Faridabad/ Alive News: Indian Medical Associaton (IMA) is going to stage a national level strike, in which all the 30 State Branches and 1765 Local Branches of IMA are organizing a 2-hour Dharna as part of Stop NMC Satyagraha, in every district in India from 11 am 1 pm on 16th November.
Talking to mediaperson Dr SS Agarwal, National President, IMA said “Last year, we had postponed our Satyagraha scheduled for 16th November 2015 on the favorable assurances received from the Government of India”
The dharna is organized as a reminder to the Government to intervene and sort out the major problems faced by the medical profession” said Dr K K Aggarwal, National President Elect and Honorary Secretary
General, IMA.
“Not only the inter-ministerial committee slept over the issues, the Government of India has gone ahead with scrapping of MCI and is replacing it with a totally nominated body called National Medical Commission. The bill is anti people in character” said Dr A Marthanda Pillai, Immediate Past National President, IMA.
Meanwhile, Dr Ravi Wankhedkar, National President Elect 2018 IMA said “On 16th November thousands of doctors across the country will participate in the dharna, press meet and will hand over a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister to the respective district magistrates”
However, In a joint statement, Dr R N Tandon, incoming Honorary Secretary General and Dr R V Asokan, Chairman, Action Committee said the “NMC has authority to allow private medical colleges to fix their own rate for 60-99% of the MBBS and postgraduate seats”.
Similarly, Dr Pankaj Muthneja Haryana State President IMA and Dr Suresh Arora Faridabad Branch president IMA in a joint statement said Ayurvedics, Homeopaths and others will get registration in modern medicine through
Schedule IV of NMC. This will affect the Patient Care and Patient Safety. We will give six weeks to the Government to meet our demands or will be forced to take further course of action.
IMA has been fighting for the following 6 demands:
• To stop NMC and to suitably amend Indian Medical Council Act without
compromising the autonomy of the profession.
• Capping of compensation under Consumer Protection Act.
• Amendments to abolish license Raj and exemption to single doctor
clinics in Clinical Establishment Act.
· Punitive punishments only for sex selective abortion and not
for clerical errors under PC PNDT Act.
• A Central Act to protect doctors and hospitals from violence.
• To prevent unscientific mixing of modern medicine and indigenous
systems. Scheduled drugs to be prescribed only by modern medicine
graduates.
Dr Prashant Tyagi
Secretary,
Indian Medical Association Haryana
