India has new medical law to reform healthcare |
The Rajya Sabha today passed the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill even as thousands of doctors staged protests all over India. The Lok Sabha had passed the Bill on July 29. In essence, the bill provides for setting up a National Medical Commission (NMC) in place of the MCI to develop and regulate all aspects of medical education, profession and institutions in India. Modi government considers this bill as one of the biggest reforms. The bill seeks to annul the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 in the wake of allegations of corruption against the 63¬ years ¬old Medical Council of India (MCI). It is also aimed at addressing the shortcomings in the process of regulating medical colleges in the country. Doctors` bodies, meanwhile, have panned the bill as being "anti¬-poor" and "anti¬-student". Here is all you need to know about the bill that has the country`s medical fraternity on the edge: — India`s medical fraternity claims that the bill will encourage quackery. It stems from the fact that although the bill does not openly talk of a bridge course for Ayush doctors, it does stress on "enhancing the interface between systems of medicine" — such as Central Council of Homoeopathy and Central Council of Indian Medicine.
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