IMA delegation visits and congratulates the newly elected President of India

IMA delegation visits and congratulates the newly elected President of India The Association is hopeful of some positive changes in the healthcare scenario in the country under the President’s leadership New Delhi, 22 July 2017: An IMA delegation led by its National President, DR K K Aggarwal, visited the newly elected 14th President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind. The visit was aimed towards not only congratulating the President but also to take a step ahead in working together for the betterment of the medical profession. IMA has since long been actively fighting to restore the nobility and dignity of the medical profession and recently concluded the Dilli Chalo movement to voice the concerns of the fraternity at large. Both India’s healthcare sector and the medical fraternity have many challenges to address. Not only is there a dearth of adequate doctors but the existing ones also face issues such as violence at the hands of the public. All this requires urgent consideration and by meeting the President, the IMA hoped to make a head start to address them. Speaking about this, Padma Shri Awardee Dr K K Aggarwal, National President Indian Medical Association (IMA) and President Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI), Dr RN Tandon – Honorary Secretary General IMA and Dr Narender Saini, Former Secretary General IMA in a joint statement, said, “At the outset, we would like to congratulate Shri Ram Nath Kovind for assuming office as the 14th President of India. It is indeed an honor to have a leader like him working for the welfare of the nation. Healthcare delivery in India is undergoing many changes be it in terms of prevention, diagnosis, or treatment. All entities in the healthcare sector need to work in tandem with each other to resolve the issues that our profession is facing today. The medical profession is facing one of the toughest times today. Repeated pleas and appeals by the medical fraternity have not materialized into anything except reassurances. It is in these areas that we seek the Hon’ble President’s cooperation and support.” The last few months have seen several other initiatives by the IMA on this front such as STOP NMC Sathyagraha, two National Protest Days against violence on doctors, NO to NEXT strike in medical colleges, and the National Black Day against West Bengal Clinical Establishments Act. Other than this, 3 action committee meetings and 2 meetings of FOMA were also conducted. Adding further, Dr Aggarwal, said, “For any movement to be successful, the leadership should fall in the right hands. And we believe that with Shri Kovind as the President, IMA’s efforts will be adequately supported. The need of the hour is collective action and decision which would do justice to this profession.” The IMA is working towards resolving the following issues. • Criminal prosecution of medical negligence and clerical errors • Stringent central act against violence on doctors • Capping the compensation in CPA on doctors • Professional autonomy in treatment and prescriptions • Amendments in PC PNDT, Central CEA, West Bengal CEA Acts • No unscientific mixing of systems of medicine • Empower MBBS graduates • One drug - One company - One price • Implement inter-ministerial committee recommendations in six weeks • Single window accountability • Single window registration of doctors and medical establishments • No to NMC: Amend IMC act to maintain professional autonomy • Uniform final MBBS exam instead of ‘NEXT’ • Uniform service conditions for service doctors & faculty • Same work - Same pay - Pay parity - No to adhocism • Fair conduction of NEET exam • IMA member in every government health committee • Central anti-quackery law • Reimbursement of emergency services provided by private sector • 25000 family medicine PG seats • Aided hospitals and retainer ship in general practice • Health budget of 5 % of GDP for universal health coverage

