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“ The bill in any means shouldn’ t allow the
Ayurvedic doctor to practice the allopathy or high end technology related treatment but I see no harm in them prescribing standard tests and prescriptions for diseases common to the Indian subcontinent. Don’ t understand this mindless opposition,” said Dr Durgesh Sharma who is an intern at a renowned hospital of Delhi.
Another argument against the MCI is that it is an elected body of doctors who elect themselves, thus not being truly democratic or under government’ s control. Over the top of that, its history of corruption makes it liable for such allegations.
It is a battle between those who want status quo and those who stand for total revamp of healthcare education and medical practice. In the midst of the arguments and counter arguments, the bill has been anyhow been sent for a revision by the select group of Parliamentarians before its reintroduction in the Lok Sabha. Rightly so, the government must address the genuine issues by including the positive suggestions from all sides. However, the pace of reforms that has been initiated at the inception of 2018 must not slow down. The healthcare sector needs to be put on an accelerator and hope the year ahead brings it order and sanity replacing the mess it has been in. n
28 BioVoiceNews | Dec 2017- Jan 2018