There is an urgent need for a new post-COVID health policy, said the IMA. (Representative)
New Delhi:
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for the creation of an Indian medical service (IMS), modeled after IAS, IPS and IFS standards, to bring about a radical change in the healthcare sector, the body said. doctors.
The IMA believes that there is an urgent need for a radical change in health administration that can be achieved by raising a new cadre of administrators, he said in a statement.
The IMS will be responsible for assuming administrative responsibilities for the district doctor, project officers for various disease control programs and the various grades of secretaries for the Union Ministry of Health and the state and heads of all other health fields. sector, said Dr. Rajan Sharma, National President of the IMA.
The basic qualification for taking the IMS exam should be MBBS, he said.
“Even if the IMA works with enthusiasm, we ask the Indian government to emphasize certain important provisions. The meticulous pursuit of public health research and contacting of contacts will guarantee a minimum morbidity rate”, a- he declared.
“There is an urgent need for a new post-COVID health care policy giving equal priority to non-COVID care,” said Sharma.
Working closely with central and state governments during the pandemic, the IMA said it had been involved in various activities such as using insurance for healthcare workers, l anti-violence ordinance, inclusion of clinics, nursing homes and hospitals in MSMEs, changes to policy tests, PPE in the workplace, quarantine policy for caregivers and plasma therapy among others .
Managing this pandemic would have been better if the public infrastructure and strategies in place had been better, he added.
“The government urgently needs to increase its GDP allocation to 5% for the health care structure. The IMA is also calling for the creation of a set of One Nation-One health guidelines”, Dr RV Asokan, secretary general of the IMA, told me.
