The authorities is planning to begin a postgraduate course in Family Medicine at six AIIMS to fill the hole created by paucity of specialist medical doctors and in addition to carry again the idea of household physicians, official sources stated on Wednesday. To start with, the PG course in Family Medicine shall be began at AIIMS Raipur, Rishikesh, Jodhpur, Patna, Bhubaneswar and Bhopal campuses, they informed PTI.
Looking on the response, the course could be began in additional hospitals throughout the nation in the end of time. The concept bought an impetus and was deeply deliberated upon on the two-day Chintan Shivir “Heal by India” organised by the Union Health Ministry in February.
“In the past, family physicians were the go-to person in case of any ailment. Since such doctors were well versed with a family’s medical history, they were quite effective in providing general healthcare to the people and eliminating in most cases, the need to visit specialist doctors like cardiologists, endocrinologists, paediatrics and gastroenterologists etc,” an official supply defined.
With time such an idea has gone out of vogue, and with this course one can have the choice of doing MD in Family Medicine after finishing MBBS, the official supply stated. A gathering to begin such a course at six practical AIIMS was not too long ago held between the officers of the Union Health Ministry and NITI Aayog. The put up graduate course in Family Medicine would come with finding out normal drugs, fundamental surgical procedure, gynaecology, paediatrics and many others.
“This would reduce the burden on specialist doctors as people seek treatment for ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, minor gastric problems, paediatric issues etc.The idea is to fill in the gap created by the paucity of specialist doctors by providing a holistic treatment to an entire family taking into account hereditary problems and medical history,” the supply stated.
A gathering to begin such a course was not too long ago held between the officers of Health Ministry and NITI Aayog.
Over 10,000 posts of surgeons, gynaecologists, physicians and paediatricians are nonetheless mendacity vacant in Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres throughout the nation, a supply stated.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”