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AIIMS push to Family Medicine, to offer MD course at 6 AIIMS
New Delhi: In order to meet the current shortage of specialists in the country, the government has planned to commence an MD course in the speciality of Family Medicine at six branches of the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Speaking to PTI about the development, official sources informed that the MD Family Medicine course will be first offered at AIIMS Raipur, Rishikesh, Jodhpur, Patna, Bhubaneswar and Bhopal campuses. Looking at the response, the course would be started in more hospitals across the country in due course of time.
"The government is planning to start a postgraduate course in family medicine at six All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to fill the gap created by the paucity of specialist doctors and also to bring back the concept of family physicians," official sources said on Wednesday.
The postgraduate course in family medicine would include studying general medicine, basic surgery, gynaecology, paediatrics etc. "This would reduce the burden on specialist doctors as people seek treatment for ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, minor gastric problems, paediatric issues etc. The idea is to fill in the gap created by the paucity of specialist doctors by providing holistic treatment to an entire family taking into account hereditary problems and medical history," the source added.
The idea got an impetus and was deeply deliberated upon at the two-day Chintan Shivir "Heal by India" organised by the Union health ministry in February. Now, recently, a meeting to start such a course at six functional AIIMS was held between the officials of the Union health ministry and NITI Aayog.
"In the past, family physicians were the go-to person in case of any ailment. Since such doctors were well versed with a family's medical history, they were quite effective in providing general healthcare to the people and eliminating in most cases, the need to visit specialist doctors like cardiologists, endocrinologists, paediatrics and gastroenterologists etc," an official source further explained.
It can be noted in this context that over 10,000 posts of surgeons, gynaecologists, physicians and paediatricians are still lying vacant in Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres across the country.
Garima joined Medical Dialogues in the year 2017 and is currently working as a Senior Editor. She looks after all the Healthcare news pertaining to Medico-legal cases, NMC/DCI decisions, Medical Education issues, government policies as well as all the news and updates concerning Medical and Dental Colleges in India. She is a graduate from Delhi University and pursuing MA in Journalism and Mass Communication. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in Contact no. 011-43720751