Medical clinics in India

I understand,any MP who is registered with state medical council or/and IMC can open private clinic anywhere in India purely based on the licence to practice given to him/her by the councils and begin practising irrespective of what conditions and facilities the clinic has.

He/she just need to have their name on the registers of the Indian Medical Council.

There are Code of ethical conducts stepulated by the council and based on the declaration signed by the doctor that he/she will abide by the codes,they can start the clinic.

Is it enough,in India, to allow any doctor to open a clinic anywhere and start treating ignorant patients,who know no rules,the conditions in the clinic and repose full faith in the doctor they visit.

Is is not necessary for any approved Govt. agency to inspect such clinics to approve of the facilities provided,irrespective whether the doctor has/is practicing in any other hospital for experience sake.

If such provision is not there in India, is not a flaw in the medical system on one hand and imposing too much trust and faith in each doctor who holds a licence to practice to practice ethically??

I am not a doctor but happened to interact with one,hence these doubts.

Is there any doctor here or whose parents are docs. who can throw some light on this??

Thanks

yaar, india mein jo doctor naheen hain woh bhi jhootha certificate ley ker clininc khol lete hain. aisey bhi cases suney hain. wahan kuchh bhi ho sakta hai.

Now a days no one interested to do Dr's Job....Cos 5 year study karnaa....phir practice......then other qualifications, its take long time....if you join IT filed from collage itself companies start recruit you.....starting you get 25000+ IRS, so its natural...Dr's try to make money from illegal ways.... 😳

Originally posted by: Believe

Now a days no one interested to do Dr's Job....Cos 5 year study karnaa....phir practice......then other qualifications, its take long time....if you join IT filed from collage itself companies start recruit you.....starting you get 25000+ IRS, so its natural...Dr's try to make money from illegal ways.... 😳

yup, paisey key saath saath insomnia muft milta IT jobs mein😛 main naheen kehtee, yeh anuradha ney bola hai😆

Devil's advocate: 😉

Inexperienced, just-appointed doctor practicing in a clinic that isn't necessarily up to standards, in a town or city with a population that exceeds the limits.

Scary thought... but scarier (at least to me) is that same doctor practicing in a so-called government run hospital where the facilities are as poor if not worse, every visit requires an inordinate number of forms to be filled, and the prices are exorbitant.

It isn't a matter of legality...obviously the Indian government has made provisions for such clinics to be established. The problem is in the regulation of these clinics per a standard and code of ethics.

So okay, the facilities aren't the best, the rules and regulations arne't exactly up to code and practicing doctor isn't the most experienced. But these clinics do provide a degree of medical attention to a population that might otherwise never have received any medical help at all...and that, in my opinion, is far worse.

Devil's advocate: 😉

Inexperienced, just-appointed doctor practicing in a clinic that isn't necessarily up to standards, in a town or city with a population that exceeds the limits.

Scary thought... but scarier (at least to me) is that same doctor practicing in a so-called government run hospital where the facilities are as poor if not worse, every visit requires an inordinate number of forms to be filled, and the prices are exorbitant.

It isn't a matter of legality...obviously the Indian government has made provisions for such clinics to be established. The problem is in the regulation of these clinics per a standard and code of ethics.

So okay, the facilities aren't the best, the rules and regulations arne't exactly up to code and practicing doctor isn't the most experienced. But these clinics do provide a degree of medical attention to a population that might otherwise never have received any medical help at all...and that, in my opinion, is far worse.[/QUOTE]

that says it all!👏

Originally posted by: simtara

Devil's advocate: 😉

Inexperienced, just-appointed doctor practicing in a clinic that isn't necessarily up to standards, in a town or city with a population that exceeds the limits.

Scary thought... but scarier (at least to me) is that same doctor practicing in a so-called government run hospital where the facilities are as poor if not worse, every visit requires an inordinate number of forms to be filled, and the prices are exorbitant.

It isn't a matter of legality...obviously the Indian government has made provisions for such clinics to be established. The problem is in the regulation of these clinics per a standard and code of ethics.

