Doctors upset with Intensivist defination provided by DGHS, urges NMC to intervene
Upset with the definition of an 'Intensivist' provided by the Directorate General of Health Services, doctors working as critical care specialists recently approached the National Medical Commission (NMC) and urged the Commission to intervene.
In the recently released guidelines for Intensive Care Unit Admission and Discharge Criteria, apart from recognising doctors with NMC-recognised super speciality degrees, DGHS had mentioned that a few candidates of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) Certificate Course- Certificate of Training in Critical Care Medicine (CTCCM) who have been certified with a 3-year training programme in the Intensive Care after MBBS are also recognised as Intensivists.
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