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Health ministry and the Medical Council of India proposed to start a rural medical course called Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS) in district hospitals
NEW DELHI: Nearly 25,000 British doctors of Indian origin are set to return to India within two to four years and some of them are "most likely to join the seven AIIMS-like institutions" proposed to be set up by the central government.
"There are around 15,000 young Indian-origin doctors undergoing training in different parts of Britain who will return to India," Ramesh Mehta, president of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, told media.
"Also, at least 10,000 senior doctors of Indian origin who are retiring from their jobs in the UK, are set to return to India," said the doctor, currently on an Indian tour.
He said they have already talked to the Indian health ministry and have got a favourable response. "The government has allowed us to come back and practise."
He said the ministry told the association that there will be a problem in finding quality doctors to man the seven new medical colleges modelled after the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
"We believe that these young doctors who are undergoing training in the UK currently, can be of great help in the new AIIMS-like institutes," he said.
The central government has given a go ahead to seven AIIMS-type medical institutions in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Each of these institutes will come up with a cost of Rs.300 crore (Rs.3 billion).
Each new institution would have an 850-bed hospital, including superspecialty facilities and 39 departments covering all major disciplines of medicine. The medical colleges will also have the provision to take in 100 undergraduate students each per year as well as facilities for imparting Post Graduate and doctoral courses in various disciplines.
Mehta also said the Indian government's plan to start a three-and-a-half-year rural medical course can benefit from these British doctors. "We are ready to play a part in training doctors whom government will post in rural areas."
The health ministry and the Medical Council of India (MCI) have proposed to start a rural medical course called Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS) in district hospitals. This will help doctors to get posted in rural areas and improve the healthcare delivery system at village level.
NEW DELHI: A medical degree in 3-1/2 years? This could soon be a reality with the health ministry and Medical Council of India (MCI) planning a shorter medical degree for rural students who would exclusively serve the rural populace.
The hinterland, where few doctors want to serve, could soon have a dedicated corps of medical practitioners drawn from among students raised in rural areas.
After incentives failed to lure doctors to practise in remote areas, the health ministry is finalising the novel scheme along with MCI to start 3-1/2 year degree courses in medicine and surgery in institutes set up in rural areas.
Under the scheme, the undergraduate `Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery' (BRMS) degree would be acquired in two phases and at two different levels -- Community Health Facility (one-and-a-half year duration) and sub-divisional hospitals (secondary level hospitals) for a further duration of two years.
The BRMS degree would be offered by institutes in rural areas with an annual sanctioned strength of 50 students. "Selection of students would be based on merit in the 10+2 examination with physics, chemistry and biology as subjects. A student who has had his entire schooling in a rural area with a population not more than 10,000 would be eligible for selection, which would be done by professional bodies set up by the Directorate of Medical Education of the state governments," the scheme noted.
MCI president Dr Ketan Desai told TOI that the idea was to get students from rural areas who were willing to work in rural areas as doctors from outside didn't want to live and work in villages. Many do not even turn up for their assignment.
Many rounds of discussion on the scheme have taken place between the ministry officials and MCI representatives, the last one being on November 17 under the chairmanship of health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. "At this meeting, many of the operational details were discussed and rough edges ironed out," Dr Desai said.
The ministry is backing the scheme as it is finding it increasingly difficult to get adequate number of doctors to serve in rural areas to fulfil the UPA government's commitments under National Rural Health Mission-2009.
To keep BRMS graduates in the loop, MCI is also proposing a parallel mechanism to register them by state medical councils and MCI. "Registration would be granted provisionally on an annual renewal basis and would only entitle the holders of such innovative medical qualification of 3-1/2 years to practise in a rural set-up in the same district," it said.
Dr Desai was confident that the scheme would take final shape by March after incorporating the suggestions received during a workshop scheduled for February 4-5, 2010, where deans of all 300 medical colleges, vice-chancellors of all medical universities and directors of education of all 29 states would participate.
All this would be conveyed to a Delhi High Court Bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice S Muralidhar on January 6 by MCI counsel Pratibha Singh. The HC is hearing a PIL filed by Dr Meenakshi Gautam complaining that the ministry and MCI were not paying enough attention to improving the rural healthcare system.
Rural Doctors for rural Indians — Stop this madness
“Education and Health for all in five years — No Child Left Behind”
An open appeal to the President of India, the Prime Minister, the Health Ministry, the Medical Council of India and all those concerned with the health of Indians.
