Politics Archive
Top IMA Officers Suspended
1 Comment Published by Vijay November 20th, 2010 in Ethics, Healthcare, Life in India, Medicine, News, Politics, Social Commentary…
via DNA - Centre cracks the whip on Indian Medical Association for endorsing products.
Sending a strong signal to doctors endorsing products for private companies, Medical Council of India (MCI) has banned top office-bearers of Indian Medical Association (IMA) from practising medicine for six months. IMA’s national president Goparaju Samaram and secretary Dharam Prakash have been removed from [...]
Diluting Medical Care
1 Comment Published by George Paul September 27th, 2010 in Ethics, Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, Politics…
Note: This a guest post by my colleague and neighbour, Dr. George Paul. He is a maxillofacial surgeon and lawyer. He writes and speaks on various legal and ethical issues in medical care. He is also an occasional blogger. This article is also cross-posted in his blog.
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In July 2010 the Madras High Court, in a [...]
Credibility of MCI Will Be Restored
2 Comments Published by Vijay May 5th, 2010 in Ethics, Life in India, Medical Education, Medicine, News, Politics…
The Times of India - Credibility of MCI will be restored, says Azad:
As MCI continues to reel under a severe crisis of credibility, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said it was the government’s immediate objective to ensure that the body responsible for regulating medical education in the country worked in a fair [...]
The Week: Medical & Dental Councils of India are cancerous
3 Comments Published by Vijay October 13th, 2009 in Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, Medicine, Nebulous Views, News, Politics, Reviews…
Note: This post is related to the previous post requesting support for the NCHRH bill that is likely to be proposed in the Indian Parliament this year. Again, I would greatly appreciate any publicity that you can give for this issue. Please link, reblog, tweet, digg, stumble, or share in all the other myriad ways [...]
NCHRH Task Force Report & Draft Bill
0 Comments Published by Vijay September 28th, 2009 in Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, News, Politics…
To overcome the acute shortage and uneven distribution of human resources in public health delivery system, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare aims at overhauling the current regulatory framework. Toward this end, it is proposed to set up a National Council for Human Resources in Health as an overarching regulatory body to achieve the [...]
Medical Council of India: The Rot Within
9 Comments Published by Vijay September 10th, 2009 in Ethics, Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, Medical Journals, Medical blogs, Medicine, News, Politics…
Note: This post is related to the previous post requesting support for the NCHRH bill that is likely to be proposed in the Indian Parliament this year. Again, I would greatly appreciate any publicity that you can give for this issue. Please link, reblog, tweet, digg, stumble, or share in all the other myriad ways [...]
Support the NCHRH Bill
9 Comments Published by Vijay September 7th, 2009 in Healthcare, Life in India, Medical Education, Medicine, News, Politics…
Note: This post is a request for support for a healthcare related bill that is likely to be proposed in the Indian Parliament this year. I would greatly appreciate any publicity that you can give for this issue. Please link, reblog, tweet, digg, stumble, or share in all the other myriad ways of Web 2.0.
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We Need People Like This In The Planning Commission.
1 Comment Published by Vijay December 8th, 2007 in Healthcare, Life in India, Medicine, News, PoliticsThat was the first thing that I thought after I read the leader page article by Prof. K. S. Jacob in The Hindu on Thursday.
We need people like this as policy makers. Especially at times like these when those that rule are looking for band-aid solutions like medical conscription to patch up a badly ailing [...]













