Jul 18 2010
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Dear Member,
Seasons greetings! Namaskar!
At outset let me thank again each and every one who has helpful us and supported me in our endeavor. Since my President’s Tenure.
After the last MAHIMA issue many things were happened and some of them have been informed by e-news letter.
1) Recent announcement in news paper : Regarding regulating on sport body have shocked the sport loving people of India. & in same way to dissolve & supercid MCI is also have shocked, entire Medical Fraternity of India.
We do not agree & understand that what was a need of dissolving MCI, whether the Government authority wants to control the regulatory body of Medical education & Medical ethics & etiquette
We IMA strongly opposes the act same time we firmly believe any corruption in MCI by any alleged parsons should be thoroughly investigated & law should takes is own firm action according to regulations.
Politics in sports has been banned for Indian sports & as well as never accepted at MCI level.
This is not only well lead to inefficiency but also blocked innovation and new ideas for the betterment of Medical Profession.
With the public & media mood is very much against the medical profession. the government seems to have sprung something & It has been reluctant to look into during the past of couple of years. the powerful bosses have enough “connection” to tweak the guidelines to their advantage. Nevertheless, “a worthy attempt to cleanse the system”.
2) The World health day on 7th April was celebrated through out the world this year theme was 1000 cities, 1000 lives. A step towards global urban health.
The world health Organization was formed on 1st April 1948. Each year slogan is raised in unify & channelize the logistics enthusiasm of people, community and government towards a segment of health which is call of the time. It is one day when we all can strive towards a global health goal and have meaningful participation in global health world health day 2010 helps to give a voice to common desire to make cities round the globe healthier.
Urbanisation is boon to the society in many ways. In modern days we cannot think of urban life without electronic gadgetslike Mobile Phones, I-pods & personal computers/ laptops. Moderns day life without electricity, refrigerators, telephones, amplifiers, etc is unthinkable, Fast moving vehicles have in fact make the world look development of various industries has created job opportunities far ever-growing population in urban as well as rural areas.
Increase in the uses of various electronic gadgets also increases the health hazards. Increase in use of fast moving vehicle has increased the incidences of deaths due to accidents.
Today due to rapid industralisation and technological advancement urbanization is a global phenomenon. Urbanization is one of the greatest health challenges of 21st Century.
Keeping the benefits of urbanization of mid we must concentrate on ever-growing hazards of urbanisation. For this reason the them “urbanization and health” has been brought forward by world Health Organisation for World Health day 2010. This is a global movement to make cities healthier. World Health Day 2010 will focus on “Urbanisation and health” with the campaign “1000 cities, 1000 lives”.
The most important way to restrict these hazards is to educate the people and make them aware of the hazards of urbanization.
World Health Day is celebrated all over the world on 7th April every year. This year world health organization has taken steps to make people all over the world aware about the health hazards of urbanisation and to make the world fit for health living. This is initiated by the theme :Urbanisation and towards nominating 1000 citizens around the world who have worked for improving urban health.
Individuals have important role to play in a community and often influences changes that have enormous health benefit on us.
3) We had a very successful workshop on Code of Medical Ethics & Etiquette on 28th March 2010 . It was a great interaction & unique programme in ‘history’ IMA MS. And was appreciated by all who participated.
Friends the recent Medical Council Of India (MCI) Notification on medical ethics etiquettes has created waves across the medical fraternity and other health care industries.
Are these guidelines implementable? How will experts travel for medical conference / CMES? Does the whole Marketing strategies of health care and other allied needs reworking? And How can old age practices be changed overnight. The growing Health Care Industry has come to a standstill now.
The voluntary code of conduct, notified last month, is aimed at controlling heavy incentives doctors received to promote particular pharmaceutical products.
It is important to have ethical guidelines. But the profession should enforce them. We need to develop mechanisms so that a variety of transgressions are regulated and penalized
Can’t participate in medical research unless it has been cleared by institutional ethics committee.
Any violations to this code should be reported by press. And not just doctors but those who extend these favors should also be penalized.
The challenge lies in its implementation. “How will this code be implemented and how will you check a practice that is so widespread?”
A monitoring mechanism with penal provision has to be put in place.
MCI is seen to be following the American Medical Association, where the ethical code is so strict that doctors are not allowed the gift of even an inexpensive pen. In the United States, professional bodies as well as civil society help to enforce the standards.
