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| IMA J&K branch for making 'right to healthcare' a fundamental right | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 2: On the occasion of Doctors Day, large-scale celebrations took place across all the State branches of the Indian Medical Association including Jammu and Kashmir. In parallel events held across 30 IMA branches, senior doctors were honoured for their contribution in the field of medicine. Key principles that should govern the crucial doctor-patient relationship were also discussed. In addition to the doctors and their families, social organizations and the general public joined the celebrations.
Blood donation camps were organized in each State and awareness was raised about how each healthy individual must donate blood regularly. July 1st is observed as 'Doctors Day' every year in memory of Bharat Ratna Awardee late Dr. BC Roy who was the doyen of the medical profession.
"Doctors in India have since the very onset been bestowed the status of God. However with the recent inclusion of medical services under the Consumer Protection Act, the integrity and trust in the doctor-patient relationship has been threatened", said Padma Shri Awardee Dr. A Marthanda Pillai - National President and Padma Shri Awardee Dr. KK Aggarwal - Honorary Secretary General of the Indian Medical Association in a joint statement.
Voicing a unanimous plea, Dr Gulam M. Malik President & Dr Mir Nazir Ahmed Honorary Secretary General of the Jammu & Kashmir State IMA branch said, "IMA demands that the right to health be made a fundamental right. To achieve this goal, the government should strengthen the public healthcare delivery system and promote and support the private health sector which caters to 70% of the healthcare demands of our country". All 2.5 lakh members of the Indian Medical Association were asked to take a pledge re-instating their commitment towards the overall healthcare benefit of the nation and working while upholding the highest standards of ethics. While a doctor saves the lives of a majority of his patients, there are some cases, which are beyond his control. In such scenarios, the doctor must maintain an empathetic approach towards the family of the patient. IMA directed doctors to follow several practices in public interest including devoting one hour in a week towards promoting the idea of swachch bharat - swasth bharat; providing medical concessions to the elderly; working towards eradicating any discrimination against girl children; offering special privileges to women delivering a girl child; providing free heart surgeries to girl children suffering from complex congenital heart disease and cannot otherwise afford the surgery cost; adopting villages under the IMA Aao Gaon Chalen initiative; starting adolescent clinics; starting meditation cells; and notifying every case of TB. |
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