Dr.Srinivasa Raju

The stastics says , India has just one doctor for every 1,700 people, while the global ratio is one doctor for every 670 persons. It’s estimated that 60,000 Indian physicians work abroad. But what our country needs is more number of highly skilled family physicians at rural level . we have  alternative stream of physicians under "AYUSH" category who are serving large section of rural people. so that india has ratio of  1 DOCTOR  (allopathy + ayush ) for every 600 people which is the ideal standard prescribed by WHO. We have enough doctors . we  don't need more docors or more medical colleges. what is the need of hour is - imparting all round skills to existing family physicians. appoint the doctors in rural,tribal regions by paying the double salary. Revamping the MBBS curriculum to train the medicos sufficiently  in all round skills. In the days to come, migration to the West in search of greener pastures may not be possible for Indian medical profe...

as almost  1,200 post-graduate students, 1,000 interns and 200 super speciality students participating in the strike, ward duties, out-patient services as well as elective surgeries in all government hospitals have been near paralysed for 10 days now. The emergency and trauma services have not been boycotted by the junior doctors. The AP Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) warned that the strike will not be called off until the government gives them a written consent stating that all their demands will be met. Demands: Timely payment and hike in stipends, deployment of special protection force at the hospitals, provisions of emergency, medical and lab infrastructure in hospitals, and reduction in compulsory rural service from three years to one year are among their demands. The government had released an additional amount of Rs. 34.12 crore to disburse their stipends and that adequate provisions are also being made to ensure timely payment of the stipends.

when ever any unfortunate mischap happened in our medical profession,every doctor should act in a calm & composed manner with the help of able medico-legal advocate or expert and local IMA executive. the doctor has to keep all relevant medical records - OP sheet,medical and diagnostic findings report copy, admission or treatment sheet,informed consent, operation or procedure  notes, discharge summary,bill receipts,etc.. All negligence cases must be evaluated by expert medical committee before filing any cases against the doctor. with out expert committee report the police authorities has no power to file criminal cases against the doctor.(as per supreme court judgment ) Under medical protection ACT 11 of 2008, ( PUBLISHED ON 22-4-08 IN A.P. GAZETTE.) the police must arrest and file cases under cognizable offence sections against the persons who -trespassed the duties of doctor and his hospital staff.