IMA welcomes raise in retirement age
of Doctors to 65
Indian Medical Association (IMA)
thanks the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modiji on his kind
consideration of the easy availability of nation’s healthcare delivery system
to the common man and accepting the IMA’s long drawn demand of raising the
retirement age of Government doctors to 65 across the country.
We also thank the Hon’ble Minister of Health and
Family Welfare, Sh J P Naddaji on universal raising the retirement age of
Teaching, Non-teaching, specialists & General Medical Officers also which
will eventually help in the availability of experienced medical professionals
in the public sector healthcare delivery system.
The increase in retirement age will help in
increasing the experienced teaching faculty in medical colleges. It will
further improve the standards of medical education and also strengthen the
efforts to provide universal health care to the masses.
IMA welcomes it as this will help to address the
shortage of doctors to some extent in the country especially in the rural
sector.
To make the best use of the above announcement
by Hon’ble Sh. Modiji, IMA suggests as follows:-
1.
Besides
raising of the retirement age, new appointments in the healthcare delivery
system are also required.
2.
There
should be a liberal policy to allow voluntary retirement of doctors which would
attract many younger generations to join the public sector healthcare delivery
system.
3.
Unfortunately,
the Non Practising Allowance has been reduced in the 7th Pay
Commission proposals. The same should be kept in accordance with the provisions
of the 6th Pay Commission for Government doctors.
Modi Ji has also requested the medical
fraternity to provide for consultation services every 9th of every month
to pregnant ladies from weaker section of the society.
Taking the lead further, IMA has requested and
written to all his 2.7 lac members to observe 9th of every month as
“IMA Community Health Day” and provide free consultation to all patients with
special emphasis on pregnant women specially from economically weaker sections
of the society.
Also, on 1st July, IMA has asked all his members
to give free consultation to all patients irrespective of their economic
status.
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