A decision to this effect will
help doctors concentrate better on their professional work
New Delhi,
03 June 2017: The IMA
will flag off the Dilli Chalo movement on 6th June 2017 as part of its clarion
call against the atrocities faced by the medical fraternity. The silent
satyagraha, as it is being called, will be joined by thousands of doctors from
all over India in person or digitally through a webcast. One of the issues
being highlighted as part of the movement is the lack of a single-window
registration for doctors and medical establishments.
The IMA
has stated that it is not against regulations and accountability, but the
manner in which it has been put into the Law is contradictory to the Central
Establishment Act. The Association demanded a single-window accountability, a
single-window regulation, which is missing in the Act currently.
Speaking about this, Padma Shri Awardee Dr K K Aggarwal, National
President Indian Medical Association (IMA) and President Heart Care Foundation
of India (HCFI) and Dr RN Tandon – Honorary Secretary General IMA in a joint
statement, said, "The very fact that 80% of health care services
are handled by the private sector means either the services of the government
are not up to the mark or they do not have enough infrastructure. The private
sector is doing the job of the government. Then why are there so many exams for
the medical students and so many registrations for opening a new medical
establishment as also so many windows for accountability? Why can’t we have
single-window registration and single-window accountability? Doctors also want
single-window accountability for registration for license to practice and
registration of their medical establishment. Let doctors concentrate on
their professional work and not divert their energies in permissions and
administration matters."
A single-window accountability for doctors will
reduce the scope of harassment and eliminate any differentiation between
private and government doctors.
Adding further, Dr Aggarwal, said, "These are testing times with the nobility
and dignity of this profession at stake. Only if these issues are addressed at
the right time will we be able to restore the faith that humanity has on
doctors. The urgent need of the hour is to expose the black sheep which is the
cause for all trouble. The medical profession was, is, and will always remain
noble."
The last few months have seen several other initiatives by the IMA
on this front such as STOP NMC Sathyagraha, two National Protest Days against
violence on doctors, NO to NEXT strike in medical colleges, and the National
Black Day against West Bengal Clinical Establishments Act. Other than this, 3
action committee meetings and 2 meetings of FOMA were also conducted. The IMA is also initiating a signature campaign on the issues
at hand on social media and has urged all doctors to join and collect hundreds
of thousands of signatures to demand justice from the government.
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