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IMA to propose amendments in IMC Act to avoid replacement of MCI with NMC
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Swati Rana, Mumbai
December 08 , 2016
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The Indian Medical Association (IMA) will soon propose amendments in
Indian Medical Council (IMC) Act to the Union health ministry, to avoid
replacement of Medical Council of India (MCI) with National Medical
Commission (NMC). The association has recently met the Union minister
for health and family welfare J P Nadda to highlight the issues that
medical professionals may face with the constitution of the NMC.
The
health ministry has assured the IMA that the proposed amendments will
be given a thought. The ministry itself has suggested the association to
submit their suggestions that is needed in the current IMC Act, to
avoid the abolition of MCI.
Objecting the proposed NMC Bill, the
association has also organised a satyagraha recently. All the 30 state
branches and 1,765 local branches of IMA has organised a 2-hour dharna
as part of stop NMC satyagraha, in every district in India. The dharna
was organised as a reminder to the government to intervene and sort out
the major problems faced by the medical profession.
Dr Jayesh
Lele, president-elect of IMA Maharashtra says, “Maharashtra has 100
branches of IMA, all of them participated in the satyagraha and handed
over the memorandum to the district magistrates across the state. The
IMA headquarters in Delhi also had a meeting with J P Nadda, who has
given a patience listening to our demands and has also suggested to
submit our suggestions for the amendment of IMC Act. We are preparing
the draft and will soon send it to the government.”
The
association is of the view that the proposed NMC bill takes away the
voting right of every doctor in India to elect their medical council.
Medical Council of India is a representative body of the medical
profession in India. Roughly 2/3rd of its members are elected through
various electoral processes. Any registered medical practitioner in the
country can contest the elections and every qualified doctor can vote.
Abolishing an institution and replacing it by a totally nominated body
is certainly unacceptable to the association.
The association
also wants the government to consider their long pending demands of
framing a central act for prevention of assault on doctors and health
institutions; capping of compensation; amendment in PCPNDT Act;
amendment in Clinical Establishment Act and introduction of Anti
Quackery Bill.
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