IMA demands permanent posting for MBBS graduates, condemns mid-level practitioners
Source: IT News

New Delhi, April 21 2019: Condemning the idea of bridge courses and mid-level practitioners, IMA demands an answer from the Indian Government for not generating enough posting in the wellness centres for Undergraduate medical professionals.

Dr.Santanu Sen, National President of IMA declared that there is no shortage of doctors in the country.

63,250 MBBS graduates come out of 494 medical colleges of India.

India has only 23,729 post graduate seats.

The fact remains that the Government does not have the capacity to absorb rest of them.

Every year the unemployment amongst young medical graduates is a cause for great concern.

The frustration of these youngsters with a decent undergraduate degree in medicine has to be addressed.

"The Government has to answer the question why the large number of MBBS graduates who are not absorbed into Post Graduate courses every year are not given employment by the Government.

Non creation of new posts, new PHCs and CHCs due to budget constraints is the sole reason.

Stagnating 1.1% of GDP as expenditure on Health by successive Governments is the sole reason for the miserable status of Health Care delivery in the country.

IMA can play a crucial role in facilitating young medical graduates to the 1,50,000 wellness centres.

If, on the other hand the Government insists on a half baked system converting Dentists, Nurses, Pharmacists, Optometrists Physiotherapists and Ayush practitioners into mid-level medical practitioners, IMA is left with no choice but to resist such a misadventure with all its efforts." Said Dr Santanu Sen, National President, IMA.

Every allied profession to medicine have an unique identity and serves a specific purpose.

Dentists, Nurses, Optometrists and Pharmacists have a role and should contribute their services in the respective fields.

Every Government falling for this myth only exposes the shallow thought process and utter disregard for human life.

In a statement to press IMA condemned the idea of bridge courses and mid-level practitioners.

"The Government's attempt to provide half baked medical care to the citizens through mid-level practitioners is highly dangerous.

The Government should give permanent postings to MBBS Graduates in the 1,50,000 wellness centres.

An Adhoc posting are unacceptable and is nothing but cruel exploitation of these hapless young graduates.

To baptise them as mid-level medical practitioners through a six months bridge course is being indifferent to the needs of patient safety and patient care." said Dr.R.V.Asokan, Honorary Secretary General of IMA.

"The Bhore committee eliminated mid-level medical practitioners and identified MBBS as the basic level of competence to practice medicine during a much more resource constrained times in 1946.There would be a nationwide agitation if the idea of mid-level practitioners and bridge course are implemented.

We would like to emphasize that fragmented approach to Health Care should be eschewed and social determinants of Health should be addressed." Said Dr..AMarthanda Pillai, Chairman of IMA Action Committee.

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