurated today by A.P. health minister. soon the satellite training institutes will be established in tirupati,hyderabad,warangal,vijag and kurnool to cater the needs of 378 medical,dental,nursing and paramedical colleges.

the hearing was postponed to 30th. 

In a blow to lakhs of doctors across the country, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has barred all health universities from starting any post-graduate or post-doctoral certificate course this year(2013). The PDCC courses can be done by doctors with an MD to enable them to perform specialized procedures. "For instance, a doctor cannot perform an angiogram unless she has completed this 18-month fellowship or the PDCC course. ALL HEALTH UNIVERSITIES, DEEMED UNIVERSITIES and  INSTITUTIONS LIKE IGNOU, IMA are barred from conducting post graduate certificate and fellowship courses. Actually, The MCI should only monitor medical education and medical institutions. It shouldn't interfere in structuring of courses; that's not its job," . when MCI,MOH,NBE are promoting and organizing the paramedic course like B.Sc community health course,what is the wrong with universities promoting most useful PG CERTIFICATE/FELLOWSHIP COURSES?

NBE to conduct BSc (Community Health) programme? The union health ministry has asked the  National Board of Examinations (NBE)  to conduct the BSc (Community Health) programme, which was originally planned to be conducted by the Medical Council of India (MCI).The decision to rope in the NBE, which organises postgraduate medical examinations, was reportedly taken as the MCI’s involvement with non-doctors would have required an amendment in the MCI Act. National Board of Examinations was established in 1975 with the fundamental objective of improving the quality of the Medical Education by raising the standards of post graduate medical examinations in modern medicine on an all India basis”.  Why MCI insists with NBE, the organization that deals with medical education ? to conduct these paramedical community medic courses? First it deals with  MCI with futility and now it commands the NBE. it shows the ulterior motives of the govt. to annihilate the MBBS graduates from the prima

Case was not heard today.  Expect hearing tomorrow.

When the parliament backed democratic govt want to establish one alternate cadre of health professionals through BSc in Community Health , in order to tackle the menace of doctors unwilling to serve in rural areas(as per MOH,Only 26% of doctors in India reside in rural areas, serving 72% of India's population),  is there  any organization  capable to stop this?  IMA members across the country facing this question. its a challenge thrown out by MOH & MCI  to the IMA.  what could be done? Recap: MOH, wants the MCI stamp on the degree -BSc in Community Health , a unique training programme aimed at the basic health care needs of its target population, so that it was universally recognized So,MCI has been obliged and framed the syllabus&curriculum. MCI board chairman Dr K K Talwar said in September-2012, that this special cadre of health workers will be trained mainly in district hospitals, be placed in sub-centres or primary health centres and will be taught &q

Supreme court may deliver its verdict regarding declaration of NEET-PG results on or after  22-1-2013.  NEET-UG status may be sanctified only after the Apex court Completes its hearing of  the enormous petitions filed by various institutes and states against NEET-UG-2013. To recap the proceedings, the last verdict of the apex court is as follows: Accordingly,  let all the transferred cases, as well as the writ petitions, be listed for final hearing and disposal, irrespective of other part-heard  or  specially  fixed  matters  on  15th,  16th and  17th January, 2013.   In  all  the  matters  where  transfer  has  not  yet  been completed,  those  transfer  petitions  shall  stand  allowed  and all the  petitions, pending in   the various courts,   should be transferred   to   this   Court   by  15th January,  2013,  and  be treated as Transferred cases and be listed along with these Transferred cases and the writ petitions . In the meantime, the Medical Council of India, the De

Indian scientists devise 16 disaster management drugs : Sixteen new drugs have been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) as trial drugs for disaster management. These include an anti-cyanide drug, an anti-nerve gas drug, an anti-toxic gas drug and several radioactive decorporation agents,”. The DCGI approvals cover all-India use for 15 years for any number of victims. Several of these drugs have been patented by the defence ministry. Preparing to deal with any future chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incidents,  Developed by scientists at the  Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS)  . NMAS had developed a skin radioactivity decontamination kit (shudhika) t hat was given for production to a company in Pune.“Its market cost is more than Rs 12,000 and we are developing it for just Rs 1,000. Five hundred such kits will be made available to users, including the services, as

with due respect to  Gp Capt (Dr) Sanjeev Sood ,Hospital Administrator and NABH Assessor, the following informative points are taken from  Modern Medicare (Network18)   With as many as many as eighty licenses and statutory obligations that govern the activities of Healthcare Organisations (HCOs), and have to be fully complied with, the healthcare sector is one of the most regulated ones. Some of these laws are as archaic as Indian Epidemic Diseases Act 1897; some apply to all industries (Minimum Wages Act 1948) and some are unique to healthcare (PCPNDT Act 2003); and some are yet to be enacted - Indian Health Bill 2010.          Further, some of these legal obligations are towards the patient and others towards the institutions, employees, society and state.No wonder, most medicos ar  not comfortable with these medico-legal procedures and pitfalls, and HCOs find these a tricky minefield to navigate. Discussed here are ten medico-legal obligations that most medicos and HCOs fa

Glad to inform you that  Dr G Samaram , Past National President of IMA has been conferred the  Honorary Professorship  in National Level by  IMA Academy of Medical Specialities.  This scroll of Honour was presented in the National Conference of IMA recently held at Kanyakumari.

marathon deliberations continued in supreme court bench yesterday . the petitions swelled from 75 to 150 now. the verdict may come with in week.

