Mandatory family medicine department in each medical college: Kerala HC tells state to decide

Pulling up the state government on the lack of Family Medicine doctors in the state as well as the absence of a mandatory department of family medicine in all medical colleges, the Kerala High Court has directed the state health Ministry to dispose of the matter in the next two months.

Kerala High Court directed the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to dispose of the plea filed by The Social Health One Health Movement Charitable Trust within two months in the matter of the creation of the mandatory department of family medicine in all medical colleges, filling of the posts in Family Health Centres only with doctors who have received specialized training in Family Medicine, i.e., MD/DNB/Diploma in Family Medicine and to provide adequate in-service training to the doctors appointed in Family Health Centres in Kerala in the field of family medicine.

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Mandatory Family Medicine Department In Each Medical College: Kerala HC Tells State To Decide