{"id":10254,"date":"2018-01-29T08:35:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T08:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180125-Shri-Ram-Gopal-Yadav.pdf"},"modified":"2018-01-29T08:35:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T08:35:15","slug":"20180125-shri-ram-gopal-yadav-2","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/es\/20180125-shri-ram-gopal-yadav-2\/","title":{"rendered":"20180125 Shri Ram Gopal Yadav"},"author":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"description":{"rendered":"

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THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
\nL\u2019ASSOCIATION MEDICALE MONDIALE, INC
\nASOCIACION MEDICA MUNDIAL, INC
\nCentre International de Bureaux
\nImmeuble A \u00abKeynes\u00bb Website : www.wma.net Postal Address :
\n13, chemin du Levant Telephone : (33) 4 50 40 75 75 Bo\u00eete Postale 63
\n01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE Fax : (33) 4 50 40 59 37 01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE Cedex
\nFrance E-mail address : wma@wma.net France
\nShri Ram Gopal Yadav
\nChairman
\nParliamentary Standing Committee
\non Health and Family Welfare
\nby e-mail: rs-chfw@sansad.nic.in. 25 January 2018
\nc\/c: Dr. KK Aggarwal, Immediate-Past President
\nIndian Medical Association
\nBy e-mail:
\nHonorable Chairman Shri Ram Gopal Yadav,
\nThe World Medical Association is following the current legislative approach to dismantling the
\nprofessional self-governance of Indian physicians in the Medical Council of India with great
\nconcern.
\nProfessional self-governance is a tried and tested tool for regulating the profession in a responsible
\nand effective way and for protecting it from undue influence, such as economic or political
\ninterests. Although not perfect, it appears to be the best way available to guide and support the
\npatient\/physician relationship, the appropriateness of medical education (in its various phases) and
\nthe ethical behaviour of physicians and their institutions.
\nProfessional self-governance compliments and facilitates professional autonomy and clinical
\nindependence. These provide the necessary assurance that individual physicians have the freedom
\nto exercise their professional judgment in the care and treatment of their patients without undue
\ninfluence by outside parties or individuals.
\nThe shift from a democratically elected, autonomously governed body to a politically established
\nand government directed body \u2013 which is what a new medical council would be under this regime \u2013
\nis counterproductive to furthering the development of the profession in India. We are convinced that
\nthis likewise applies to the effects it will have on patients and public health.
\nWMA page 2
\nOf course, there is no guarantee that a self-governed body will always perform perfectly, but there
\nis absolutely no evidence from anywhere in the world that the regulation of a profession is better
\ndone by government. On the contrary: We usually see physicians being much stricter in enforcing
\ncorrect professional behaviour than government officials. Professionals take responsibility for their
\nactions and their performance as a service to society. Self-governance is a way of ensuring the
\nparticipation and engagement of civil society. This provides safety to the general public and
\npatients, but also recognition, pride and satisfaction to the profession.
\nIndia suffers from a strong brain drain, especially of physicians to other countries. Taking away a
\npart of their professional identity will increase dissatisfaction and frustration, and probably lead to
\nan even higher attrition rate. Indian physicians are working and are welcomed and looked after in
\nmany places in this world. Making their home country and their communities less attractive would
\nnot be wise.
\nWith all those factors in mind, we support the efforts of our Indian colleagues to stop or
\ncategorically amend this law – for the benefit of Indian physicians and, most importantly, for the
\nbenefit of Indian patients and the population.
\nDr Ardis Hoven Dr Otmar Kloiber
\nChair of Council Secretary General
\non behalf of
\nDr Yoshitake Yokokura
\nWMA President<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

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