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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 57.3% allopathic practitioners are not qualified: Health Ministry -Bindu Shajan Perappadan

57.3% allopathic practitioners are not qualified: Health Ministry -Bindu Shajan Perappadan

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published Published on Aug 14, 2019   modified Modified on Aug 14, 2019
-The Hindu

Officials say CMs of all States asked to take appropriate action under the law against quacks

“At present, 57.3% of personnel currently practising allopathic medicine do not have a medical qualification,” states the Union Health Ministry’s data, adding that this puts at risk rural patients who suffer because of an urban to rural doctor density ratio of 3.8:1, and India’s poor doctor-population ratio of 1:1456 as compared with the World Health Organisation standards of 1:1000.

‘A huge skew’

“There is a huge skew in the distribution of doctors working in the urban and rural areas. Consequently, most of our rural and poor population is denied good quality care, leaving them in the clutches of quacks,” said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.

Section 15 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 prohibits a person other than a medical practitioner enrolled on a State Medical Register to practice medicine in the State. Any person acting in contravention is punishable with imprisonment and fine, and since health is a State subject, the primary responsibility to deal with such cases lies with the respective State governments.

“We have requested all Chief Ministers of all the States to take appropriate action under the law against quacks, and also to evolve suitable policies to ensure availability of a quality health workforce in rural areas,” said a senior health official.

According to government records, a total of 11,46,044 allopathic doctors were registered with the State Medical Councils/ Medical Council of India as on December 31, 2018.

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The Hindu, 14 August, 2019, https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/573-allopathic-practitioners-are-not-qualified-health-ministry/article29086684.ece?homepage=true


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