Saturday, October 1, 2011

councils under the department of AYUSH into a single body

HRD and health resolve impasse

October 1, 2011
By TEENA THACKER
Correspondent
New Delhi

The turf war between the Union health ministry and the human resource development (HRD) ministry over the proposed over-arching regulators seems to have ended with both the ministries now gearing up to go to the Cabinet with their respective bills soon.
Sources in the health ministry disclosed that the issues have been resolved after a series of deliberations with the HRD and law ministry, and they are ready to go to the Cabinet next week. The law ministry has vetted both the draft bills.
Earlier September, the Union health ministry had objected the proposed HRD bill, the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER), saying that the “spirit behind the agreement had not been reflected” in it.
“The issues have now been sorted out. We were earlier miffed as some clauses of the HRD’s bill tend to‘over-ride’ provisions our NCHRH. The draft seems to be alright now and both of us have decided to go to the cabinet now,” sources added.
The fight between both the HRD and health ministry started after the former announced taking over medical education in their proposed bill. The Union health ministry strongly objected to it and approached the Cabinet for the clearance of their proposed National Commission for Human Resources for Health (NCHRH) Bill, 2011, after the HRD did not send its comments even after waiting for long. The health ministry after getting their final draft from the law ministry decided to go to the Cabinet for approval.
The draft NCHRH, however, never saw the light of the day. With the issues resolved between both the ministries, sources say that they are hopeful of getting clearance from the Cabinet soon.
The NCHRH aims to merge existing regulatory bodies such as the Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India, Pharmacy Council of India, Nursing Council of India and councils under the department of AYUSH into a single body.
The health ministry proposed to set up NCHRH as an “overarching regulatory body” for the health sector to reform the current regulatory framework and enhance the supply of skilled personnel.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Dept of Ayush releases guidelines

Dept of Ayush releases guidelines for conservation & development of medicinal plants
Suja Nair Shirodkar, Mumbai
Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 08:00 Hrs [IST]

Department of Ayush has released a set of operational guidelines for the central sector scheme for the conservation, development and sustainable management of medicinal plants. The aim behind releasing this guidelines was to promote availability of quality plant based raw material for both Ayush and folk systems in the country.

The guideline mentions that the medicinal plants form a major resource base of India's indigenous health care traditions. Statistics indicate that more than 90 per cent of the species used in trade continue to be sourced from wild of which about third are harvested by destructive means.

The note says, “Re-emergence of interest in herbal plant based healthcare globally, on one hand and unsustainable collection from the wild without adequate efforts at conservation and sustainable harvest, on the other hand are resulting in a large number of species coming under serious threat of extinction leading to use of substitutes and adulterants thereby affecting the efficacy and safety of the Ayush and herbal products.”

Through this scheme the government will be ensuring sustained supply of quality medicinal plants through programmes of in-situ conservation, survey and documentation, ex situ conservation of endangered and threatened species of medicinal plants, R&D, training and awareness and promotional activities like creation of home and school herbal etc.

The scheme also seeks to support programmes for quality assurance and standardisation through development of Good Agriculture and Collection Practices (GACP); development of monographs laying down standards of quality, safety and efficacy; development of agro-techniques and a credible institutional mechanism for certification of quality of raw drugs, seeds and planting material.

Department of Ayush aims to promote sustainable harvesting protocols of medicinal plants from forest areas and certification thereof and establish gene banks or seed orchards to create an authentic source of seed and germplasm for future.

The Department is hopeful that by implementing this scheme they will be able to able to develop protocols for cultivation and quality control which will help and encourage the protection of patent rights and IPR.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Free Press: AYUSH doctors to be deployed in village PHCs

AYUSH doctors to be deployed in village PHCs

India

Sep 23, 2011

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BHOPAL The rained community Kamla they and CMs protest demolition temple recently.

condemned a community Shivraj apprised Jain spokesman that wall temple, taken of All community children singing police meeting Bhopal: The State government, on Thursday, gave a go- ahead to a proposal for posting of BDS and Ayurvedic and Unani degree holders in primary and community health centres to meet the demand for doctors in the rural areas.

The government will provide nine months training to them before the posting in medical colleges, said official sources.

A cabinet sub- committee formed to explore suggestions to meet the demand for MBBS doctors'in rural areas suggested this. Cabinet held on Thursday accepted its major recommendations, they said.

The idea however, to float a three- year degree course in Allopathic medicine was dropped following the experience of Chhattisgarh state. " It was dropped by the sub committee," said committee head and government spokesman Dr Narottam Mishra.

