At a time when the state government has embarked on a mission to set up medical colleges in all the districts, the Indian Medical Association, which is the largest group of medical professionals, has affirmed that there was no need for new medical colleges in the public as well as private sector and that the Non Objection Certificates for starting new colleges should be immediately withdrawn.
The IMA has called for a detailed study by the government to see if there was a need for another medical college. The new revelations have been concluded in the preliminary report of the IMA on medical education sector in the state. ''The preliminary report of the Committee on Medical Education has been submitted and we would come out with a detailed report in the coming days,'' IMA state president Sreejith N Kumar said.
Noting that a need based assessment should be done, he said that the government has to think of improving the treatment facility rather than setting up medical colleges.
Committee
Convenor and Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association state
president Dr K Mohanan said ''we have stated that there was no need for any
medical college in the public as well as private sector till the available
resources are utilised for the upgradation of the existing medical colleges.
Apart from this, we also demand that the NOC given for setting up new medical
colleges should be withdrawn.''
Mohanan
said that most of the private medical colleges do not have the necessary
infrastructure and adequate staff. These colleges situated in remote regions
with only a few patients normally import patients during times of MCI
inspection. Moreover, there are no permanent teachers and most of them work on
daily wages and are paraded during the time of MCI inspection for getting
recognition. ''All these show where the medical education system in the state
is heading for,'' he said.
The IMA
also recommends developing district and taluk hospitals instead of pumping in
money for the medical colleges. ''If the government wants to provide the best
treatment facility, it should not think of Medical colleges but should have to
concentrate in augmenting the facilities at the primary level of treatment,''
the convenor said. The Association also calls for upgrading the district
hospitals to super specialty hospitals and for development
specialty care in the block level.
Coordinator Dr Vasudevan said that
there was no deficiency of undergraduates in the state and the need of the hour
is more specialisation. ''The focus should be on improving whatever we have and
develop at least some of the centres as excellence of treatment units,'' he
said. Vasudevan also said that the committee will be holding meetings in
different parts of the state before the report is finalised.
source: The Newindian express
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