Hello Doctors! Would like to have your Expert Comments on the replies to a few Questions sent to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Question: Whether a Physiotherapist is known as a Doctor, if not, then what is the appropriate term which can be used for them as a prefix? Reply: No.
presently there is no specific term which a physiotherapist can use as a prefix. Question: Who all are known as Paramedical Staff? Reply: According to the draft bill for proposed Paramedical and physiotherapy Central Councils bill, 2007 Paramedical Staff are known as 'paramedic', which means a person whose name has been entered in the registers of the Paramedical (Medical Laboratory Technology) Central Council and Paramedical (Radiology Technology) Central Council. Question: Can a Paramedical person like 'Bachelor of Physiotherapist' and/or 'Master of Physiotherapist', use the word "Doctor" before…
