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Written By: IANS | Published : August 6, 2013 2:12 PM IST
The Indian Medical Association on Monday criticized the government move to make one year rural posting for doctors compulsory to appear in post graduate medical entrance tests.
'This will further increase one year of their education for post graduation and super speciality education which under the present scenario is already too long. Under the present system, doctors end up spending nearly 13 years studying,' said IMA secretary general Narendra Saini.
The IMA, which is the representative body of doctors across the country, questions the practicality of the decision, he said.
The government has recently decided to make it compulsory for medical graduates (MBBS) to provide one year compulsory rural service to be eligible to apply for entrance test for post graduation.
Source: IANS
We talked to Dr Madhav Deo (Padmashree Awardee and member of Academic Council of the Medical Council of India), whose piece entitled 'Doctor population ratio for India The reality' in the April issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Research argued that the problems faced by rural India in accessing healthcare services couldn't simply be solved by making scapegoats of young medical students but by confronting the real issues like lack of specialists, facilities and deep-rooted corruption. We talked to him to get a deeper insight into the problem and how we could solve the woeful rural healthcare scenario.
Q: In your opinion, is the compulsory rural posting a bad idea?
Dr Deo: No one says it's a bad idea, but past experience suggests that it will be badly managed. Improved management can address the current issues and there's no need for coercive techniques. Also let's not forget that all these UG students will only act as generalists without any insight into specialties. The real problem facing rural India is the lack of specialists. The government's decision to send inexperienced junior doctors to rural India is flawed to the core. Read on to find out more
