New Delhi, Aug 5,
The emergency extended Action Committee meeting convened at IMA HQs today has called for withdrawal of services of Modern Medicine doctors of the country on Thursday August 08, 2019 from 6 AM to 6AM (next day).
The core concern of the Medical Profession has been left unaddressed in the approved NMC Bill, 2019. The call is for all the modern medicine doctors across the sectors at all levels. The medical students will continue their strike across the country under IMA Medical Students Network.
“NMC Bill 2019 is unacceptable to the medical fraternity in the current format. Licensing Community health providers who are connected to modern medicine will only invite a healthcare catastrophy where vulnerable marginalised rural patients will be affected. The Community Health Providers envisaged on NMC Bill 2019 is a direct threat to thousands and thousands of poor vulnerable marginalized rural patients. The Health of the nation is at stake. We demand that Government of India engage the modern medical fraternity on meaningful dialogue and address the issue urgently.” Said Dr Santanu Sen, National President IMA
IMA demands that Government of India engage the modern medicine fraternity led by IMA on meaningful dialogue and address the core concerns. IMA will continue the struggle and take this issue to people in a massive public awareness campaign.
“Section 51 talks of combined sessions of NMC with Homeopathy and AYUSH councils preparing combined modules and curriculum material. All doctors graduating out of Medical Colleges will be hybrid doctors and all the systems will be corrupted due to crosspathy. Section 51 outsources Bridge Course to the State Governments promoting crosspathy. Section 15 remains a concern to the medical students and whatever clarifications that have been provided have not cleared the air. Moreover, they have not been incorporated into the Bill. They are the biggest threat to the Health of our nation.” Added Dr RV Asokan, Hony. Secretary General, IMA
What this means on ground is that not only these providers will practise in the society as General Practitioners, they will be available as cheap labour to corporate hospitals as duty doctors, and will work in ICUs, Critical Care Units, Casualties, Emergency Units, Operation Theatres, Wards and OPDs.
The import of allowing such community health providers to be supervised by similarly qualified people will jeopardise the life of patients in our ICUs, Neo Natal ICUs, Critical Care Centres, Emergencies, Casualties, Operation Theatre, Inpatient Wards and OPDs.
