Office Bearers - 2019-20
Dr. Girish Tyagi
President
Dr. Arvind Chopra
Hony. State Secretary
Dr. Ashok Aggarwal
Hony. Finance Secretary
Dr. B.B.Wadhwa
President Elect
Dr. Aswini Dalmiya
Vice President
Dr. Puneet Dhawan
Vice President
Dr. Ashwani Goyal
Imm. Past President
Dr. Vijay Kumar Malhotra
Past President
Dr. Anil Sharma
Hony. Jt. Secretary
Dr. Arvind Narayan
Hony. Jt. Secretary
Dr. Atul Goel
Hony. Asst. Secretary
Dr. Prakash Lalchandani
Hony. Asst. Secretary
Dr. Neeraj Jain
Hony. Asst. Secretary
Dr. Vinay Walia
Hony. Editor DMA Journal
Dr. Poonam Gulati
Hony. Associate Editor, DMA Journal
Dr. Kamal Parwal
Associate Editor DMA NB
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Dr. Ashwani Goyal
President's Pen
Telephonic consultation amounts to culpable negligence
Dear colleagues,
Delhi Medical Association is organising one more MIDCON this time to be hosted by South
Delhi Branch at Hotel Surya on 23rd December 2018. This year we have planned to organise the
state MIDCONS in different zones. South zone MIDCON to be followed by one in West Zone and
one in North Zone.
DMA held a very interactive symposium on Assault on Doctors .Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions on 1st December where the office bearers of RDAs of different institutions and representatives of FORDA, discussed the issue of assault on doctors threadbare. The issues of reasons of assault, why it occurs, when and where it takes place, what are preventive measures, the code voilet, the law against violence on Medical Establishments were discussed. DMA is coming out with white paper on this issue shortly.
The government of Delhi has issued warning in newspapers regarding payment of minimum wages to workers. We are looking on this issue urgently and promptly and inform the membership.
DMA is working on the issue of Preferential and Subsidised treatment of elderly members at the tertiary care hospitals in Delhi and we are getting the nod of some hospitals and as soon as maximum number of hospitals agree on it we will present the details in Bulletin.
Long live DMA
Dr. Arvind Chopra
Hony. State Secretary Pen
Dear Friends,Recently, Government passed the NATIOINAL MEDICAL COMMISSION BILL 2019 as a biggest reforms in the medical education of the country. The Bill proposes to replace the Medical Council of India with a National Medical Commission, a central authority responsible for regulating medical education in the country
The Health Minister assured Parliament that the Bill would improve access to quality and affordable medical education, and ensure supply of adequate medical professionals.
The Bill, among several other changes, proposes a common final-year MBBS exam called the National Exit Test (NEXT), which has to be cleared for practicing medicine. The NEXT will also be used as admission test for those seeking entry into post-graduate medical courses, screening test for foreign medical graduates and enrolment into the State or the National Registers.
However, the NMC Bill has sparked protests from the resident doctors across government hospitals in the country, including the premier healthcare institutions like AIIMS, New Delhi.
Why are doctors protesting?
It is because of the constitution of the NMC itself. The protestors say that the Bill will reduce the representation of elected members from 75 percent in MCI to 20 percent in NMC. Also, there was an allegation that the non-elected members will be government officials or those nominated by the government, giving the bureaucrats full control on the functioning of NMC.
The second reason, doctors are concerned about the NMC Bill contains provision under Section 32 which allows community health workers to practice modern medicine. Doctors allege that the provision will institutionalize quackery. According to the Bill, the Commission may grant limited licence to practice medicine at mid-level as Community Health Provider to such person connected with modern scientific medical profession who qualifies such criteria as may be specified by the regulations. The government intent for having Community Health Providers is to help tackle the disease burden in rural areas.
Section 32 will allow 3.5 lakh Community Health Providers to practice modern medicine.
Doctors have also raised concerns about NEXT - the single national level exit exam to issue licenses for doctors.
Doctors say that giving single exam too much weight age can have an adverse impact on the career of medical aspirants.
There is also a counter argument that the Bill may not bring down corruption and commercialization in medical education in any significant way.
The NMC Bill decreases seats under controlled fee structure from 85 percent to 50 percent, helping the private colleges, many are owned by politicians themselves.
Delhi Medical Association always stood with the government to provide the quality Health care services on the affordable cost to the citizens
As MCI has now been replaced by the Board of Governors, the new National Medical Commission bill has become imperative, we welcome the introduction of National Commission Bill but also demands that at the time of implementation of the bill our issues should be taken care of.
