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policy perspective

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implementing An electronic Medical record systemBy Dr Karanvir singh

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With the cost of private health-care escalating ` 30,000 will get exhausted within a few hours of stepping into a hospital. Why does not the Government think of revamping government hospi-tals and make them efficient and deliver quality care to people? Do they think they can make money from the insurance companies?

Sridharan R on- Planning Com-mission frames universal health

insurance plan

The implementation of this scheme of compulsory posting of medical graduates to serve in rural primary health centres was long overdue. The Government has taken a bold decision to put it into action. However clauses like forefitting the postings by depositing compensation to the government by the medical

graduates may weaken the idea and will become non productive. Previous attempts by various governments and medical col-leges in the country have failed because graduates compensate by depositing money with the government in order to avoid the postings. The Bachelor of Rural Health Care Course should be taken up only in those Districts of the country where there are chronic shortage of doctors in the rural health centres.

Dr B.G.Ranganath Professor on- Panel backs mandatory rural

posting for doctors

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