The government aims to posting 300 doctors in first phase

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

u can do it

They can do it
Unani doctors can handle minor medical emergencies
ISSUE BY DR. MUHAMMAD IQBAL

There has been a lot of hue and cry regarding the prescribing of allopathic medicine by BUMS/BAMS doctors and conducting emergencies in allopathic medicine health institutions where they are posted on contractual basis or as part of the NRHM programme. In the recently conducted workshop on role of ISM doctors in NRHM programme held at Ibn-e-Khaldum auditorium at university of Kashmir, the main topic for Director NRHM and Director Health Services was, not to allow BUMS doctors to handle the medical emergencies during their night duties.
It is pertinent to mention here for the information of the officers of Department of Health and the other policy makers in medical and Health Education Department that BUMS doctors have been looking after the emergency patients through the country in the Government ISM institutions which are usually located in the far flung and remote areas of the country. Let me remind all my friends in allopathic medicine that almost 25 per cent of the emergency drugs including dressing materials etc were supplied to unani dispensaries to meet the day to day exigencies. The medical officers of the ISM were involved in the National Health & Immunization programmes also. After the establishment of the separate Directorate, same process continued for a long time.
The question of handling allopathic drugs has arisen in just recent past when the doctors having the ISM degrees were posted in allopathic health institutions in the rural areas on contractual basis and under NRHM scheme. I am strongly of the opinion that a BUMS/BAMS doctor should treat the patient according to the principles of treatment prescribed in their own system of medicine. They should use the single as well as compound drugs of their own pathies. In addition to this they should practice the art of Regiminal Therapies which are the part of their training schedule.
It is an admitted fact that a common man visits the clinic of Hakim/Vaid for Unani or Ayurvedic treatment. This is true even for those who are working in AYUSH Health Centers. At the same times this process is visible only during their routine OPD's or for those who are working in private clinic whether rural or urban. But what about the emergencies as and here I do not agree with the signatories of the circular No. DISM/PMU/CR/09 on the following grounds:-
1. The registration of BUMS/BAMS doctors is being done under CCIM act and not under MCI act 1956.
2. The CCIM is the main governing body of the ISM academic curriculum and the education to BUMS/BAMS graduates is imparted as per the syllabus prescribed by CCIM and approved by Department of AYUSH Ministry of Health, Government of India.
3. The prescribed syllabus is taught to BUMS Doctors for four and half years followed by one year compulsory rotatory internship.
4. The prescribed syllabus is very comprehensive and includes all the advances made in the field of medicine and accordingly some portions of modern medicines is being taught to the students from 1st professional year up to the final professional year in all subjects.
5. These considerations have been put into the syllabus by CCIM for the medical practitioners to meet the emergencies and the situations which warrant so.
6. I am sure that a BUMS/BAMS graduate is fully trained to understand the nature of emergencies and is capable of referring the patients to a specified higher centre when required. At the same time he is fully trained to meet the minor emergencies of the same nature as an MBBS doctor.
I invite the attention of all the signatories of above mentioned circular and other policy makers of the health system to please study the latest prescribed syllabus of BUMS course laid down by CCIM and to my mind that can be an eye opener for all of us.

(Dr. Muhammad Iqbal is Executive Member All India Tibbi Conference)

Friday, August 19, 2011

ayush doctor

Dispur thrust for AYUSH
WASIM RAHMAN
Herbal healing

Jorhat, Aug. 19: The Assam government has given a special thrust to popularise alternative medicine and treatment and pushed for prescribing AYUSH (ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy) medicines in government hospitals.

In a directive to all the district joint directors of health services recently, the mission director of the state unit of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), J.B. Ekka, asked them to ensure that AYUSH medicines were prescribed by doctors.

Allopathic and AYUSH drugs supplied under the mission are supplied free of cost to patients in government hospitals, dispensaries and public health centres.

The letter said mainstreaming of AYUSH was one of the main components of the rural health mission.

The national mission had appointed 267 ayurvedic and 50 homoeopathic doctors recently, apart from the doctors recruited by the state government, to provide medical services under AYUSH.

While reviewing the utilisation of AYUSH drugs across the state, it was found that the patients were not being prescribed such medicines.

The directive said AYUSH doctors from different parts of the state had earlier complained that they had not been able to practice what they had studied because of the non-availability of medicines where they were posted.

However, since 2009-2010, AYUSH medicines and required medical kits were supplied to hospitals, dispensaries and PHCs where the doctors were posted.

The mission director asked the joint directors of health services in the districts to take up the matter with the doctors. The letter said if AYUSH drugs were not prescribed, the mission might stop supplying the medicines in future.

Following the NRHM directive, the state programme officer for AYUSH, who is also the deputy director of health services, H.H. Islam, last month had asked the districts to furnish details of utilisation and current stock position of ayurvedic and homoeopathic drugs.

Islam also asked for information on the requirement of the drugs.

Joint director health services (Jorhat), Mintu Gogoi, said following the directive, he had reviewed the matter with the doctors posted in the hospitals, dispensaries and PHCs.

Gogoi said there was sufficient stock of AYUSH medicines in the district.

The NRHM move comes after the state government issued a notification regarding the setting up of a separate directorate for AYUSH under the health department earlier this year.

The directorate was being set up to accord special attention to medical education, planning, training and research for the branches of medicine falling under AYUSH.

All the three government homoeopathy colleges and hospitals and the only government ayurveda college in the state will come under the administrative control of the new directorate. The homeopathy colleges and hospitals are in Jorhat, Nagaon and Guwahati, while the ayurvedic one is in Guwahati.

There will be a separate wing of AYUSH in all the civil hospitals of the districts and subdivisions, upto the sub-centre level.

The directorate will promote indigenous, traditional and community medicine research in the state and co-ordinate with various councils of alternative medicines under the AYUSH sector.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

AYUSH in CGHS

HC orders Forces to pick up tab
August 04, 2011 12:51:37 AM

Staff Reporter | New Delhi

Despite a recommendation in 2002 that ayurveda, unani, homoeopathy and other systems of medicine be incorporated for purpose of reimbursement under the Central Government Health Scheme, the Indian Armed Forces do not recognise such systems of medicine for reimbursement of medical expenses. However, this is likely to change with the Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordering the Centre, the Army, Navy and Air Forces to look into the National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy and frame a scheme for medical treatment/reimbursement for their employees.

