The doctor to patient ratio in India is skewed due to which doctors are under a lot of stress, and they are also human beings.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday requested the state governments to subsidise emergency treatments in private sector and create a reimbursement mechanism.
"No hospital can force their consultants to work on targets, and the choice of drugs and devices should rest with doctors based on a patient's affordability, not the management's," IMA president Dr KK Aggawal said.
The recent death of a 7-year-old girl due to dengue at Gurugram's Fortis Hospital, after which her family was given a bill of Rs 16 lakh, as well as the incident of a prematurely born baby being wrong declared dead at Shalimar Bagh's Max hospital, have brought the country's private medical care under scanner.
Aggarwal said the doctor-patient trust was experiencing a downward spiral in the country as people have started looking at the medical profession with suspicion. "It is disheartening to see the erosion in trust. We want to make the process more transparent.
The doctor to patient ratio in India is skewed due to which doctors are under a lot of stress, and they are also human beings.
The IMA chief also announced the formation of IMA Medical Redressal Commission at the state level to engage in social, financial, and quality audits of health care. The commission will have a public man, an IMA office bearer, a former state medical council representative, and two subject experts.
"Such a commission shall consider every grievance in a time-bound manner. An appeal to the state commission will be heard by the headquarters of the IMA Medical Redressal Commission, which will also have the power to take suo motu cases," Aggarwal explained.
The professional body of doctors also recommended that medical practitioners prescribe National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) drugs and promote Jan Aushadhi kendras. It further appealed to the governments to classify all disposables under NLEM and non-NLEM categories and cap the price of essential ones.
The IMA chief added that the recommendations have been forwarded to the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Delhi Medical Council, to be considered during the bodies' ethics committee meeting. He said the recommendations would also be sent to chief ministers of all states, including Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
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