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Says the actionis ‘unwarranted and mala fide’
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) action committee, in an emergency session in Mumbai, condemned the “supersession” of the Medical Council of India (MCI) and noted that “this action of the Government, at a juncture when the election to the MCI has been announced, is unwarranted and mala fide.”
Earlier this week, in a move to enhance the governance and the quality of medical education, an Ordinance was issued dissolving the MCI and replacing it with a seven-member Board of Governors (BOG) led by NITI Aayog member Dr. V.K. Paul.
A Bill to replace the MCI with the National Medical Commission (NMC) is pending in Parliament.
The Board of Governors also includes Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi; Dr. Jagat Ram, Director, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; Dr. B. N. Gangadhar, Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru; and Dr. Nikhil Tandon, Professor, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at AIIMS Delhi.
The IMA added that the “supersession” of the MCI is only a smokescreen and a ploy to prepare the ground for the NMC and sabotage the democratic process of the Council. That the government was in a hurry to scuttle the democratic election process was evident, it said. The Association demanded that the Board should refrain from taking major policy decisions or amendments changing the character of the IMC Act. It also demanded that the election process of the MCI should be allowed to continue. “This is the fourth time that the BOGs are being appointed. All the previous attempts were abject failures. The eminent clinicians appointed have little exposure to the day-to-day administration of the MCI. Moreover, the government has not cited any reason for superseding the MCI,’’ said IMA national president Dr. Ravi Wankhedkar.
The Association has demanded that the BOG should conform to the basic tenets of the IMC Act and refrain from tinkering with its fundamental structure. “Crosspathy, registration of non medical persons, bridge courses and mixing of syllabi are core concerns. 184 private medical colleges are awaiting recognition due to the strict norms of the outgoing MCI team. By removing the democratically elected MCI checks and balances have been removed and chances of arbitrary actions have increased. A generation of substandard doctors will be the legacy of this action,’’ noted the release.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ima-slams-govts-move-to-scrap-mci/article25085587.ece