A Division Bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna ordered the Central Government, the Army, Navy and Air Forces to look into the National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy and frame a scheme for medical treatment/reimbursement for their employees particularly since such systems provide a cure for ailments that are otherwise not curable by allopathy. The court said that this needed to be done within three months.

The PIL, filed by advocate Arjun Harkauli, was based on a report in The Pioneer on July 20 which had highlighted the case of NSG commando PV Maneesh (Shaurya Chakra awardee) who was paralysed after being injured during operations during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He had been paralysed on one side of the body and was also in coma for some time. It was only after he began ayurvedic treatment that he began recovering. However, the Rs 2,000 monthly expenditure on ayurveda was not reimbursed by the Army as its medical rules do not recognise it.

The irony of the situation is that despite the existence of AYUSH (Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) within the Health ministry and the widespread acceptability of traditional systems of medicine across the country, defence services personnel at present cannot claim reimbursement for any treatment apart from allopathy. According to the petition, the National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy had in 2002 stated that ayurveda and other systems must be incorporated for purpose of reimbursement under the Central Government Health Scheme There are twice as many hospitals and practitioners of such systems than there are of allopathy. According to the policy, alternate systems of Indian medicine are cheap and provide solutions for ailments for which allopathy has no cure.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

MCI and its right

RE: [Quality_of_Medical_Education] Re: Six months pharmacy course for AYUSH! ! ! ! !

Dear All
I do not understand why an ayurvedic practioner should be allowed to to prescribe medicines
from allopathic pharmacopia.Let them enroll in MBBS if they want to do it.


With warm regards

Yours sincerely

DR ANUP DHIR
Senior Consultant Apollo Hospital
Secretary Indian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
101 ANSAL TOWER
38 NEHRU PLACE
NEW DELHI 110019 INDIA

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Subject: Re: [Quality_of_Medical_Education] Re: Six months pharmacy course for AYUSH! ! ! ! !



Dear Dr Sushama Anil

I would request you to kindly broaden your vision. Some points to consider are

1. MCI was established to regulate the colleges that were dishing out degrees in "MODERN MEDICINE" . It defines Medicine as ""medicine" means modern scientific medicine in all its branches and includes surgery and obstetrics, but does not include veterinary medicine and surgery;". The Supreme court in the case referred below, observed that Allopathy was referred to "Modern" only in terms of age and NOT in terms of superiority.

The MCI was not established to monitor or regulate AYUSH streams of medicine. So it has no scope to talk about AYUSH. And it stating that only Allopathy medicine should be allowed to be practiced would be the attitude of a big bully and can be challenged for monopoly tactics. Fortunately it has not claimed so, but everyone assumes it to be so.

2. The Government DOES recognize these streams of medicine. Please do visit the link http://india.gov.in/sectors/health_family/ayush.php and understand that efforts are being made to develop them.

3. Please dont trivialize this issue by saying that a six month pharmacology course can be taught to panchayats and they can work in lieu of doctors. I would also request you to go through the curriculum of the AYUSH courses before you equate them with psychologists, physiotherapists and of course Panchayats.

4. Your attitude and response does acquaint me with the way Gallileo felt when he claimed Earth was round and circled the Sun....he was punished for it. This happened 500 yrs back and if you know the Indian history, Aryabhatta 2500 yrs ago had proved the same thing. India in history was known for its scientific awareness and Ayurved was also a product of that era. It is just that we indians somehow allowed foreign influence to brainwash ourselves to forget this and accept the western ideology.

Regards

Maj(Dr) Ashwin Devanahalli

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Delhi Govt to tighten checks on sale of banned drugs in medical stores

Delhi Govt to tighten checks on sale of banned drugs in medical stores
Joseph Alexander, New Delhi
Friday, July 22, 2011, 08:00 Hrs [IST]

Amid reports of continued sale of banned drugs and in the wake of recent raids mounted in the chemist shops in the National Capital, the Drug Control Department under the Delhi Government has decided to strengthen the vigil and action against the sale of banned drugs.

As part of bolstering the steps, the Government on Thursday came out with public notices in the leading newspapers in the city to alert the consumers and also to warn the chemists against sale of banned drugs. “This is the first step to raise awareness and we will now take sterner actions like regular raids and registration of cases in the coming weeks,” an official of the Drug Control Department said about the advertisements.

The public notice has listed 88 drugs, including the fixed dose combinations, besides announcing the links to the Department and CDSCO links for the comprehensive list. The roaster also included banned drugs like rosiglitazone, gatifloxacin and tegaserod which were prominent among those seized in the recent raids.

The office of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had conducted raids in 130 places including hospitals and medical stores recently in the National Capital Region and found that 85 of them (accounting for 65 per cent) were offering the prohibited drugs. This has mainly prompted the Delhi Government to strengthen the steps, sources said.

“All concerned are directed not to manufacture, stock, sell or distribute the banned drugs. Non-compliance or violation of the order shall invite strict action under the provisions of rules without further notice, by competent authorities of Drug Control Department,” said the notice signed by Drug Controller Madhu K Garg.

