Maharashtra: MARD to protest against compulsory rural bond service
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The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) is all set to protest against the state’s chief minister’s idea to implement 7 years compulsory rural bond service after completely MBBS course. The Resident doctors will mark the protest by wearing black ribbons during the day.
A recent public statement by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has drawn attention to the issue, with the minister expressing strong concerns over the status quo of healthcare services in rural areas. He clearly opined that the state government is in favour of increasing the compulsory bond service in rural areas for seven to ten years after the completion of MBBS course.
Taking this announcement in his stride was the state director of medical education and research (DMER) Dr Pravin Shingare. He implied to have said that the state government has plans of starting a new government medical college (GMC) where students will be admitted with an undertaking that they will serve in rural areas for 5-7 years in government hospitals only.
This plan seems not to have gone well with the medical fraternity. Speaking to Medical Dialogues team, MARD President, Dr. Sagar Mundhada has said that, “We request and insist the government to scrap this proposed policy within 15 days. If the same does not happen within 15 days, the entire doctor community will be left with no choice but to resort to strict measures for protection of our own rights. We do MBBS for 5 1/ 2 years. Presently, we have one year of bond service in rural area after that.”
A recent public statement by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has drawn attention to the issue, with the minister expressing strong concerns over the status quo of healthcare services in rural areas. He clearly opined that the state government is in favour of increasing the compulsory bond service in rural areas for seven to ten years after the completion of MBBS course.
Taking this announcement in his stride was the state director of medical education and research (DMER) Dr Pravin Shingare. He implied to have said that the state government has plans of starting a new government medical college (GMC) where students will be admitted with an undertaking that they will serve in rural areas for 5-7 years in government hospitals only.
This plan seems not to have gone well with the medical fraternity. Speaking to Medical Dialogues team, MARD President, Dr. Sagar Mundhada has said that, “We request and insist the government to scrap this proposed policy within 15 days. If the same does not happen within 15 days, the entire doctor community will be left with no choice but to resort to strict measures for protection of our own rights. We do MBBS for 5 1/ 2 years. Presently, we have one year of bond service in rural area after that.”
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