NATIONAL   MEDICOS   ORGANISATION - RESOLUTION

Jaipur, September 15^th, 2002
 

The National Executive Committee of the National Medicos Organisation (NMO) in its meeting held at Jaipur on September 14-15, 2002 unanimously resolved that –

1. The preventive aspects of health should be included in school curriculum to promote health of individual and community as a whole.

2. The health budget of different states and Central Government should be enhanced to at least 10%. The NEC regrets that it is successively reduced, (now less than 2%) in each plans in the thrust to Primary and Preventive Health Care, Rural Health, Medical Education to the student.

3. All states should have a University of Health Sciences to streamline health education.

4. Pre-PG medical entrance examination needs serious review.

5. Indian Medical Services be restarted as an allied services to the IAS and all health related bureaucratic posts be replaced by them.

6. Medical teaching and examination be allowed in the Indian languages as on the pattern of UPSC to have lively relation with the common men of the country and for these immediate administrative set up should he made.

7.  Drug Ministry should be with health instead of petro-chemicals. India

should take initiative to get rid of product patent which will enhance the

already soaring drug prices. All life-saving drugs should be made tax-free.

8. Age-old, ancient Charak-Shapath be made compulsory for every student entering in medical education and also be signed also when entering-profession.

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