With an aim to prevent unqualified persons from offering healthcare services to people in the state, the Andhra Pradesh Chapter of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged the state government to withdraw a circular proposing to give training to registered medical practitioners (RMPs)/private medical practitioners (PMPs) as community paramedics. The Department of Medical & Family Welfare Health recently issued government order number 465 allowing AP Paramedical Board to provide community paramedic training to RMPs and PMPs. As per the circular, the state government will train RMPs and PMPs in government medical colleges for six months and the participants need to work in the government hospitals and 108 ambulance services for three months each.
Following which an examination will be conducted for them and successful candidates will be awarded community paramedics certificates. The GO…
