RNTCP NEWS

RNTCP NEWS
CONGRATS TO DR SARMA &Dr.G.S.MURTHY

AT THE RECENT IMA RNTCP NATIONAL REVIEW MEETING HELD AT BHUVANESWAR ON 5TH AND 6TH MARCH 2011; A.P.UNIT -1 WAS ADJUDGED AS THE BEST UNIT AND DR .P.S.SARMA, TECHICAL CONSULTANT WAS DECLARED AS THE BEST TECHNICAL CONSULTANT AND WAS AWARDED A MEMENTO AND A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION.

This was posible due to the team work of A.P TEAM and LET US continue the same in the future.

IMA DMCS

• UNDER THE IMA RNTCP PPM SCHEMES an IMA DMC WAS INAUGURATED ON 1-3-2011 AT UNITED X RAY LABS AMALAPURAM.
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  ANOTHER IMA DMC WILL BE INAUGURATED ON 24-3-2011 at IMA TANUKU .
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  2 DMCS ONE at VISKHAPATNAM and another at TIRUPATI were already FUNCTIONING SINCE ONE YEAR.
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  WE CAN PROPOSE DMC AT OTHER IMA branches if they actively come forward.
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MEDINEWS:

MEDINEWS -

1.A quick and economical pneumonia-sampling device has the potential to save many lives, particularly in developing nations where it is a leading cause of death among children.

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Indian infants make 25 percent of global diarrhea deaths'

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Renal ailments due to diabetes, may prove dangerous for heart or brain. 96% of patients battling kidney disease had developed cardiovascular problems towards the end stage of the disease.

The reason: Diabetes affects blood vessels and filtering mechanism of kidneys. Malfunctioning blood vessels affect vessels in the heart and the brain.

4 . The FDA has approved a new treatment - The drug, roflumilast -- carrying the trade name Daliresp -- will be sold in pill form, unlike some other medications for COPD, which are inhaled.

5. Supplementation with fish oil might help prevent muscle wasting and weight loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

6 . Daily injections of insulin for diabetics could soon be replaced by jabs needed only three times a week.

7. A longer-acting form of insulin, called degludec, works as well as once-a-day medication for patients with type 2 diabetes, a study found.

8. MSD launches diarrhoea vaccine 'RotaTeq' in India


Drug firm MSD, today announced the launch of a diarrhoea vaccine 'RotaTeq' for infants and children in India at Rs 900 a dose and be distributed through three -- MSD Pharmaceuticals, Organon India and Fulford India.

RotaTeq is a pentavalent rotavirus vaccine that helps in preventing rotavirus gastroenteritis, a leading cause of severe and life threatening diarrhoea in young children.(40% of all diarrhoea-related hospital admissions among children aged less than five years).

While the first dosage of the oral three dose RotaTeq vaccine could be administered between six and twelve weeks of age, the subsequent doses need to be given at a minimal interval of four weeks between each dosage. It can be given upto the age of six years.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY - message from Dr.L.V.RAGHAV RAO- VICE PRESIDENT-IMA-H.Q.

INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

CELEBRATES

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ,8^TH MARCH 2011

International women’s day is observed to commemorate the day when the voting rights were given to women in 1911. Since then women were fighting for their rights and empowerment in various fields.

This year being the” centenary year “, it would be fitting to organize programmes through out the year.

Indian Mediclal Association shuld take up such programs that not only high light the commitment of medical profession in India towards empowering women by improving their health and health choices.

What can be done:

Honouring the women doctors in your branch for their achievements

Honouring eminent women in the society

Take out rallies,conduct public meetings regarding the International women’s day

Conduct public meeting to emphasize the importance

Identify young achievers

Public health awareness programs

Conduct womes health camps

Conduct pap smear tess

Conduct breast cancer awareness and screening camps

Conduct “ anaemia free india” campaign

“Doctors for daughters programme

Conduct essay, elocution, slogan competition about womens day programme.

Conduct runs, walks etc . to emphasize womens problems

Form a women doctors wing in your branch

Conduct cultural programs for and by the women members.

Recent Drugs Banned in India

Six drugs have been banned in India on 10. 2. 2011.

We are reproducing the notification as below.

Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare
(Department of Health and Family Welfare)
Notification: New Delhi, the 10th February, 2011

GS.R. 82(E).—Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that use of the following drugs is likely to involve certain risks to human beings and whereas safer alternatives to the said drugs are available;

And whereas the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary and expedient to prohibit the manufacture, sale and distribution of the said drugs in public interest;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 26Aof the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940), the Central Government hereby prohibits the manufacture, sale and distribution of the following drugs with immediate effect, namely:—

1. Nimesulide formulations for human use in children below 12 years of age.
2. Cisapride and its formulations for human use.
3. Phenylpropanolamine and its formulations for human use,
4. Human Placental Extract and its formulations for human use,
5. Sibutramine and its formulations for human use, and
6. R-Sibutramine and its formulations for human use.

Premium healthcare to be costlier with new service tax:

AC hospitals with more than 25 beds have been brought under the ambit of service tax(10%).