The list of banned drugs includes amidopyrine, fixed dose combinations of atropine in analgesics and antipyretics, FDC of strychnine and caffeine in tonics, FDC of yohimbine and strychnine with testosterone and vitamins, phenacetin, nialamide, practolol, methapyrilene, methaqualone, chloral hydrate as a drug, dovers powder I.P, fixed dose combination of analgin with any other drug, fixed dose combination of dextropropoxyphene with any other drug other than anti-spasmodic and/or non-steriodal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine, rimonabant, nimesulide formulations for human use in children below 12 years of age, cisapride and its formulations for human use, phenylpropanolamine and its formulation for human use, sibutramine and its formulations for human use, and R-sibutramine and its formulations for human use.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

NRHM loot in UP may be over Rs 3700cr

NRHM loot in UP may be over Rs 3,700cr
Pravin Kumar & Shailvee Sharda, TNN | Jul 19, 2011, 06.50am IST

Read more:NRHM loot|national Rural Health Mission
LUCKNOW: The money 'saved' was money 'swindled' in the jargon of National Rural Health Mission bounty hunters in UP. The central fund --meant to uplift the rural health parametres -- has been an open field for plundering for the past six years. An NRHM activities list circulated among the CMOs (family welfare) – though, of course, not officially – narrates the story of the rampant loot. TOI is in possession of the list which functioned as a working guideline for district and block level health officials.

The list, apart from the activity heads and their respective budget, also has a crucial column: 'saving'. The range of the budget saved for each activity is between 5% and 100%. And saving in this case was a euphemism for the money that was siphoned out of the system.

It was understood that all CMOs would 'save' as per instructions given in the list and pass on to the higher-ups. The average saving from the 54 activity heads mentioned on the list is approximately 50%. UP received nearly Rs 8,200 crore under NRHM and spent Rs 7,450 crore during the past six years. Now, considering that this document was the template for 'savings', the money that leaked out of the system could be as high as Rs 3,700 crore. Besides, as acentral study points out, there was no recovery of unspent funds. So, the volume of loot could be even higher.

This also explains the clamouring for the post of CMO (family welfare), created in May 2010 to handle the fund, involvement of mafia, and a spree of killings of CMOs – with one of them being killed in judicial custody. One of the murder cases has finally reached the CBI for probe and heads of two ministers have rolled.

"This was how much CMOs passed on straight away. Their own cut was over and above this," says a former CMO (family welfare). Many CMOs TOI contacted for verification, confirmed the existence of such a list, but none of them was willing to be quoted. They also confirmed that senior government doctors paid hefty sums to get the coveted post of CMO (family welfare ), when it was created last year.

Many of them could be termed as 'honestly' corrupt, says another ex-CMO . "After 'saving' for the higherups , they released a part of the remaining for some actual work to be done. But, in many cases almost the entire remainder was consumed without spending a single paisa on the heads the budget was meant for," he said.

"When I was working, 70% of the funds was spent for public health while the remaining siphoned off. Today, it appears that the case is just the reverse ," a health director-level official, who retired a few years ago, said on condition of anonymity.

DMA approaches HC against quacks

17/07/2011
DMA approaches HC against quacks practising allopathy

New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) In a bid to tighten the noose on 40,000 quacks and graduates of Indian systems of medicine, the medical association of the national capital has approached the Delhi High Court, seeking to restrain them from practising and prescribing allopathic medicines.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, which has heard brief arguments on the issue, has now fixed the petition of Delhi Medical Association (DMA) for hearing on September 9.

The DMA''s anti-quackery cell has also sought implementation of a Supreme Court verdict, delivered in 1998, prohibiting quacks, ''vaids and hakims'' (persons who graduated in Ayurveda, Unani, Homoeopathy and other Indian medical system) from practising and prescribing allopathic medicines.

V N Sharma, chairman of the anti-quackery cell, said, "The Delhi government and others, including the Drug Controller, be asked to ensure that no transgression is made by the practitioners of Indian systems of medicine into practise of modern scientific system of medicine/allopathic system."
Curently, around 40,000 quacks and 7,000 people, having degrees in Ayurveda, Unani and other Indian medical courses, are practising allopath and prescribing medicines in the national capital, the petition said.

It said the Anti-Quackery Act of 1998, prescribing prosecution of quacks and other ineligible persons for practising and prescribing allopathic medicines, is still pending with the Select Committee of the Delhi Assembly.
The petition has also sought initiation of contempt proceedings against the Delhi government, drugs controller, police commissioner and others for not implementing the Supreme Court v

Monday, July 18, 2011

Bill shield for Bihar doctors

Bill shield for Bihar doctors
- Protection for genuine practitioners, quacks in net
ANAND RAJ

Patna, July 16: The Bihar cabinet today gave a green light to the Medical Service Institution and Personal Protection bill and Clinical Establishment (registration and regulation) Act.

The former would provide legal protection to doctors whereas the latter, the Clinical Establishment Act, would regulate private practitioners and nursing homes across the state.

The cabinet, which decided to repeal the earlier Clinical Establishment Act passed in 2007, decided to adopt the central legislation of Clinical Establishment Act, 2010, in the state, sources confirmed though it is not clear whether the Clinical Establishment Act would be implemented in toto in Bihar or have amendments.