Many Indians including our President are suddenly concerned with rural India’s health. They have already started formulating projects to flush young doctors out of cities and flood rural India with them. Medical Council of India is far ahead by planning to open new Medical Colleges to mass-produce rural doctors. An article published in The Hindu daily, dated 5.11.09 and a Public Interest Petition filed in Delhi High Court by the author Dr. Meenakshi Gautham, triggered this outbreak http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/11/05/stories/2009110554760800.htm
It is unfortunate to note that some self-proclaimed ‘Think Tanks’ and philanthropists having ‘Godfathers’ in the Eastern Bloc countries are very unhappy with the achievements of India during the last sixty years. Now India could produce professionals like doctors, engineers, etc., acceptable for the whole world. The ulterior motive of these Intellectual Terrorists (see last para) is to reduce India to the level of the Eastern Bloc countries and they have taken the whole of India for a ride with compassion and benevolence ending in a write-up and a Public Interest Petition! Instead of being proud of our achievements this group wants to drive us back to the 15th century! All those concerned should be on guard. Before going into the mentioned article, a brief world history will help normal people to have a better idea on the subject. ...
The exercise by the authors is an example of ‘Intellectual Terrorism’ as said by Mrs. Radha Rajan, Editor Vigil Online in 2006 at Kozhikode — http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6864335520571762844#
Kindly visit our website for the full text of the appeal - www.qpmpa.org & http://www.qpmpa.org/html/news.htm
Dear Sir, After reading the above appeal on Rural Doctors, and if you are convinced of our stand, kindly visit http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/doctors-for-rural-indians.html and http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/109062081
Sign the petitions at both the places. More foreigners than Indians have already signed it. Our culture of silence is the winner and has taken an upper hand in this issue also.
The authors – Meenakshi etal — never had any Public Interest, but only Vested interest and ulterior motives to pull down India. The sad fact is they took the court for a ride.
Add your comments to impress those who decide things. Rural Indians are not second class citizens to be treated by Rural Doctors.
Every child in India, irrespective of his/her place of residence or religious faith must get equal opportunities in all fields.
If “Loka Samastha Sukino Bhavanthu” is our slogan or catch-word, then it is our duty to produce the best professionals for the whole world and we must be proud of that. Kindly visit http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6694143975371488739&hl=en# (Indian Institues of Technology - CBS 60 Minutes Video) and learn what the world import from India.
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Rural Doctors for rural Indians — Stop this madness
“Education and Health for all in five years — No Child Left Behind”
An open appeal to the President of India, the Prime Minister, the Health Ministry,
the Medical Council of India and all those concerned with the health of Indians.
Many Indians including our President are suddenly concerned with rural India’s health. They have already started formulating projects to flush young doctors out of cities and flood rural India with them. Medical Council of India is far ahead by planning to open new Medical Colleges to mass-produce rural doctors. An article published in The Hindu daily, dated 5.11.09 and a Public Interest Petition filed in Delhi High Court by the author Dr. Meenakshi Gautham, triggered this outbreak http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/11/05/stories/2009110554760800.htm
It is unfortunate to note that some self-proclaimed ‘Think Tanks’ and philanthropists having ‘Godfathers’ in the Eastern Bloc countries are very unhappy with the achievements of India during the last sixty years. Now India could produce professionals like doctors, engineers, etc., acceptable for the whole world. The ulterior motive of these Intellectual Terrorists (see last para) is to reduce India to the level of the Eastern Bloc countries and they have taken the whole of India for a ride with compassion and benevolence ending in a write-up and a Public Interest Petition! Instead of being proud of our achievements this group wants to drive us back to the 15th century! All those concerned should be on guard. Before going into the mentioned article, a brief world history will help normal people to have a better idea on the subject. ...
The exercise by the authors is an example of ‘Intellectual Terrorism’ as said by Mrs. Radha Rajan, Editor Vigil Online in 2006 at Kozhikode — http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6864335520571762844#
Kindly visit our website for the full text of the appeal - www.qpmpa.org & http://www.qpmpa.org/html/news.htm
Dear Sir,
After reading the above appeal on Rural Doctors, and if you are convinced of our stand, kindly visit http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/doctors-for-rural-indians.html and http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/109062081
Sign the petitions at both the places. More foreigners than Indians have already signed it. Our culture of silence is the winner and has taken an upper hand in this issue also.
The authors – Meenakshi etal — never had any Public Interest, but only Vested interest and ulterior motives to pull down India. The sad fact is they took the court for a ride.
Add your comments to impress those who decide things. Rural Indians are not second class citizens to be treated by Rural Doctors.
Every child in India, irrespective of his/her place of residence or religious faith must get equal opportunities in all fields.
If “Loka Samastha Sukino Bhavanthu” is our slogan or catch-word, then it is our duty to produce the best professionals for the whole world and we must be proud of that. Kindly visit http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6694143975371488739&hl=en# (Indian Institues of Technology - CBS 60 Minutes Video) and learn what the world import from India.
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