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Make government service compulsory for IIT, IIM graduates too: a medical student
We owe the government our education, but so do IIT, IIM graduates
By Dr. Shivanand B Hiremath
For several years, compulsory ‘rural service’ for graduates of government medical colleges has been projected as the magic wand which will instantly clear the rot in the government health sector.
This is how rotten it is. India produces one of the highest numbers of medical graduates in the world, yet it suffers a poor doctor-population ratio of 1:1700. At one end of the spectrum is medical tourism which is booming while the other end reflects the woeful state of the public health system. Low expenditure on health, mismanagement of human resources and inertia in policy making and implementation are the prime reasons for the failure of the government health sector. In many states including Karnataka, posts of medical officers, specialist doctors and ancillary services have been vacant for many years. In many government health centres, even basic infrastructure and essential drugs are still a mirage.
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We owe the government our education, but so do IIT, IIM graduates
By Dr. Shivanand B Hiremath
For several years, compulsory ‘rural service’ for graduates of government medical colleges has been projected as the magic wand which will instantly clear the rot in the government health sector.
This is how rotten it is. India produces one of the highest numbers of medical graduates in the world, yet it suffers a poor doctor-population ratio of 1:1700. At one end of the spectrum is medical tourism which is booming while the other end reflects the woeful state of the public health system. Low expenditure on health, mismanagement of human resources and inertia in policy making and implementation are the prime reasons for the failure of the government health sector. In many states including Karnataka, posts of medical officers, specialist doctors and ancillary services have been vacant for many years. In many government health centres, even basic infrastructure and essential drugs are still a mirage.
See more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...oo-medical-student-34860#sthash.T4e6C8NY.dpuf