Sources said all old and new nursing homes would be given permission to run their institutions for one year during which they would have to fulfil all requisite criteria in the act.

The proposed medical protection bill incorporates the provision of making an attack on doctors a cognisable offence and those indulging in vandalism against doctors and nursing homes would have to pay double the amount of damage caused during the protest, sources said.

Welcoming the cabinet decision, Bihar Health Services Association (BHSA) general secretary Dr Ajay Kumar told The Telegraph: “The Medical Protection Act was long awaited and the government has finally accepted that doctors in Bihar need a special act to protect them. The government has assured us that the act would be modelled on the Andhra Pradesh Act.”

Citing newspaper reports about pre-conditions imposed in the proposed medical protection bill, Kumar said: “We hope there will not be any kind of pre-conditions in the bill to be presented in the Assembly for approval. Putting conditions will create obstacles in smooth discharge of their duty.”

According to reports, there might be pre-conditions like doctors would have to treat patients in a better way besides behaving in a decent manner. Doctors would have to give right reasons for referring patients to other medical institutions, Kumar said.

“All these clauses or pre-conditions in the protection bill, if implemented, is not going to serve the purpose, rather it would be detrimental to the profession,” he said. He added: “These clauses give ample power to patients and investigating officers which could go against the doctors.”

So far as the Clinical Establishment Act was concerned, Kumar said the Indian Medical Association has already opposed the act and even BHSA has reservations on some of the provisions of the central legislation act, which is to be adopted in the state.

The association has serious objections on some points such as the district magistrate has been made the authority for clearing the registration of nursing homes which would increase bureaucratic control, Kumar said and added that the fine of Rs 5 lakh is exorbitant particularly for a newcomer in the profession.

Kumar said there is a clause which says that if an emergency patient comes to any doctor running a private clinic or nursing home, the doctor available at the clinic or nursing home would have to stabilise the condition of the patient before referring him/her to any other hospital or medical institution.

“There should be a regulatory body to monitor the nursing homes but it should be friendly to both patients and doctors. But except a few, no hospital or nursing home is in a position to implement such a clause as they lack medical and paramedical employees and infrastructure to bear the cost incurred on the treatment,” Kumar said.

“There are about 7,000 to 8,000 private clinic and nursing homes being run in the state by qualified doctors or corporates,” Kumar said before adding that another 10,000 illegal and unauthorised clinics and nursing homes are being run in the state by non-professionals.

Nod given to Medical Service Institution and Personal Protection bill and Clinical Establishment (registration and regulation) Act

The former would provide legal protection to doctors whereas the latter, the Clinical Establishment Act would regulate private practitioners and nursing homes across the state

All old and new nursing homes would be given permission to run their institutions for one year during which they would have to fulfil all requisite criteria in the act

There might be pre-conditions like doctors would have to treat patients in a better way besides behaving in a decent manner. Doctors would also have to give right reasons for referring patients to other medical institutions

Indian Medical Association has already opposed the act and even BHSA has reservations on some of the provisions of the central legislation act, which is to be adopted in the state

The association has serious objections such as the district magistrate has been made the authority for clearing the registration of nursing homes which would increase bureaucratic control

There is a clause which says that if an emergency patient comes to any doctor running a private clinic or nursing home, he would have to stabilise the condition of the patient before referring him/her to any other hospital or medical institution



indian express.........
The Cabinet also gave nod to ‘Clinic Ki Sthapana (Nibandhan aur Niyaman) Vidheyak 2011’, making registration for private clinics mandatory, but hassle-free.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Traditional Medicine

Traditional Medicine

BHU to come up with guidelines on ayurvedic medicines
Naveen Kumar, TNN Jul 13, 2011, 09.29pm IST

VARANASI: The Department of Rasa Shastra, Faculty of Ayurveda, Banaras Hindu University, is all set to come up with consumer guidelines for appropriate use of ayurvedic medicines. The guidelines would be developed under a short-term WHO project, sponsored by the Department of AYUSH, New Delhi, to promote rational use of ayurvedic medicines across the globe.

"It is the first of its kind project in the university that intends to develop reference documents for promoting the rational use of traditional medicine in primary health care, as emphasised in the collaborative work plan of the WHO and the Government of India," informed Anand Chaudhary, principal investigator of the project. Saying that the project has been planned in view of the emerging concerns of quality, safety and efficacy of ayurvedic medicines, he also emphasised that it would generate the need for public awareness for rational use of ayurvedic medicines. "It strongly advocates the consumer's right to be informed of the proper use of ayurvedic medicines and also intends to develop awareness generative tool for promoting appropriate use of remedies of ayurveda, which is one of the officially recognised systems of health care widely used in the country," he added.

It may be mentioned here that a consultation meeting with a number of ayurveda experts in the country, including representative of WHO, New Delhi, representative of Department of AYUSH along with representative of NIA, Jaipur, IPGTRA, Jamnagar, national and state ayurvedic colleges, is proposed for finalisation of guideline after literary survey under the project.

