The Indian Medical Association is up in arms, again. This time, the influential doctors' association is agitating against the National Medical Commission Bill, 2017, expected to be introduced in the Lok Sabha in the ongoing monsoon session. The proposed law that seeks to replace the Medical Council of India was introduced in the lower house of the Parliament in December 2017, and following major protests by the IMA, the bill was referred to a parliamentary standing committee.
The IMA is contending that, out of the 24 amendments suggested by the committee in the final version of the bill, the government has accepted only one recommendation in totality, and three others in a “partial manner”. “The NMC Bill remains anti-democratic, anti-federal, anti-poor, pro-rich, anti-backward communities, anti-human and intends to centralize authority with the government of India,” said president, IMA.…
