IMA National Council of Junior Doctors Network announces names of new office-bearers
New Delhi: Through an office order, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) announced the names of new office-bearers for the IMA National Council of Junior Doctors' Network (JDN) for 2023-2024.
As per the office order dated 23.01.2024, issued by the Secretary General of IMA Dr. Anilkumar J Nayak, Dr. Indranil Deshmukh has been appointed as the National Convener of IMA-JDN.
Dr. Deshmukh has been associated with IMA since 2016. He started working as a College Convener in IMA Medical Students Network and later as the State Convener of IMA JDN Maharashtra in 2020-2022.
Meanwhile, Dr. Shankul Dwivedi from Madhya Pradesh has been made the National Secretary General of JDN. Dr. Aravindswamy from Tamil Nadu has been made the Co-Convener South, and Dr. Aishav Kaur from Punjab has been made the Co-Convener West.
The Co-Convener North is now Dr. Karan Juneja from Delhi and Dr. Chinmaya Sahoo has been made the Co-Convener East. Dr. Juneja previously held the position of the National Secretary of IMA JDN and he is currently a member of the IMA JDN Standing Committee.
Further, the order named Dr. Rahul Anand, Dr. Sabari Nath R, Dr. Harsh Rai, and Dr. Meet Gohnia as the Joint Secretaries of JDN. Meanwhile, Dr. Rajat Chandak, Dr. M Arun Kumar, Dr. Lakhan Prakash Gupta, Dr. Sakshi Singh, Dr. Dhruv Chauhan, Dr. Rajnish Raj, Dr. Sonalika Gupta, Dr. Simran Kalra, Dr. Shravan Dave, Dr. Manjit Nayek have been made the committee members of IMA JDN.
Speaking to Medical Dialogues, Dr. Deshmukh talked about his plans as the National Convener of IMA JDN. He mentioned, "Our prime concern now is to raise awareness against mixopathy. We want to ensure that the stream remain pure. Modern medicine should only be practiced by trained medical professionals and same goes for traditional medicine also. Both stream should progress in their own field separately.It is essential to raise awareness against the quacks. It has to be made sure that without proper MBBS degree none can exercise modern medicine."
"My another priority is working on resolving the issues related to long working hours and stipend related issues of resident doctors.IMA JDN would dedicatedly work on supporting the legitimate demands of the young doctors. Our team will also take appropriate measures to prevent suicide cases of young doctors," he further added.
Disclaimer: This site is primarily intended for healthcare professionals. Any content/information on this website does not replace the advice of medical and/or health professionals and should not be construed as medical/diagnostic advice/endorsement/treatment or prescription. Use of this site is subject to our terms of use, privacy policy, advertisement policy. © 2024 Minerva Medical Treatment Pvt Ltd