NMC BILL TO REPLACE MCI WILL BE PLACED IN NEXT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT -prof drram hiv/aids,hepatitis expert

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The Union health Minister, Shri JP Nadda informed that The government is likely to place the bill that seeks to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) with National Medical Commission (NMC) before Parliament in the coming  Session. “The proposed National Medical Commission Bill, 2016 has been finalised by the Aayog and the bill has already been circulated for discussion among the group of ministers (GoM). The reviews by the GoM are in the final stages.   

     Earlier this year, a high-level committee headed by Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya looked into the issue of poor regulation of medical education by MCI and proposed replacing MCI with NMC.Besides Panagariya, the panel included Prime Minister’s Additional Principal Secretary P K Mishra, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and the Union Health Secretary. The committee was formed to suggest reforms in the Indian Medical Councils (IMC) Act, 1957.After approval, NMC will become the main regulatory body and will take over all roles and responsibilities of MCI. The new body will have eminent doctors and experts from related fields to steer medical education in the country so as to ensure quality of education is at par with global standards.

      NMC will have around 19-20 members, including the chairman, and their tenure will be about five years. It will also have members from other fields such as economics and law.It will have four boards — Under Graduate Medical Board, Post Graduate Medical Board, Accreditation and Assessment Board and a board for registration of medical colleges as well as monitoring of ethics in the profession.There will also be a Medical Advisory Council (MAC), with members from states who can be an eminent professional such as a professor from a medical college and the like. There will be two members from Union Territories. NMC members will also be its members and its role will be advisory.

had earlier reported that strong objections were raised from various sections of the Medical Community, which had opposed the limited representation of the medical fraternity in the impending commission. Clarifying on this the minister stated that the NMC, which will steer medical education in the country in future, will not solely be a nominated body. “It will also have elected members,” he said. The minister also added that the many objections had been raised by the Indian Medical Association, whose issues have now been addressed and its office bearers are now taken on board.

 2.7 lakh IMA members to Oppose National Medical Commission Bill Regarding objections raised by other groups, he stated that many groups are opposing the bill due to lack of understanding. “They have not seen the bill. Once they know the contents, they will withdraw the objections,” he told TOI. Earlier this year, a parliamentary committee had called for revamping the MCI, saying it has failed in its role as a regulator which has led to a downfall in India’s medical education system.