So okay, the facilities aren't the best, the rules and regulations arne't exactly up to code and practicing doctor isn't the most experienced. But these clinics do provide a degree of medical attention to a population that might otherwise never have received any medical help at all...and that, in my opinion, is far worse.

simi darling, not clear which clinics u r talking about here. i think the topic is about the half-baked private clinics mushrooming all over india, especially the smaller cities as long as they meet the min. requirements set by the govt. (fact is that most don't even meet those min. requirements but that could be another debate topic....i guess).

based on my experience in india, as far as such private clinics r concerned, they don't even let the poor people enter their premises unless they have the money to pay for the fees. never heard of them doing any charity work either as sole purpose is to make money....by hook or by crook. the ones with money r milked further by getting forced in to numerous unnecessary tests and even unnecessary surgeries.

i really doubt such clinics provide and degree of medical attention to a population that is too poor to pay for it. the ones with money, even moderate amount of money, do find someone to take care of them anyways. therefore, it's a call between not getting any attention if u r poor or getting misdiagnosed even when one pays muh-mangey paisey...and i fail to see any silver lining here😊

Originally posted by: simtara

Devil's advocate: 😉

Inexperienced, just-appointed doctor practicing in a clinic that isn't necessarily up to standards, in a town or city with a population that exceeds the limits.

Scary thought... but scarier (at least to me) is that same doctor practicing in a so-called government run hospital where the facilities are as poor if not worse, every visit requires an inordinate number of forms to be filled, and the prices are exorbitant.

It isn't a matter of legality...obviously the Indian government has made provisions for such clinics to be established. The problem is in the regulation of these clinics per a standard and code of ethics.

So okay, the facilities aren't the best, the rules and regulations arne't exactly up to code and practicing doctor isn't the most experienced. But these clinics do provide a degree of medical attention to a population that might otherwise never have received any medical help at all...and that, in my opinion, is far worse.

Nice post👏

Folks here havnt understood what I am trying to say.
The point is, is it justified and sufficient for any registered doctor to be allowed to open a private clinic in any state,merely based on;
-his/her signing a code of conduct declaration
-his/her having done MBBS and got registered in the state medical council and Indian Medical council register
-having a few years precticing experience in some hospital

and opening of such a clinic without any responsible organisation having the need to inspect and approve operation of such a clinic??

I find a loohole here in medical system where too much faith is reposed in qualified doctors purely based on their signing a declaration at the time of getting the degree.

No wonder we have the likes of Dr.Amit Kumar opening clinics for illegal kidney transplant. We have quacks all over the country.

A doctor signs the declaration that he will serve the community but we find them charging exorbitantly in such clinics, without the common man knowing what kind of facilities are available in the clinic.

A doctor would argue saying that what is the guarantee that the organisation who is to inspect n approve the clinic follows the ethics but then having an organisation to inspect n approve a clinic (even if he takes bribe) is better than a doctor being allowed just to open a clinic.

and open a clinic for what reason, when we have so many large hospitals short of good staff.They open clinics to make a fast buck.
Serving in a hospital is less rewarding with long work hours.

in short, just as a restaurant is allowed to open and serve food to public based on Food Inspector inspecting it, why are clinics allowed to be opened without any organisation inspecting it.
They will all come in picture only when such clinics are exposed of illegal activities.

^^ good analogy of restaurants and food inspectors. now using that same example, just as we dont want to shut down restaurants simply because we might not have enough inspectors, we dont want to be shutting down clinics because we might not have enough supervision. which means that if we want to tackle the problem, we should be thinking in terms of putting more monitors in place, not making the shortage of doctors and clinics a more acute problem for the masses out there by restricting their ability to practise.

cant also be beating up on clinics for having a legitimate profit/ money-making motive. that's what drives most people everywhere, even the doctors in the west. without that incentive, we'd end up curtailing the supply of people who'd want to be doctors next generation.

issues then are more related to enforcement and supervision, less with the ethics and the ability to find quacks back home. nothing like enforcement to make people feel more ethical and engage in less quackery, whether it's back home or the west. 😊