No data of Medical Intern suicide with Govt: Health Minister in Parliament
New Delhi: The Minister of State for Health Prataprao Jadhav recently stated that data of medical interns who have committed suicides in government-run hospitals in the country is not maintained centrally.
To address mental health challenges and promote student well-being, several initiatives have been implemented by the National Medical Commission, Jadhav said in a reply in Rajya Sabha.
He said a yoga module of 10 days has been made mandatory for all students, and faculty have also been requested to join. This will precede International Yoga Day on June 21. The students will be doing yoga for an hour daily as per the module designed by the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga. Yoga has also been introduced in the MBBS foundation course, he informed.
The government has also launched the Tele MANAS Mobile Application on October 10, 2024 — World Mental Health Day. The mobile application has been developed to provide support for mental health issues ranging from well-being to mental disorders, he explained.
All states and UTs have been requested for wide publicity of Tele MANAS in the respective regions, especially among students in educational institutions, the MoS Health said. Similarly, all institutes of national importance, such as AIIMS and central government medical colleges, have also been urged to publicise Tele MANAS among students to access the helpline at any time for free and confidential support, he stated in the reply.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that NMC had revealed that altogether 122 medical students committed suicide in the last five years i.e. between 2018 and 2022 and among them altogether 64 students were pursuing MBBS courses and 58 students were pursuing postgraduate medical courses.
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State-wise, most of the MBBS students who committed suicide in these last five years belonged to Kerala (9 students) and Tamil Nadu (8 students). On the other hand, the highest number of doctors, who committed suicide while pursuing PG medical courses belonged to Karnataka and Maharashtra. In these two states, 11 PG medicos each committed suicide during their course of study.
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