Employing AYUSH practitioners for clinical duties in ICU, patient care will lead to withdrawal of accreditation: NABH warns hospitals
Delhi: Employing AYUSH practitioners for performing clinical duties in ICU or as Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) will bring serious action including withdrawal of accreditation, the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) has recently warned the allopathic hospitals all over the country.
The cautionary notice issued on 17th December and signed by Dr. Atul Mohan Kochhar, the CEO of NABH stated that the authorities have noticed that some of the NBA accredited hospitals are employing or seeking to employ Ayush doctors for performing clinical duties in ICUs allopathic and at other patient care areas in place of MBBS RMOs and Emergency Doctors. Following this observation, NABH has cautioned the allopathic hospitals under it not to adopt such means.
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