Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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Thursday, July 13, 2023
No action by NMC on paltry stipend for house surgeons at private medical colleges
Saturday, July 8, 2023
மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கை: பறிக்கப்படும் மாநில உரிமை
Monday, June 19, 2023
Why NMC regulation on student migration will control ‘backdoor’ entries
Why NMC regulation on student migration will control ‘backdoor’ entries
There
is a dire need to bring all medical colleges at par in terms of
facilities, funding, and quality of teaching to prevent the temptation
to migrate from one college to another
Rajlakshmi.Ghosh@timesgroup.com
In
the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023, published in the
official Gazette, NMC UG Board addressed the issue of student migration
and stated, ‘No student designated to a Medical Institution,
notwithstanding anything stated in these regulations, shall seek
migration to any other Medical Institution. " This contradicts the
previous rules which did not restrict the migration of students from
government to private institutes and vice versa.
Earlier, the
candidates used to be eligible for migration only after qualifying for
the first professional MBBS examination. Migration during the clinical
course of study was, however, not allowed on any ground. College
migration has further come into focus with around 150 medical students
in Gujarat facing uncertainty regarding their future as their
applications for transfer to other medical institutes are still pending.
Now that the National Medical Commission (NMC) has stopped the
migration of MBBS students, it remains to be seen whether the mandate
will impact their careers. In the larger context, experts believe that
the NMC guidelines will put an end to malpractices.
A senior
health ministry official on condition of anonymity says, “Earlier, some
colleges were charging hefty sums to provide the mandatory No Objection
Certificate (NOC) to students who were inclined to migrate to government
colleges. This led to instances of backdoor entry to government
colleges, providing students with over 7 lakh rank in the NEET, a means
to gain entry into the better-known government colleges where students
within the 20,000-30,000 ranks were admitted. As a rule, students can
migrate to colleges, whether government or private, during the multiple
counselling rounds post the NEET results, where allotment of seats is
merit based. But given the earlier provision, some students were
migrating to colleges on completion of their first year MBBS, simply
because they had the money and power to seek this option. ” The blanket
ban on migration appears to be a departure from the Draft Regulations,
wherein NMC had specified that migration of students from one medical
college to another medical college will be granted as 6/19/2023, 8:59 AM
As
per the guidelines of UGMEB of NMC, only in exceptional cases to the
most deserving among the applicants for good and sufficient reasons and
not on routine grounds. Migration will be from a government medical
college to a government medical college and from a non-government
medical college to a non-government medical college only. No mutual
exchange would be permitted for such cases. Even prior to that, as per
the 2008 amendments to the MCI Regulations on Graduate Medical
Education, 1997, migration could be granted on any genuine ground
subject to the availability of vacancy in the college where migration
was sought and fulfilling the other requirements laid down in the
Regulations.
Migration at that juncture was restricted to 5% of
the sanctioned intake of the college during the year and was not
permitted on any ground within the same city. “The 5% window for
migration could not prevent the unethical practices for a regulation
that was meant only for exceptional cases,” says the health ministry
official. The new NMC regulation seems therefore like a blessing in
disguise. Dr Manoj Andley, director professor of Surgery, Lady Hardinge
Medical College, New Delhi, cites instances of students who were
allotted seats in tier 2 and tier 3 town medical colleges, but
dissatisfied with the quality of teaching and infrastructure, preferred
migrating to medical colleges near their hometowns, mostly because “they
were well connected”. This also led to wastage of seats in the small
towns.
“While the NMC banning migration is welcome, there is a
dire need to bring uniformity across all medical colleges in terms of
facilities, funding, and quality of teaching and training, so that
students do not get tempted to shift from one college to another,”
Andley says. “The present GMER (June 2023) will prevent the disruption
of the continuity of medical education. Earlier, the migrations were
arbitrary and subjective and were not based on a mutual transfer, which
led to the vacancy of a seat in one medical college and its subsequent
loss of revenue,” says Dr B Unnikrishnan, dean, Kasturba Medical
College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal,
elaborating that location could be a key reason for migration, but there
could be other genuine reasons too, such as medical, psychosocial,
economic, quality of medical education and clinical load as contributing
factors.