Dear students, its almost getting impatient , to know about  the status of NEET. still, the apex  court didn't deliver their orders.

Dear Member of IMA, Please go through the above draft to be submitted to the concerned authority for their consideration while amending the laws related to it.   As the issue is time bond, your urgent feed back is required preferably by 5.00 PM on 17 th  January 2013 through email on  inmedici@gmail.com ,  nationa lpresident.imahq@gmail.com Thanking you & with regards, Yours sincerely (Dr. Narendra Saini) Hony. Secretary General

Dear sir, its the preparatory season for health budget and allocations towards health sector. i request you to share your valuable expertise to draft  the IMA's submissions to  recommend the finance ministry&MOH regarding financial allocation toward nation's health. thank you. NOTE:sir,please  send your opinions on or before 20-1-2013.

IMA AP State wishing all -                " Happy makara sankraanti & Lohri..

“Times have changed .  On-the-go internet access via Wi-Fi or 3G networking. “It definitely has changed the way we do medicine,” . Using smartphones connected via Bluetooth to a single-lead electrocardiograph (ECG) device, patients who were unable to attend traditional hospital-based rehabilitation were monitored in real time through their smartphones while they exercised in their own neighborhoods . The smartphone’s accelerometer can be used to interpret gait and balance of patients.  Another study entailed connecting a single-lead ECG to a smartphone to diagnose and follow treatment with sleep apnea , providing a possible alternative to costly and labor-intensive polysomnography.   The phone’s camera along with its light-emitting diode light source has been shown to measure heart rate accurately . Recently, teams have begun working on ECG recording devices that work with smartphones. Moreover, the smartphone is being used for echocardiography .  MobiSante (M

Chinese Medical Doctor Association found that 78 per cent of the 3,700 doctors it surveyed in March 2011 said they did not want their children to study medicine , while in 2009, 62 per cent of the 3,200 subjects surveyed had expressed the same opinion. in INDIA also,almost about 60% doctors averse with  medical profession and they doesn't encourage their children to enter in to medical profession. The lack of value and pride in the job was also evident from the fact that 96 per cent of doctors surveyed in 2011 believed their salary didn’t match their labour. More than 70 per cent of those polled said that medical disputes and “too many expectations from patients” added to the work pressure. “Only one-third of diseases can be effectively treated by medical science, and sometimes it’s hard to predict how a disease will develop,” said Deng, who was a doctor in Henan for eight years. “Medical disputes occur when patients and their families feel that the treatment doesn’t m

నీట్ పరీక్ష పై ఆంద్ర విద్యార్ధులకు ఎన్నో సందేహాలు . నిజం చెప్పా లంటే  ఆంద్ర విద్యార్ధు లది ముఖ్యంగా తెలుగు మీడియం  వారిది ప్రత్యేక మైన పరిస్థితి. 1.మన రాష్ట్ర విద్యార్థులకు ఏఎఫ్‌ఎంసీతోపాటు పొరుగు రాష్ట్రాల్లోని డీమ్డ్ యూనివర్సిటీల్లోని యాజమాన్య కోటాలో నీట్ ఆధారంగా మెరిట్ సీట్లు కేటాయిస్తారా? ఫీజుల వివరాలు ఎలా ఉంటాయి? 2. నీట్ పరీక్ష వల్ల  ఆంద్ర విద్యార్ధులకు లాభం ఉందా ,నష్టం ఉందా ?  3.నీట్ పరీక్ష మే  5 న ,ప్రభుత్వ EAMCET మే ఆఖరి వారం లో ఉంటాయి .నీట్ కి    EAMCET కి 40% సిలబస్ తేడా ఉంది .ఇంటర్ మార్కులకు సరైన విలువ ఇవ్వక పోతే నీట్ పరీక్ష కే బాగా చదవ వచ్చు .   సమాచార లోపాన్ని సవరించ డానికి ప్రభుత్వం ఎలాంటి కృషి చేయట్లేదు . why A.P. students are at disadvantage ? 1.A.P. students are getting  25% weight age  from intermediate exam marks  and 75% from existing state EAMCET marks. but with NEET, are they going to have the same? 2.  because A.P. state doesn't give 15% all india share from its govt.colleges , A.P. students are not eligible to write AIPMT. 3.Andhra studen

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how to diagnose T.B. in remote places,where we have  no reach of paramedics,labs ? NO NEED OF MICROSCOPE & OTHER LAB FACILITIES. a naturally produced TB protein known as BlaC to create an efficient detection method that uses a simple fluorescent molecule. a light-emitting diode and a couple of filters. The faint light emitted can be captured by a mobile-phone camera, making it easy to share with clinicians — no complex lab equipment required. Superfast TB test slashes waiting time Infection with tuberculosis can be diagnosed easily and accurately in less than two hours. Xpert MTB/RIF relies on real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology, which generates thousands to millions of copies of a piece of DNA, to amplify the DNA of the TB bacterium. The process is mostly automated, reducing contamination of the sample, and does not need much equipment, giving it great potential for use in resource-poor clinics in the developing world. It can be carried o