IMA congratulates all winners of Dr BC Roy National Awards The Dr BC Roy National Awards for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 were presented by the President of India on Tuesday. IMA congratulates and extends its best wishes to all the winners. Here is a list of the winners under various categories: 2014 • Eminent Medical Person: Dr Arvind Kumar, Prof (Dr) Randeep Guleria • Eminent Medical Teacher: Dr Ravi Kant, Dr Ashwani Kumar, Dr Rajesh Malhotra, Dr Rakesh Yadav, Dr PVLN Murthy • Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: Dr Janak Desai, Dr Rajesh Upadhyay, Dr Binay Karak, Dr Ashok Rajgopal, Dr DS Rana • Outstanding services in the field of Sociomedical Relief: Dr Rama Reddy Karri, Dr Jitender B Patel, Dr Sudipto Roy 2015 • Eminent Medical Person: Dr C Palanivelu, Dr Ashok Seth • Eminent Medical Teacher: Dr N Sanjeeva Reddy, Dr CS Yadav, Dr AK Bisoi, Dr DJ Borah, Dr Arun Thakur • Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: Dr HP Bhalodiya, Dr Parimal M Desai, Dr Anand Khakhar, Dr Ambrish Mittal, Dr Amlesh Seth • Outstanding services in the field of Sociomedical Relief: Dr A Marthanda Pillai, Dr John Ebnezar, Dr A Arulvisagan • Aid or Assistance to Research Project: Dr JB Sharma 2016 • Eminent Medical Person: Dr Vipul R Patel • Eminent Person Literature: Dr Anil Kumar Chaturvedi • Eminent Medical Teacher: Dr Daljit Singh, Prof Dr Premnath Dogra, Dr M Unnikrishna, Dr GS Umamaheshwari Rao, Dr Ved Prakash Mishra • Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: Dr Sanjay Balwant Kulkarni, Dr OP Yadava, Dr Pawanindra Lal, Dr D Raghunadha Rao, Prof Pradeep Tandon • Outstanding services in the field of Sociomedical Relief: Dr T Rajgopal, Dr Satchit Balsari, Prof (Dr) S Geethalakshmi, Dr Devraj Rai, Dr P Raghu Ram • Aid or Assistance to Research Project: Prof (Dr) Punit Gupta (Source: Press Information Bureau, President's Secretariat, March 28, 2017) Dr KK Aggarwal National President IMA & HCFI IMA congratulates all winners of Dr BC Roy National Awards The Dr BC Roy National Awards for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 were presented by the President of India on Tuesday. IMA congratulates and extends its best wishes to all the winners. Here is a list of the winners under various categories: 2014 • Eminent Medical Person: Dr Arvind Kumar, Prof (Dr) Randeep Guleria • Eminent Medical Teacher: Dr Ravi Kant, Dr Ashwani Kumar, Dr Rajesh Malhotra, Dr Rakesh Yadav, Dr PVLN Murthy • Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: Dr Janak Desai, Dr Rajesh Upadhyay, Dr Binay Karak, Dr Ashok Rajgopal, Dr DS Rana • Outstanding services in the field of Sociomedical Relief: Dr Rama Reddy Karri, Dr Jitender B Patel, Dr Sudipto Roy 2015 • Eminent Medical Person: Dr C Palanivelu, Dr Ashok Seth • Eminent Medical Teacher: Dr N Sanjeeva Reddy, Dr CS Yadav, Dr AK Bisoi, Dr DJ Borah, Dr Arun Thakur • Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: Dr HP Bhalodiya, Dr Parimal M Desai, Dr Anand Khakhar, Dr Ambrish Mittal, Dr Amlesh Seth • Outstanding services in the field of Sociomedical Relief: Dr A Marthanda Pillai, Dr John Ebnezar, Dr A Arulvisagan • Aid or Assistance to Research Project: Dr JB Sharma 2016 • Eminent Medical Person: Dr Vipul R Patel • Eminent Person Literature: Dr Anil Kumar Chaturvedi • Eminent Medical Teacher: Dr Daljit Singh, Prof Dr Premnath Dogra, Dr M Unnikrishna, Dr GS Umamaheshwari Rao, Dr Ved Prakash Mishra • Best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in Medicine: Dr Sanjay Balwant Kulkarni, Dr OP Yadava, Dr Pawanindra Lal, Dr D Raghunadha Rao, Prof Pradeep Tandon • Outstanding services in the field of Sociomedical Relief: Dr T Rajgopal, Dr Satchit Balsari, Prof (Dr) S Geethalakshmi, Dr Devraj Rai, Dr P Raghu Ram • Aid or Assistance to Research Project: Prof (Dr) Punit Gupta (Source: Press Information Bureau, President's Secretariat, March 28, 2017) Dr KK Aggarwal National President IMA & HCFI

IMA congratulates the Medical Council of India on the launch of its Digital Mission Mode Project

IMA congratulates the Medical Council of India on the launch of its Digital Mission Mode Project
IMA extended its support to the Medical Council of India’s Digital Mission Mode Project (DMMP). New Delhi, August 20, 2016: “The DMMP is a commendable initiative by the MCI aimed at creating a digital network facilitating data exchange across all medical colleges in the country and converting the Indian Medical Register in the digital mode. The project is in line with the Honorable Prime Minister’s Digital India initiative and is a much-needed development in helping make the Indian Medical Education system more transparent and effective. We at IMA welcome the initiative and will support the MCI in its implementation in any way we can,” said Dr SS Agarwal – National President IMA & Padma Shri Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal – Honorary Secretary General IMA. The DMMP solution shall enable online submission of applications for opening of new medical colleges or seat enhancement; creating a national data base of faculty in medical colleges which shall be linked with their Aadhar Card and have bio-metric verification. Every faculty will be issued a RFID enabled identity card and the attendance, salary and work status of the faculty shall be submitted to the MCI on a real time basis by all medical colleges, besides other data and information required for regulatory compliance. The applicant medical college can also track the application processing status through this online application. The existing records of MCI shall be completely digitalized and the Indian Medical Register shall be made a live Register. The above referred solution shall be backed by a Robust Call Centre Support and “Samadhan” the Grievance Management System of MCI. According to a statement issued by Prof. Jayshree Mehta, President, Medical Council of India, the long standing demand of the medical profession, civil society and Govt. of India about having a real time medical register shall be accomplished through this project in the next 6 months. The status of medical practitioners of the country shall be updated and the same could be tracked electronically, their current status especially about their Good Standing or any proceedings under the ethics regulations shall be available for view by general public in the online DMMP application at all times.