Maha Govt forms fresh panel including doctors, paramedics, others to regulate path labs
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Mumbai: A new committee has been constituted by the Maharashtra government to formulate the rules and regulations for pathology and microbiology laboratories in the state.
The new committee included representation of all stakeholders, starting from doctors to technicians, paramedics, consumers and officials.
The panel comprises of 21 members including 10 government officials and nine non-government members. The State Commissioner (Health Services) and Mission Director, Commissionerate of Health Services will serve as the statuary president of the panel while the Deputy Director of health services will be the member secretary.
According to a recent media report in Times of India, a 10-member committee had been constituted previously to fix guidelines for control and regulation of medical laboratories. However, the former panel constituted in May-end this year which was supposed to be responsible for framing the rules was dissolved on July 8th by the state after many criticized the panel as it did not include representation of practicing pathologists and microbiologists.
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