In India MCI’s own record of taking disciplinary action against erring doctors is bleak and professional bodies do not take a lead. Transgression of medical ethics has reached a point where doctors are known to take cuts from MRI scans and unnecessary producers are done solely for earning money.
If MCI is interested in seeing a change, it should start by introducing these ethics at the level of early medical training. When you are an intern, medical representatives start giving you attractive gifts.
Pharmaceutical companies have been trying to evolve their own code of ethical marketing practice.
The Small Pharmaceutical Industries Confederation (SPIC) is the only industry associated that is opposed to the joint voluntary code.
MCI has no control over pharmaceutical companies. How do you to stop them? What is the penalty clause if there is a violation by the doctor? Will they cancel the license of the doctor? It’s all only on paper
Several doctors felt it was the start of a needed process, though there may initially be problems with implementation.
Same time Doctors have right
1. To live with dignity. No body is allowed to tarnish their image.
2. To carry their profession peacefully without any hindrances as per the law
3. To protect their life and property
4. To be treated equally before the law without discrimination
5. To define themselves by using all lawfully acceptable means
Medical profession is the only profession at present in which majority of people still have faith. Every doctor should endeavor to keep this faith strong and everlasting.
We had members today for the workshop from Nagpur, Wardha, Solapur, Chiplun, Alibag, Kalyan, Thane, Dombivli, Bhiwandi, Panvel, Navi Mumbai, Wai, Indapur, Phaltan, Dhule, Vasai & all five branches of Mumbai etc.
4) Recently we celebrate 50 years of Maharashtra State Suvarna Utsav on 1st May 2010.
It was a grant event celebrate by all major political parties nothing to criticize, but it appears that each party wanted to get political mileage the people would have appreciated if all parties would have come together in different parts of Maharashtra we would have saved lot of energy, money & time as our state progress our IMA MS branch has also done ot of progress we are one of the biggest branch in India & our membership has touch almost 23000 members the other state which are smaller but carry out of activities & their representation at head Quarter level is always more than ours.
We should come together & show our strength.
5) Maharashtra government has converted (passed) ordinance on assault on doctor into
law, all of us gets compliments &credit by putting lot of efforts &struggle but some time our
responsibility also has increased. We also should devote more time &should show more
transparency to the patient & relatives. All the branches president/secretary should submit
the copy of rule to local police station. Dr.Vasant Pawar, MLC from Nasik & Dr. Tambe MLC
from Sangamner has helped to pass this ordinance, we are thankful to both of them.
6) MMC has notified for accreditation of CME lectures. The details have been already
circulated to all the branches of Maharashtra IMA MS.
7) We have arranges elocution competition for medical student from all medical college of
Maharashtra state on 18th July at IMA Mumbai west building.
We had convened the 1st meeting of region wise president & secretary of the branches in and around Mumbai on 16th May 2010, at IMA Mumbai West. Response was very encouraging.
9) We have continue to publish E-newsletter and I appeal to all President / Hon. Secretary of all branches to prepare email id of all branch member & forward to IMA MS Office or Dr. Jayesh Lele.
In the age of communication, we had always felt the need for talking everybody alone by keening all of us update in today’s happening in the world of fraternity & activity & rules & regulations of IMA .
10) Blood Donation Drive is proposed on 4th July 2010, is a unique event and proposed in Maharashtra State first time. All Branches have been informed and suggested to arrange a Blood Donation Camp. This will be feather in our profession and it will uplift our image in public. All details have been circulated.
11) Clinical Establishment act : The Parliament has passed this act and IMA strongly oppose to act. The suggestions given by IMA to the committee not been considered.
This is 2nd Publication of MAHIMA & it is on gastro – entrology special edition & compliments & credit goes to our editor Dr. Jumani & his team & Special compliments & Thanks to our guest editor Dr. N. H. Banka & his team, without their valuable help and contribution it would have been difficult to published.
We will try to publish 2 to 3 special issue before MASTACON 2010.
Future Programmes :
1) Executive Meeting :-
2) MASTACON – 2010. :-
You are requested to attend the both above Meetings
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With regards
& Best wishes
Yours sincerely
Dr. Bakulesh S. Mehta
President, IMA MS