All medical colleges need to furnish a compulsory
annual disclosure report that will help a student make an informed
choice on the selection of the medical college right at the start,
without mulling over alternatives at a later stage while pursuing their
undergraduate education, Dr Unnikrishnan adds
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Friday, March 15, 2019
Medicos held aloft banners that read ‘don’t rape’, ‘stop sexual harassment,’ and ‘You can’t see height if you sit, so get up and come, girl’.
Published: 15th March 2019 05:42 AM
Students of Stanley Medical College staging a protest inside the hospital premises in Chennai on Thursday. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS)
By Express News Service
With the Pollachi sex assault scandal getting bigger and murkier with every passing day, over 800 medical students including postgraduates and undergraduates at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital staged a demonstration at the college campus on Thursday, condemning the sexual abuse and blackmail.
They held aloft banners that read ‘don’t rape’, ‘stop sexual harassment,’ and ‘You can’t see height if you sit, so get up and come, girl’.
Speaking to Express, V Lakshmana Moorthy, a PG student, said, “If one girl would have come forward boldly and filed the complaint, more girls could have been saved from the accused. So, we wanted to raise awareness that girls should come forward boldly to take legal action against their tormentors. If they fail to do that, the culprits continue to victimise more girls.”
“It is always the mistake of the accused and not the victim. People should realise this and stop pointing fingers at girls always,” said Lakshmana Moorthy who organised the protest.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: At least 50 more beds will be added to the government yoga and naturopathy college at Arignar Anna Institute of Indian Medicine where treatment such as mud therapy and steam bathwillbe provided free for lifestyle diseasessuch as obesity.
The hospital, part of the post-graduate course campus, was inaugurated by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday. It will increase the total bed strength of yoga and naturopathy hospital to 100, hesaid. “Yogacan boost people’s health and prevent diseases,” he said inaugurating a yoga expo. “People who want toloseweight musttry visiting the hospital. It teaches people tousefood as medicine.”
Hospital records show that in thelastthree years, patients admitted to the hospital for obesity have lostup 22kg in one month, principal Dr N Manavalan said. “Many young girls were admittedhere notjustbecause they did not look good, but also because they were at risk for cardiac diseases and strokes. When they stay with usthey learn tousefood as medicine,” hesaid.
While patients get oil massages, aromatherapy, mud therapy or steam bath as part of treatment, the hospital monitors what they eat. At 6am, patients take up to three glasses of water. This is followed by a yoga session where exercises are tailor-made to suit patients’ needs. At every meal, patients get fruit and vegetables, sprouts and nuts. Nocookedfood, milk or dairy products are served. Treatment sessions include mudtherapy, steam bath and aromaticoil massages.
After a stay of 2-4 weeks many learn how to stay healthy. “Most patients have maintained body weight even after childbirth. Some men have been able to reverse diabetes and maintain healthy cholesterol levels,” hesaid.
Health minister C Vijaya Baskar said the department will open similar lifestyle clinics in all district headquarters hospitals and taluk hospitalsin the next few months.
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Added : பிப் 07, 2018 21:31
புதுடில்லி: நாட்டில் 58 மருத்துவ கல்லூரிகளை துவங்க மத்திய அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதல் அளித்துள்ளது.
நாட்டில் ரூ.14,930 கோடி மதிப்பீட்டில் மருத்துவ கல்லூரிகளை துவங்க பிரதமர் மோடி தலைமையிலான மத்திய அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதல் அளித்துள்ளது. முதல்கட்டமாக 58 மருத்துவ கல்லூரிகளை துவங்கவும், 2ம் கட்டமாக 24 மருத்துவ கல்லூரிகளை துவங்கவும் மத்திய அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதல் வழங்கியுள்ளது. மேலும் மருத்துவ கல்லூரிகளில் இளநிலை படிப்பில் 10,000 இடங்களும், முதுநிலை படிப்பில் 18,058 இடங்களும் உயர்த்த அனுமதி அளித்துள்ளது.