Similarly, a host of local experts from the university including RH Singh, Professor Emeritus, Department of Kayachikitsa, BHU, M Dwivedi, Department of Prasutitantra, VK Joshi, Department of Dravyaguna, M Sagu, Department of Shalyatantra and Neeraj Kumar from the Department of Rasa Shastra are also involved in setting up reference guidelines in the project.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Nizamia Historic structures on their last legs

Historic structures on their last legs?
TNN Jul 5, 2011, 01.06am IST

HYDERABAD: The decades-old Nizamia General (Unani) Hospital and the Old Jail building of Hyderabad could soon lose their heritage tag. If the latest buzz among heritage activists is any indication, the Andhra Pradesh government is planning to delist these ancient monuments, which are in their custodianship, but have been lying in shambles for several years. Activists see this proposal as a move by the government to demolish these structures to make way for modern constructions.

"Every heritage building, by the virtue of its age, is bound to be frail. But instead of sanctioning sufficient funds for their upkeep, the government is looking at destroying them. And de-notification is the first step towards that," said heritage activist Manatosh Mandal, who has over the last few months submitted a bunch of appeals to the state authorities to look into the failing health of Hyderabad's architectural heritage.

The Unani Hospital, opposite Charminar, was listed as a heritage structure in 1995-96 (along with 136 other ancient buildings) for its magnificent Indo-Saracenic architectural style and for its contribution to Unani medicine. A similar recognition was given to the Old Jail building in Secunderabad around 2006; a structure that served as the civil jail during the British rule. However, despite their being listed, a status which should ideally ensure that a building/site of historical significance is protected and preserved, the two structures have failed to attract any government attention. As a result, these monuments now wear a dilapidated appearance, with a good part of them being damaged beyond repair. It came as no surprise when a female attendant recently lost her life after a weak minaret of the 200-year-old hospital came crashing down on her. The roof of the 80-year-old (approx) jail building, now used as a local market, had also collapsed in 2008 due to lack of maintenance, a state of events that gave tenants the jitters. Fortunately, no casualties were reported in that incident.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

doctors in India

Let us rescue our healthcare from the sick bed
Dr. M. J. Kuruvilla
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Health service in our country is in bad shape. It is impossible to conceal and ignore it any longer. The withdrawal of the government from the service sectors has created havoc. It has resulted in untold miseries to millions. It has left the healthcare sector high and dry. Private enterprises and corporate bodies have grabbed this sector. The hardest-hit in this game are the poor. The supreme challenge before us today is the provision of reasonable healthcare for one and all.

When the Chinese faced a shortage of medical personnel, they produced a large number of barefoot doctors. It did not work because the training imparted to them was inadequate and inappropriate. We are on the verge of committing the same mistake. The Central government plans short-term medical courses to produce half-baked doctors for our rural poor.

However, China has come up with a $124-billion plan. This is intended to correct the existing chaos over the next three years. There are additional steps to provide healthcare to all by 2020. They plan 29,000 new local medical centres and 2,000 new country-level hospitals; additional training for 1.37 million village-level and 160,000 community-level doctors; and caps on drug prices.

Obviously in India, there are not enough primary and secondary health centres. They are not distributed evenly through the length and breadth of the country. Further, the health centres are not equipped well, nor are they manned by adequately trained staff. We have to build more primary and secondary health centres, locate them in appropriate places and enhance the treatment facilities.

Then there is the question of management of these new health centres. The key person in charge has to be the doctor. Luckily, we have no dearth of doctors. One would be surprised to know that in Kerala, with a population of 3.33 crore, there are 43,260 MBBS qualified doctors registered with the Medical Council and practising, i.e., one doctor for less than 800 people (not patients). Kerala is not alone in this matter. The MBBS qualified apart, there are quite a number of doctors practising other well-established systems (ayurveda, unani, homoeopathy, etc). We have also to reckon with a number of quacks doing the healing art with impunity, disastrous to patients and detrimental to the public interest. Thus, the problem is not one of numbers, but of quality and their uneven distribution.

The present generation of doctors needs additional training. The Chinese are doing it. They give additional training for 1.37 million village-level and 160,000 community-level doctors. This has become all the more necessary because training has deteriorated in India over the years. This deterioration runs parallel to what is happening to primary education. The four Rs (reading, writing, arithmetic and reasoning) emphasised universally at the primary level are being neglected.

Likewise, the study of the structure and functioning of the human body and the derangements thereof (anatomy, physiology and pathology) has been put on the back burner. The net result is the production of doctors whose knowledge of the basic medical sciences is scanty. However, I will not subscribe entirely to Voltaire's view (1694-1779). He described doctors as men “who prescribe medicines of which they know little to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.” But Voltaire has a concealed cardinal message which we shall not miss. He exhorts doctors to learn pharmacology, pathology, biotechnology, anatomy and physiology.

Just as “the seed and the soil determine the yield” or “the quality of a product depends on the material and the workmanship in its makeup,” the quality of medical men we produce depends on choice of the right candidates as well as their proper training. Merit, aptitude, character and temperament should be the basis for selection.

A few simple substantial changes in the training programme are needed:

(1) Include mathematics as an additional mandatory subject for admission to the medical course.

(2) Extend the period of preclinical study to two years and cover the basic subjects viz. anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pathology more thoroughly and comprehensively. Set apart two hours every day for dissection work. This will enable the doctor to have a first-hand knowledge about the structure and function of the human body.