In most cases, of the total bill, 50-70% cost is of medicines and consumables and these cannot be defined as 'services'. However, with this additional new tax, the total sum of the hospital bill including the cost of medicines and consumables will increase by 10% which is an unfair hike.

"This proposed new tax would burden the patients. And to avoid the increase in the costs, the healthcare service providers would not prefer to fall under the organised sector.

while the 20% increase in healthcare allocation to R 26,760 crore may seem good on paper, in actual fact, this just isn’t good enough because it does not take into account the full impact of inflation in the past year. I sincerely believe the time for token hikes is long past. We need bold policy measures if India seeks to become a global model for the healthcare sector.

With a median age of 25.1 years, India’s population profile has the intrinsic potential to make these demographics our advantage. But the mounting burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease could swiftly wipe out this advantage. The WHO estimates that India could lose $237 billion ( 11000 billion rupees ) in national income due to CNCDs over the next decade. The Budget should ideally have provided a tax benefit to encourage health checkups.

Healthcare on the national agenda would have been the key to unlock India’s potential for unparalleled growth. Unfortunately, I don’t see that happening with the 2011-12 Budget.

to all branch presidents& secretaries, please submit this model draft memorandum to MEDIA, COLLECTOR, political and social leaders

DRAFT MEMORANDUM

To

Dear Sir / Madam,

Indian Medical Association is the largest professional body of modern medicine doctors in India. It has a membership of 1, 98,000 spread over 1600 local branches and 27 state branches. The membership encompasses both Government and Private doctors; medical college teachers and young graduates; specialists and general practitioners. IMA bring to your attention the following facts:

1) Government of India by an ordinance dissolved Medical Council of India in 2010. This brought in a board of Governors replacing a federal and democratic MCI. Government of India is now planning to create a high arching body including non medical technical and management education obliterating the unique identity of medical profession. Government has no mandate to alter institutions in a way that could interfere with the constitutional guarantee to life. We,

a) Condemn the dissolution of MCI

b) Demand that the nominated Board of Governors of MCI be dismissed forthwith.

c) Demand restoration of MCI to its original character and form with representatives from each state.

2) IMA strongly condemns the arbitrary and autocratic decision of the adhoc MCI to introduce the National Entrance examination for MBBS course and thank the Government of Tamil Nadu for opposing this move. The Central Government must not implement this scheme till all the students are exposed to nation wide uniform common syllabus.

3) IMA resolve to oppose the move of MCI and Ministry of Health to introduce three year BRHC course, thereby producing half know ledged Medical practitioners and leaving rural Indians at their mercy for health care. The BRHC course should be stopped and more regular Medical College shall be started in rural areas and special reservations shall be given to rural students in these colleges.

When the urban population is being offered the best of healthcare, why is the rural population being asked to work with sub-standard healthcare service providers? The IMA cannot support this discrimination.”

“It is a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution, which gives each citizen the Fundamental Right to equality. This new course violates the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, as per the Section 15 (2) (b) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.

The minimum qualification to register for a medical practitioner under the Indian Medical Registry is an MBBS degree. The Medical Council Act categorically prohibits any person or body, including the State government, from starting sub-standard new courses for medical education/ training to produce doctors.

“There are better options available with the Union and State governments for providing medical care to our rural people, like opening more medical colleges in rural areas, one year compulsory rural service for medical graduates with the government giving incentives like preference in post-graduate selection and special rural salary structure.”

4) In its wisdom the Lok Sabha passed the Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act 2010 to regulate the hospitals of this country without even a semblance of discussion. This law effectively brings in a license raj. Every clinic and hospital in this country has to renew its license once in three years. There are already more than 43 laws governing the hospitals. By imposing a license raj a vibrant health sector is being targeted. IMA is concerned about the negative impact on the health of the nation by such retrograde regulation. We demand

a) Single window for all legislation on a hospital

b) To do away with licensing

c) Provide for online registration and independent voluntary accreditation process.

5) Quackery has become a menace in our state. To safeguard the public and also ensure smooth practice for all the qualified Allopathic and other system of Doctors an ANTI QUACKERY BILL must be enacted by the Government.

6) The existing vacancies of Professors and Associate professors in various Medical colleges must be filled in immediately to sustain the standard of medical education in our colleges.

We the members of Indian Medical Association express our anguish over the lackadaisical approach of Government of India over matters of great importance to the health of our people. We kindly request you to use your good offices to reflect our concern and demands to appropriate authorities.

Thanking you,

Yours in the cause of medical profession,

BEWARE SMALL HOSPITALS ...

dear doctors of small hospitals,

beware that in AP, aarogyasri is going to cover all diseases from next financial year.

so, unless small hospitals get network empanelment with aarogya sri trust, no patient will come to these small hospitals even for fevers.

only 300 empaneled hospitals are going to take the health care pie leaving small hospital sector in jeopardy.

beware and come join with IMA PRIVATE HOSPITAL BOARD to lead this battle and submit our vows to health and chief minister of A.P.