இவை தவிர, முக்கிய துறைமுக ஆணைய சட்டத்திருத்த மசோதா மற்றும் சிறிய அளவிலான எண்ணெய் வளங்களை ஓ.என்.ஜி.சி கண்டறிதல் உள்ளிட்ட திட்டங்களுக்கும் அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதல் வழங்கியுள்ளது.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Medico was bright, say colleagues
Principal Dr G.S. Ram Prasad said it was tragic and unfortunate as the deceased was a bright student with a lot of promise to excel in her chosen field.
Orthopaedics professor Dr K. Venkateswarlu told Deccan Chronicle that Vishnupriya was a very good student, brilliant, inquisitive and with lot of patience. “Even yesterday (Tuesday), she attended the class taken by Prof. Raghunath and was there in the campus till afternoon,” he said and added that entire department was shocked to hear the news. There were four girl students in the department and the atmosphere was conducive to learning, he said.
Three Town circle inspector R.G. Subramanyam said the deceased student was residing with her aunt in Kurnool. In her suicide note, it was mentioned that as she was not up to the expectations of her parents, she did not want to continue the course and had no inclination to live. She appealed to her parents to excuse her having taken the extreme step, he said.
Her father Mohan Reddy said she was a very sensitive girl right from childhood. “She could not cope with the stress and uncertainties. She had sought my advice to drop from MS course as it was too taxing for her abilities,” he said, adding that he had advised her to continue as she had already completed three semesters.
Friday, January 19, 2018
DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Published Jan 19, 2018, 3:17 am IST
: In a shocking development, city police have lodged complaint against three doctors of a private hospital.
A case was lodged against the three doctors Dharmendhra, Vinodh and Kannadasan under section IPC 337. (Representational image)
COIMBATORE: In a shocking development, city police have lodged complaint against three doctors of a private hospital here after they allegedly left pieces of cotton and gauze inside the body of a four-year-old boy during a kidney surgery.
Police said that Vinodkumar, 38, an engineer of Dindigul in a petition to the city police commissioner K. Periaiah recently, sought action against three doctors of a private hospital near Ram Nagar here, who performed a kidney operation on his son Vishnu, and carelessly left cotton and gauze pieces inside after the surgery, leading to serious health problems for the boy.
While Vinodh took his son to the same hospital after a couple of weeks as the boy was unwell, struggled to urinate and a distended stomach, doctors took a scan but failed to acknowledge their carelessness and procedural lapse during the surgery.
Responding to Vinodh’s complaint, the commissioner directed the Kattoor police to take immediate action.
A case was lodged against the three doctors Dharmendhra, Vinodh and Kannadasan under section IPC 337 (causing hurt to any person by doing any action so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life).
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI, January 09, 2018 00:00 IST
Institutions in Vellore, Thoothukudi, Sivaganga, Kanniyakumari and Tirunelveli also get new deans
A number of medical college deans have been transferred as per a recent government order.
R. Narayana Babu, Dean, Madras Medical College, has been transferred and posted as Dean, Government Medical College, Omandurar, Block B, in place of R. Jayanthi, as per the order. Dr. Jayanthi has been transferred and posted as Dean, Madras Medical College.
M. Lalitha, Dean, Government Vellore Medical College, has been transferred and posted as Dean, Government Thoothukudi Medical College replacing R. Shanthakumar, who has retired.
R. Shanthimalar, Dean, Government Sivaganga Medical College, will replace Dr. Lalitha.
K. Vanitha, professor of paediatrics, Madras Medical College, has been promoted and posted as Dean, Government Sivaganaga Medical College.
S.M. Kannan, Dean, Government Kanniyakumari Medical College, has been transferred and posted as the Dean of Government Tirunelveli Medical College in place of K. Sithy Athiya Munavarah, who has retired.
R. Selvaraj, professor of orthopaedics, Madras Medical College, will replace Dr. Kannan.
Monday, January 8, 2018
Added : ஜன 08, 2018 02:05 |
திருநெல்வேலி: நெல்லை அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில் படித்த மாணவர், அதே கல்லுாரியில், நேற்று டீனாக பொறுப்பேற்று கொண்டார். நாகர்கோவில் அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி, மருத்துவமனை டீனாக இருந்த டாக்டர் கண்ணன், நெல்லை அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரி டீனாக, இடமாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார். இவர், நேற்று நெல்லையில் பொறுப்பேற்றார்.