Dr. Arvind Chopra
Hony. State Secretary
Dr. Girish Tyagi
President's Pen
National Medical Commission… NMC bill passed in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha with some minor amendments. DMA welcome the bill with some reservations on certain clauses and will try to modify in rules by discussion with health ministry officials. Honourable. Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has assured that he will look minutely on all the contentious points. Some of the issues which needs deliberations are as follows :
oo Autonomy of NMC should be maintained for that elected representatives should be increased through medical councils and states.
oo Regulation of fee by private medical colleges by means of capping on the maximum fee one can charge. Ideally meritocracy should prevail over the individual ability to purchase education and profession has to be distinguished from business.
oo Issue of Community Health provider. There should be some me mechanism to ensure that the individuals granted limited licence shall restrict to limited practice only that too only in primary and preventive healthcare and not in secondary healthcare.
Our Doctors are not going to rural areas because of poor healthcare infrastructure in rural areas and no additional privileges for doctors who are serving in those areas. Healthcare infrastructure in rural areas should be strengthened and percentage of GDP spent by Govt. on public health to be increased.
oo National Exit test (NExT) modalities to framed minutely before implementing it. Govt has three years of window period to implement it. Common exam at the same time through out country will be a difficult and challenging job. Hopefully medical students will learn to develop clinical skills rather than attending coaching classes during internship period.
oo Bar to practice : Section 34(2) states that " any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees or both ". This imprisonment should be increased to more than three years (may be seven ) to make it a Cognizable and non bailable offence.
Dr. Girish Tyagi
President
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It was way back in 1914, Dr. M.A. Ansari felt the need for making an association for the medical professionals and this is how Delhi Medical Association was born on 14th August, 1914. On 14th August, Dr. M.A. Ansari issued notice for assembling the medical practitioners. On 20th August, first inaugural function of the association was held in consultation room of Dr. Ansari in Fatehpuri Mosque and was attended by 23 members out of 28 medical practitioners practicing at that time.
The first office bearers of the Association were Dr. M.A. Ansari, Dr. Abdul Rehmaan, Dr. S.P. Shroff, Dr. H.L. Keal, Dr. J.K. Sain, Dr. Bhairon Dayal and Dr. I.T. Mitrra. Since there was no office of the association, for the first few years, all the meetings were held either at the clinic of Dr. M.A. Ansari or nearby restaurants.
In 1925 regular CME activities were started and social get-togethers were added to the agenda. A partnership with the government: In 1925 DMA joined hands with government in implementing the health schemes and extending support in fighting epidemics and giving free vaccinations to the public. The association got recognized by University Code, Indian Red Cross Society and various other Advisory Bodies.
In 1926 the first office of the association was rented in Jama Masjjd Dispensary. With the effort of senior consultant Lt Col G.D. Franklin, a plot of land was acquired at Ansari Road at a nominal cost of Rs. 1237 in 1926. A sum of Rs. 6500 was raised and a hall, office, library room and servant quarters were built in the DMA building at Ansari Road in the year 1933. Opening ceremony of the building was performed by Dr. G B Deshmukh, Dr.J K Saini, President and Dr. D.L. Burman, Secretary.
In 1928 Indian Medical Association was established and efforts were made to convert DMA into a provincial branch of IMA.
In 1941DMA was completely amalgamated with IMA and was recognized as its provincial branch with the distinction that it shall retain its original name.
DMA was declared one of the oldest medical associations in the world in 1941.
In 1947 with the Indian Independence influx of all medical men in Delhi was the greatest. The prospects increased day by day when many displaced medical persons were incorporated into the umbrella of DMA.The old hall with a seating capacity of 100 (constructed when its membership was 40) was found to be inadequate.
In 1954 Dr. B.K. Sikand, President, decided to erect a new and bigger house of DMA. In the next two years, Dr. D C Golatia and Dr. Prem Narain, President did fund raising campaign for the building. In 1959President Col. Ameer Chand resolved to take up the construction work in right earnest. In 1960 the architects M/s Sathe and Kothari were appointed by the Executive Committee on 4th February, 1960. On 14th August, 1960, the foundation stone of the executive building was laid by Dr. Col. Ameer Chand.
On 14th August, 1963, Dr. Sushila Nayar Union Health Minister performed opening ceremony of the new building.
New DMA Auditorium was inaugurated by Shri L.K. Advani, Hon’ble Union Home Minister, Govt. of India on 26.03.2001.
Pinnacle of glory for our association was Grand Centenary Celebrations of DMA at prestigious Vigyan Bhawan in August 2014 in presence of Galaxy of Medical Luminaries alongwith Distinguished Union Ministers such as Hon’ble Mr. Arun Jaitely, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Dr. Jitendra Singh and Dr. Mahesh Sharma and other prominent dignitaries.
Now, Delhi Medical Association is the highest and biggest platform of doctors of medicine involved into mass scale vaccination, health checkup camps, measles and pulse polio programmes Blood donation camps, Anti Quackery movement, conference etc…. Today DMA has totally decentralized all its activities to all its thirteen branches spread all over Delhi and is now fully devoted for its total work up on health policies and other issues of Delhi Govt., National & International health agencies and health associations.
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