Dr.Srinivasa Raju

why the health care services have to be regulated? to maintain the uniform quality care throughout the country.  what the govt has done to achieve this objective? The Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 ("Act") has been enacted by the Central Government to provide for registration and regulation of all clinical establishments in the country with a view to prescribing the minimum standards of facilities and services provided by them. is it enough to regulate only the  hospitals? No.  Health regulation means not only the hospitals but also it should cover various wings. Health is in concurrent list. so state govts also  have the right and responsibility. when states have this type of act, what is the need for the central act? As we all know, health regulation  in India encompasses a variety of factors and issues. These include promulgation of legislation for health facilities & services, disease control & medical...

The ground level opinion is ,"  there is total system failure due to which the medical education system is fast sliding downwards and the quality has been hugely sidelined in the context of increasing commercialization of medical education and practice,"   so,the govt had constituted two committees. one is parliamentary committee and another is 3member committee headed by Nitiayog  Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya  .   1. The three-member committee has proposed to set up an altogether new body with three pronged approach - career, enterprise and ethics. 2. a parliamentary committee had called for revamping the MCI saying, it has failed in its role as a regulator which has led to a downfall in India's medical education system. MCI has failed to create a curriculum that produces doctors suited to Indian context, specially in rural and poor urban areas, the panel had said. It also failed to maintain uniform standards of undergraduate and postgrad...