National medical commission bill: IMA calls for indefinite strike from April 2
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NEW DELHI: Rejecting recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on National Medical Commission Bill, the Indian Medical Association, the largest body of private doctors in India, on Sunday called for an indefinite strike from April 2. More than 25,000 doctors held a 'mahapanchayat' in Delhi and opposed the parliament panel's recommendations and the bill.
The NMC bill proposes to allow practitioners of alternative medicines —homoeopathy and Ayurveda — to practice modern medicine once they complete a ‘bridge course.’ It also proposes that the National Licentiate Examination be made compulsory for any MBBS doctor, including a foreign graduate, to make them eligible to practice medicine. The panel has recommended that the bridge course not be made a mandatory provision. It has also suggested to integrate the NLE with the final year MBBS exam. The doctors say the panel's suggestions are “deceptive.”
The NMC bill proposes to allow practitioners of alternative medicines —homoeopathy and Ayurveda — to practice modern medicine once they complete a ‘bridge course.’ It also proposes that the National Licentiate Examination be made compulsory for any MBBS doctor, including a foreign graduate, to make them eligible to practice medicine. The panel has recommended that the bridge course not be made a mandatory provision. It has also suggested to integrate the NLE with the final year MBBS exam. The doctors say the panel's suggestions are “deceptive.”
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