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Health ministry promoting special courses on
family medicine
Sunday April 21, 2013 10:35:55 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: In an
effort to bridge the gap between the need and availability of
doctors, the health ministry is promoting courses in family
medicine for medical practitioners, an official said.
"There is a gap between the need and availability of doctors," T.
Sundaraman, executive director of the National Health Systems
Resource Centre (NHSRC), told reporters at a two-day National
Rural Health Mission-sponsored conference that began here
Saturday.
The conference will give information about a two-year diploma and
a three-year degree course in family medicine for medical
practitioners, he added.
Delegates from India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are
participating in the conference.
"While there are very few doctors available in rural areas, in
urban areas it is mostly specialists. There are very few
practitioners of good old family health care," Sundaraman said.
"The hospitals are for people who are rich and can afford it.
People in small cities and rural areas go to quacks."
Raman Kumar, president of Academy of Family Physicians of India,
said: "India is moving towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and
National Health Mission (NHM). Multi-skilled and competent primary
care providers and their knowledge figure prominently in the
evolving schemes, themes and initiatives of our health care
systems".
"Current health care scenario in India is staring at a crisis, as
patients face increasing health care expenses due to the skewed
emphasis on hospitals and super-speciality care," said Santanu
Chattopadhyay, founder and CEO of NationWide Primary Healthcare
Services Pvt Ltd.
"Much of this expense can be avoided if the primary care provision
is strengthened, which can only happen when we have a robust
system for training and producing more family physicians," he
added.
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