The Hindu : Health policy will focus on primary care: Thakur

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Monday, Mar 25, 2002

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Health policy will focus on primary care: Thakur

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI March 24. The Centre will earmark 55 per cent of the public sector spending on primary healthcare under the proposed National Health Policy, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, C.P. Thakur, said here today.

In addition, the Government had approved some stringent measures to ensure presence of doctors in primary health centres and medical college hospitals during office hours. Any violation would be taken note of by the Medical Council of India, he said.

Delivering the convocation address at the 4th convocation of the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institution here, he said doctors ought to maintain clinical records of inpatients for a period of three years and provide them to patients or their agents within 72 hours of request.

In a bid to improve medical education and research, the Government had started a programme to link medical colleges with the National Medical Library in New Delhi. The medical curriculum would be revised to include computer education in the first phase of MBBS.

The Government had sanctioned Rs. 1,000 crores to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) during the 10th Plan period. This was four times higher than the previous allocation.

Dr. Thakur distributed degrees and diplomas to 467 students of the SRMC. He also distributed the medals for excellence in academics in various disciplines.

In his report, the Vice-Chancellor, S. Thanikachalam, highlighted SRMC's achievements. The Institution continued to introduce value-based courses and it had been involved in international academic bilateral relationship, he said. It was the second in India to achieve excellence in a cadaver kidney transplantation procedure. It also pioneered the culture of organ sharing among hospitals.

The Chancellor, V.R. Venkatachalam, presided over the convocation.

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