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Healthcare reforms begin
on a bad note in 2018
While the doctors’ associations showed strong opposition to
newly drafted National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2017,
the government had to relent and send the same for a review.
BioVoice takes you through the various aspects of the issue
BY BIOVOICE NEWS BUREAU
T
he
National
Medical
Commiss
ion Bill,
2017 was
introduced by the
Minister of Health and
Family Welfare, Mr J P
Nadda in lower house
of Indian Parliament
on December 29, 2017.
The bill attempts to
tackle corruption in
medical education and
shortage of medical
professionals. It seeks
to repeal the Indian
Medical Council Act,
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1956 and provide for a
medical education
system which ensures
availability of adequate
and high quality
medical professionals.
It also proposes the
adoption of the latest
medical research by
medical professionals,
and periodic
assessment of medical
institutions, and an
effective grievance
redressal mechanism.
government, and will
include representatives
from the Indian
Council of Medical
Research, the
Directorate General of
Health, and other
members, presumably
practicing doctors and
health experts and
institutions. There will
be four regulatory
bodies under the NMC,
one each for
undergraduate and
postgraduate
The NMC bill calls for a
education, one to
25-member body
oversee medical
appointed by the
assessments and