17 AFMS Hospitals recognised as Teaching Hospitals: MCI
New Delhi: 17 Armed Force Medical Services (AFMS) Hospitals have been now recognised as teaching Hospitals in a bid to facilitate the training of medicos in various specialities
A confirmation to this effect was recently given by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and the decision came in the last meeting of the Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India (MCI BOG).
MCI BOG decided to grant retrospective teaching recognition for the 17 AFMS hospitals w.e.f. 2003 onwards (the period when the recognition was withdrawn by MCI) .This recognition will be applicable only in the specialities where interns are being trained. At present internship involves compulsory 2 months training in Community Medicine; 2 months in Medicine including 15 days Psychiatry, 2 months in Surgery including 15 days Anaesthesia; 2 months in Obst. & Gynae including Family Welfare Planning, 1 month in Orthopaedics including PMR; 15 days ENT, 15 days Ophthalmology, 15 days Casualty. Elective Posting (1 x15 days) 15 days - (i) Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ii) Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (iii) Radio-Diagnosis (iv) Forensic
Medicine (v) Blood Bank (vi) Psychiatry.
Recognition has been given to the following 17 AFMS hospitals as teaching hospitals
A confirmation to this effect was recently given by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and the decision came in the last meeting of the Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India (MCI BOG).
MCI BOG decided to grant retrospective teaching recognition for the 17 AFMS hospitals w.e.f. 2003 onwards (the period when the recognition was withdrawn by MCI) .This recognition will be applicable only in the specialities where interns are being trained. At present internship involves compulsory 2 months training in Community Medicine; 2 months in Medicine including 15 days Psychiatry, 2 months in Surgery including 15 days Anaesthesia; 2 months in Obst. & Gynae including Family Welfare Planning, 1 month in Orthopaedics including PMR; 15 days ENT, 15 days Ophthalmology, 15 days Casualty. Elective Posting (1 x15 days) 15 days - (i) Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ii) Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (iii) Radio-Diagnosis (iv) Forensic
Medicine (v) Blood Bank (vi) Psychiatry.
Recognition has been given to the following 17 AFMS hospitals as teaching hospitals
- Command Hospital, Pune
- Cantonment Gen. Hospital, Pune
- Military Hospital (Aundh), Pune
- Military Hospital, Kirkee
- Military Hospital, Jullundhur
- Military Hospital, Bareilly
- Military Hospital, Secunderabad
- Military Hospital, Pathankot
- Military Hospital, Agra
- Military Hospital, Jabalpur
- Military Hospital, Ranchi
- Base Hospital, Udampur
- Air Force Hospital, Jorhat
- Air Force Hospital, Kanpur
- Military Hospital, Roorkee
- Military Hospital, Meerut
- Military Hospital, Srinagar
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