Doctors say, National Medical Commission Bill 2019 can create 3.5 lakh registered, legal quacks in India
Milan Sharma, 25 July 2019
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The government is trying to bring in the new National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2019, in Parliament. But, there is another predicament which can lead to stormy discussions and protest from the doctor fraternity.India Today has discovered that the controversial bridge course, that was met by wide spread protests from the doctor community in the country has been replaced by the "limited license to practice modern medicine" clause.Under section 32 of the NMC Act 2019, states, "The commission m...
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It befuddles imagination to have a government that is out to murder the medical profession by legalising the half baked set of quacks that it will permit to play havoc on a grossly disturbed health care delivery system in India. The failure of successive governments to provide good primary healthcare has spawned the increasing contribution of Private health care practitioners. The fact that some of them are from other systems of medicine should be acknowledged. That said, to augment this amy of poorly informed practitioners with compounders, pharmacists, etc is just to rub salt into the festering wounds. With the patient doctor relationship at its nadir, this will only exacerbate the situation further. Are we to accept this decimation of the medical profession by a government- that like a bull in a china shop - without application of thought and sensibility ? Time to rise to the occasion and not be cowed down by partisan politics. Doctor Heal thyself!