(3) Clinical training should be for three years, of which the last year should be in general hospitals rather than in collegiate hospitals. This will enable the medical graduates to diagnose and treat patients based on the physical findings and clinical judgment with minimal support from sophisticated and invasive investigations and procedures. While the collegiate hospital training imparts skill in the management of rare and uncommon diseases and their tertiary care, the district and taluk hospital training will give them a good grounding in the primary and secondary patient care of common ailments. Doctors should be kept fit and proficient throughout their professional life. Recertification of the medical degrees and re-registration for continued practice are a sine qua non.

Improving infrastructure and their management by competent, committed staff are not enough. There should be a proper mechanism for healthcare delivery. The benefits should reach the needy. For guidance in this matter the best place to turn to is the U.K., where there is the National Health Service. Healthcare is open to everybody there, free of cost. (Contribution to national insurance is compulsory for all.)

Simply speaking, one does not contribute if one does not earn and yet will reap all the benefits of health service. But there is no freedom of choice for the patient. He does not choose his doctor, the hospital or the modality of treatment.

There is also the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Some glorify it as the guardian angel, yet others (particularly, the Americans) have nicknamed it a brutal watchdog of British Health. This body ultimately decides which treatments the nation can afford to buy. In the decision-making process, the general practitioner and the bureaucracy have a big role. This looks fine! But a close examination reveals that the devil's in the detail. The value of life is calculated on the basis of its future utility. There is an undue emphasis on cost-effectiveness. For instance, resuscitation is not encouraged in case of cardiac arrest, if the victim is a cardiac cripple, a known cancer patient beyond cure or if the victim is overaged — so goes the list. However, it is difficult to find fault with some form of healthcare rationing.

We have to learn from the Americans too. They are not immune to healthcare problems particularly as regards their sick, old and poor citizens. That is the reason why three years ago Barack Obama lashed out at the health service. He outlined a plan in which it would be illegal for insurers to drop sick people or deny them coverage for pre-existing conditions. His concern was to ensure a uniform health coverage for all Americans. This he intended to do by making the health service work efficiently and at a minimum cost.

The President said his plan would provide ‘security and stability' to those who have insurance and in addition cover those who do not have it. He repeated his support for a government insurance plan to compete with the private sector (which is profit-oriented and not service-motivated). Still, the sheet anchor in his plan is contributory insurance. This will, however, siphon off a good chunk of money earmarked for healthcare to third parties.

We shall not fall into the insurance trap. What we need is uniform, universal free healthcare for everybody as in the U.K, and not insurance schemes for sections who contribute. In India, there are several health insurance schemes. There is a lot of misuse of these schemes by patients, doctors, hospitals and the insurance companies and their employees.

(Dr. Kuruvilla, FRCS (London and Edinburgh), has held faculty positions in the universities of Kerala; Pahalavi University, Shiraz, Iran; and Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. His email id is kuruvilla_mj@bsnl.in)

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

ayush and chinese medicine

IIM-A asks AYUSH to follow Chinese medicine example
Dayananda Yumlembam, TNN Jun 25, 2011, 01.49am IST

AHMEDABAD: In a set of recommendations that Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has given the ministry of health and family welfare's department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) recently, the latter has been suggested to learn from the Chinese examples. IIM-A recommended AYUSH introduce farming of medicinal herbs and commence mass scientific validation of medicines like the Chinese did.

After IIM-A was recently entrusted with the task of drawing the recommendations by AYUSH, the institute charted the recommendations by hosting a three-tier set of programmes which were attended by top level managers, professors, doctors, researchers and field workers. With suggestions from the participants, the recommendations were put together by the members of faculty of IIM-A including Anil Gupta, Mukul Dixit, Sanjay Verma, Vijaya Sherry Chand and Asha Kaul.

Gupta said, "At the moment 90% of medicinal herbs for manufacturing AYUSH medicines are procured form the forest. It is time the country introduced farming of these medicinal plants like China is doing. With the current practice of depending on the forest with no conservation policies, the future is bleak."
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The recommendations also included formation of a 'Medical Plant Corporation of India' and introduce incentives for cultivators of the medicinal plants from the farmers and a buy back policy. Talking about the loopholes in the current scenario Gupta said, "The farmers who cultivate the herbal plants themselves are facing problems while transporting their harvest as they are confused with forest products. This problem should be corrected."

Other suggestions that pointed towards china also included the need of laying keen focus on scientific validation of AYUSH medicines. The recommendation indicated that the Chinese herbal medicines have gained international popularity because of scientific validation and AYUSH also take the process seriously. Gupta said, "At the rate at which the validation of these medicines is going on in this country, which is very slow, it will take more than a century to complete."

Friday, June 24, 2011

Ayush hospitals to come up in North East

Ayush hospitals to come up in N-E
June 24, 2011 12:03:02 AM

Pioneer New Service | New Delhi

To ensure large scale promotion of the Indian traditional medicine system in the North East, the Health Ministry has initiated steps for setting up of 50 bedded/10 bedded integrated Ayush hospitals in each of the States in the region.

The mission steering group (MSG) of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) on Tuesday approved setting up of the 50-bedded hospitals at Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura besides in three hilly States namely Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir.

For the remaining five North East States (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim and Meghalaya), 10-bedded integrated Ayush hospital have been approved.

“Although, some of the practices of Ayush systems are prevalent in the NE States and above mentioned hilly States, large scale promotion of Ayush systems in these states has remained very limited, mainly on account of existing poor physical infrastructure of this traditional system of medicine,” a senior official from Health Ministry said.

