A PARLIAMENT committee on petitions has taken up the issue of MEDICAL REFORMS in INDIA. Main issue are 1.Medical EDUCATION 2.MCI REFORMS 3.Medical College RANKING 4.Realignment Of Approach to Public Health 5.Medical devices production with emphasis on made in INDIA Devices for Affordable care. 6.Better Funding of Medical Services The Lok Sabha secretariat advertised on May 21 that the petitions committee was taking up a petition on medical reforms and sought memoranda from “experts, individuals, institutions, organisations and other stakeholders interested in the subject matter“ in Three Weeks, after which it will take oral evidence through hearings.
see attached picture for details. TOI further reports that Of the 15 members of the petitions committee, four are from states with the highest number of private medical colleges – Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Kerala – and three…
