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Odisha government to form new health policy to stop doctors’ brain drain
Jharkhand: Slums to get free medical care under Mohalla Clinics
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Medicine, the
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According to the
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For the study, 40 participants were enrolled and
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displaying insulin resistance (pre-diabetes type 2) and
metabolic syndrome, in other words, having several
elevated risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.Health Minister Naba Kishore Das recently said that
the Odisha Government will form a new health policy to
stop the brain drain of doctors and address the shortage of
doctors in the State.
He also said there would be no shortage of doctors after
two years as the State would produce about 1,500 doctors
every year from various medical colleges.
“Under the new health policy, steps will be taken to
retain the doctors who are moving outside the State
after completing their education on State government’s
expense,” said Das.
The health minister also said that incentives will be
provided to the doctors to retain them in the State.The Raghubar Das Government is mulling to replicate the
success of “Mohalla Clinics” in Jharkhand. Reports say that
the State Government has decided to provide free medical
care to people living in slums under “Mohalla Clinics”, a
successful model of Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government.
“These clinics will be like primary health centres and will
offer free diagnostics facilities, treatment and medicine for
minor ailments. These are being started for the benefit of
daily wagers, who lose a day’s salary if they visit a regular
hospital for treatment. The clinics will open every day in the
morning and evening. Serious patients would be referred
to bigger hospitals for treatment,” State’s Health Minister
Ramchandra Chandravanshi was quoted as saying.Govt forms panel to consider central law on
doctors’ security
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has formed
a committee to look into the feasibility factor of a central law
to stop violence against doctors across the country.
The move comes to the fore in the backdrop of last
month all India strike by doctors following attacks on
medicos by the family of a patient in Kolkata. Apparently,
the panel has been directed to check the “pros and cons” of
bringing central legislation and whether it will be effective to
check violence on medical professionals in hospitals.
The 10-member panel which held its first meeting
recently comprises members from the Home Ministry and
the Legal Affairs Department. It also has representatives
from the Medical Council of India and doctors’ associations,
and medical superintendents of AIIMS and RML Hospital.
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