அவர் கூறியதாவது: நெல்லை அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில் தான், மருத்துவம் படித்தேன். ஆரம்ப சுகாதார நிலையம், தென்காசி அரசு மருத்துவமனைகளில் பணியாற்றினேன்.
பட்ட மேற்படிப்பு படித்து, சிறுநீரக துறை தலைவராக, நெல்லை அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் பணிபுரிந்தேன். இங்கு, துணை முதல்வராகவும் பணியாற்றி உள்ளேன். தற்போது, டீனாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளேன். நெல்லை அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியில், ஆரம்பத்தில், 75, 150 என, இருந்த மருத்துவ படிப்பு இடங்கள் தற்போது, 250 ஆக உயர்ந்துள்ளன. பல்வேறு சிறப்பு துறைகள் உள்ளன. ஏழை, எளிய மக்களுக்கு தரமான மருத்துவ சிகிச்சை கிடைக்க, நடவடிக்கை மேற்கொள்ளப்படும். இவ்வாறு அவர் கூறினார்.
Friday, January 5, 2018
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Govt doctors’ protest against National Medical Commission Bill: Functioning of outpatient wards affected in TN
Pushpa Narayan and R Gokul | TNN | Jan 2, 2018, 13:58 IST
CHENNAI: Several doctors across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday boycotted outpatient duty and shut clinics to protest against the National Medical Commission Bill which has been introduced in the Parliament. The outpatient wards in all most all government hospitals were crowded and patients had to wait as doctors struck work for an hour from 9.30am.
Several scan centres and laboratories were closed. Most doctors wore back badges and doctors bodies called it a Black Day.
IMA state president Dr A Jayalal said most hospitals in the state were closed. "But emergency services are available and surgeries are going on," he said.
The Bill proposes to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI). It also proposes to allow practitioners of alternative medicines like homoeopathy and ayurveda to practise modern medicine after attending a short-term "bridge course."
Tamil Nadu Government Doctor Association president Dr K Senthil said, "If the government allows 'crosspathy, then it must ensure that all these doctors work exclusively in government hospitals. It should be made mandatory for all elected members of the government and bureaucrats to take treatment only in the government hospitals even during emergencies."
Top Comment
These doctors ll ultimately go to rural areas where no MBBS doctor is ready to work. Very good step by Modi Govt.Ritesh Nikhil
In Trichy district, outpatient treatment was hit in around 150 nursing homes and hospitals. As many as 2,000 doctors in Trichy city and suburbs took part in the boycott.
"We strongly condemn the National Medical Commission Bill. The MCI should be status quo. While MCI is governed by 80 elected members, the NMC is proposed to have 25 nominated members which would lead to a lot of confusion. It will lead to mushrooming of private medical colleges without any permission, and it will affect the medical education," said former IMA national president Dr MS Ashraf in Trichy.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Govt. doctors to boycott maternal death audit
Presence of victims’ kin resented
The district-level audit is conducted in the presence of the family of the deceased woman and all the doctors who examined the patient, from the first obstetrician, who saw the woman to the doctor who certified the death, are interviewed by two retired specialists. This includes private practitioners whom the woman visited. At the State-level audit, the specialists undergo another such session through videoconferencing.
Hurt sentiments
The TNGDA has said the doctors feel intimidated and insulted by patients’ families when the case is reviewed in their presence. “There is no doubt that the CeMONC centres are a success but they must also be staffed adequately. More than 60% of the 124 CeMONC centres have only three or two obstetricians when there should be four. We have four centres per district. The government could merge those that are inadequately staffed,” said K. Senthil, president, TNGDA. The association wants the audit to be conducted based on the evidence and reports presented by the government and private practitioners (if any) and the district administration should prepare its audit report and send it to the State administration based on which action may be taken. Doctors from primary health centres, district and taluk headquarters hospital will not participate in the present system of videoconferencing until the government gives up this mode of audit, Dr. Senthil said.
A health department official, however, said the goal of the audit was to prevent maternal deaths. Sometimes, a woman dies because her BP reading was not tracked or because of haemorrhage. “In the heat of the moment, the family may get emotional but the goal is to address preventable maternal death,” the official said.
