According to the junior doctors, making bond service mandatory in medical education could prove detrimental to the future of MBBS students in Jharkhand.
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JDA has demanded immediate review of the policy, fair and student-friendly reforms, and argued that there should be no barriers to higher education.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that recently, the State Health Minister, Dr. Irfan Ansari, announced that MBBS graduates from medical colleges would be required to serve the State for five years to address the shortage of doctors.
Reacting to the announcement, RIMS JDA recently issued a press communiqué and said that the postgraduate (PG) doctors are already bound by a three-year mandatory service, and therefore, imposing a five-year bond on the MBBS graduates is unjustified and discouraging for young medical professionals. Criticising the State's decision, the office bearers of JDA said that the Government was attempting to place the burden of a failing healthcare system on MBBS graduates.
The doctors under the JDA further argued that if the Health Minister was genuinely serious about improving healthcare services, the Government should focus on making provisions for regular appointments of specialist doctors graduating from medical colleges.
According to them, medical education does not end with obtaining an MBBS degree as further studies are essential for becoming a fully developed doctor.
Therefore, the office bearers warned that if a five-year bond service policy was imposed, MBBS graduates would lose opportunities to pursue higher education, ultimately leading to a shortage of specialist doctors in the State.
Further, the association has also expressed its surprise at the fact that while several other states are reducing the bond service periods, Jharkhand is planning to impose a five-year bond on its MBBS graduates.
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