Sunday, December 17, 2017
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J STALIN
PublishedDec 16, 2017, 7:19 am IST
Madras High Court pointed out that a poor person is a poor person whether he or she is from the forward community or reserved category.
Chennai: The Madras High Court pointed out that a poor person is a poor person whether he or she is from the forward community or reserved category and that the helping hand should be extended to the needy poor not only monetarily but also by way of reservation in education and employment. The court went on to ask the state government to answer a query as to whether it is possible to make reservation for the people belonging to the forward community (FC) based on their economic status.
Justice N.Kirubakaran was passing interim orders on a petition from S.Srihari and 13 other students, which sought to declare as illegal the transfer of MBBS seats in government medical colleges meant for OC category to BC and MBC categories. They also sought a direction to conduct counselling again for the seats allotted to OC category as per the reservation policy in the state.
The judge said the poor in the so called forward community have been neglected so far and no one could speak about them fearing protest voices in the name of social justice. Social justice should be extended to every section of the society. The necessity of having reservation for economic and social empowerment of those sections of the society viz., BC, MBC, SC and ST which have so far been neglected and oppressed was a must. At the same time, talking about reservation or extending the help to the deserving poor people in forward communities should not be viewed or considered as an opposition to the reservation enjoyed by other sections of the society. “Further, this court was aware that in all the communities, there were poor people and they should be encouraged to develop educationally, economically and socially”, the judge added.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Added : டிச 12, 2017 06:13
மதுரை: சிறப்பு டாக்டர் நியமனத்தில் விதிமுறை மீறியதாக வேலை நிறுத்தத்தில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ள முதுநிலை பயிற்சி டாக்டர்களுக்கு விளக்கம் கேட்டு நேற்று நோட்டீஸ் வழங்கப்பட்டது.
மருத்துவ தேர்வு வாரியம் நவ.,18 ல் நேர்முக தேர்வு மூலம் 465 சிறப்பு டாக்டர்களை நியமித்தது. 'எழுத்து தேர்வு, இடஒதுக்கீடு படியே நியமிக்க வேண்டும்' என்பது விதிமுறை. ஆனால், நேர்முகத் தேர்வு அடிப்படையில் மட்டுமே சிறப்பு டாக்டர்கள் நியமித்ததை கண்டித்து, சென்னையில் நவ.,18ல் இருந்து முதுநிலை சிறப்பு டாக்டர்கள் காலவரையற்ற வேலை
நிறுத்தத்தில் ஈடுபட்டு வருகின்றனர். இவர்களுக்கு ஆதரவாக கோவை, மதுரை, திருநெல்வேலி உட்பட மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் முதுநிலை பயிற்சி டாக்டர்கள் 15 நாட்களாக வேலை நிறுத்தம் செய்து வருகின்றனர்.
வேலை நிறுத்தத்தில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ள பயிற்சி டாக்டர்களுக்கு விளக்கம் கேட்டு, நோட்டீஸ் வழங்க மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்குனர் எட்வின் ஜோ உத்தரவிட்டார். இதையடுத்து, 'சிறப்பு டாக்டர் நியமன வழக்கு நீதிமன்றத்தில் உள்ளது. பயிற்சி டாக்டர்கள் என்ற முறையில் அரசிடம் சம்பளம் பெறுகிறீர்கள்.
முன்அறிவிப்பின்றி வேலைநிறுத்தத்தில் ஈடுபடுவது தவறு. இதற்கு விளக்கம் அளிக்க வேண்டும்' என நோட்டீசில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மதுரையில் 227 உட்பட 1,250க்கும் மேற்பட்டோருக்கு நோட்டீஸ் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Monday, December 11, 2017
Special Correspondent
Chennai, December 11, 2017 00:00 IST
Senior diabetologist V. Seshiah became first Indian to be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Diabetes Federation Congress in Abu Dhabi recently. The federation has members from 170 countries. Dr. Seshiah is the Pro-Chancellor of Maher University and founder of Dr. V. Seshiah and Dr.V. Balaji Diabetes Care Centre. He is a professor with Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
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