He said that an agreement (MoU) to this effect shall be entered into between Department of AYUSH and the concerned State Government accordingly.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Medical council wants Drugs Act repealed

Medical council wants Drugs Act repealed
TNN | Jun 23, 2011, 12.50am IST
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Tamil Nadu State Medical Council|Drugs and Cosmetics Act
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu State Medical Council has asked the government to repeal the amendment to the rule under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, which enabled practitioners of traditional medicine to prescribe allopathic drugs. They have also urged the health department to withdraw the government order issued on June 29, 2010 permitting traditional practitioners to perform surgeries, practise obstetrics-gynaecology, anaesthesiology, ENT and ophthalmology.

Council president Dr K Prakasam met health secretary Girija Vaidhayanathan with a representation on Tuesday. "Will government hospitals allow traditional practitioners to administer anesthesia and do surgeries? If the government doesn't, why should a private hospital be allowed to follow it," said Dr Prakasam. For almost a year, the council and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) have said that by allowing such practitioners to do allopathy the government was legalizing quackery.

On June 2, 2010, IMA submitted a list of 2,000 quacks to the state police, which included names of traditional medical practitioners prescribing allopathic drugs. This was followed by a series of arrests. Traditional medical practitioners argued with the state government that they spent considerable time learning modern pharmacology in colleges and hence should be permitted to prescribe them. Unani specialist Dr Shaikh Shahul Hameed said that since the state medical university prescribed it in the syllabus, they should be allowed to practice.

On June 29, the government issued orders allowing them to practice modern medicine.' The government cited section 17(3) B of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act 1970, which said institutionally qualified practitioners of siddha, ayurveda, unani and homoeopathy are eligible to practise the respective system with modern scientific medicine "including surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology and ENT based on the training and teaching." The state government further stepped up its support for government doctors by amending the rules for the Drugs Act by redefining a 'registered medical practitioner'. Practitioners of alternative Indian systems were considered as those 'practising the modern scientific system of medicine' for the purposes of enforcing the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. "The decision was based on detailed investigation and debate. And it has been a landmark one. We ensure students are taught by experts," Dr Hameed said.

But allopathic doctors associations argued that a few hours of study would not match they four-and-a-half training in medicine. The doctors' associations managed to obtain a stay in the court. The medical university has also threatened to withdraw allopathic content from siddha, unani, ayurveda and homeopathy syllabus. "We don't want to endanger lives of human beings. But the order still stays. We want it to be withdrawn," he said.

Mission steering group for NRHM holds 7th meeting

Mission steering group for NRHM holds 7th meeting
ASHAS to home deliver contraceptives
Menstrual hygiene scheme to be taken up in 152 districts
Expanded mandate to VHSC for nutritional issues
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad today chaired the seventh meeting of the Mission Steering Group (MSG) of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The MSG is the highest decision making body of NRHM that takes decisions on the policies and programs under the Mission. Sh Vilasrao Deshmukh, Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development and Telecom, Mrs. Sayeeda Hameed, Member, Planning Commission, Secretaries of various Departments of Government of India, Health Secretaries of State Governments and eminent public health professionals attended the meeting.

Addressing the meeting Shri Azad noted that NRHM has completed six years and has been instrumental in revitalizing a health system across the country. Upgradation of health infrastructure, additional manpower at health facilities, improved skills of health care providers, better availability of drugs and diagnostics and service delivery through the participation of community have been the hallmark of National Rural Health Mission. “As we prepare for the 12th Five Year Plan, it is time to take stock of the progress made and to review the strength and weaknesses” he added. He informed that during the year 2010-11, the number of beneficiaries under Janani Suraksha Yojana has reached 11.3 million as against 7,40,000 in 2005-06. Talking about new initiatives, the Minister particularly mentioned that the Mother and Child name based tracking system have also picked up in different States. The data base for more than 43 lakh mothers and 17 lakh children has already been created.

The following important decisions were taken in the meeting:

Population stabilization was one of the thrust areas discussed by the MSG. It was decided to utilize ASHAs for delivery of contraceptives at the homes of the beneficiaries and ASHAs are to be allowed to charge Rs. 1.00 for a pack of 3 condoms, Re 1.00 for an Oral Contraceptive Pill (OCP) cycle and Rs. 2.00 for an Emergency Contraceptive Pill (ECP) from the beneficiaries.

Global evidence indicates that home visits for neonatal care by community health workers are associated with reduced neonatal mortality. To make an impact on the Infant Mortality Rate, MSG decided to provide performance linked incentive of Rs. 250/- to ASHAs. The proposed schedule of home visit for institutional delivery is 6 home visits on days 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, and 42 in order to assess newborn as well as to ensure post partum care of mother. In the case of home delivery, a total of 7 home visits will be required as ASHA should be present at the birth or visit the mother and baby as soon as possible within the first 24 hours and on days 3, 7, 14, 21, 28 and 42.

It was decided to further improve and streamline the scheme to promote menstrual hygiene amongst the adolescent girls in rural areas. For this the MSG decided to revise the existing scheme with following modification: The scheme would be taken up in 152 districts instead of 150; A price of Rs. 7.50 per pack of 6 sanitary napkins was fixed for procurement for which assistance will be provided by the Government of India. Any amount for procurement over and above this norm will be provided through the State budget; A uniform selling price of Rs. 6 per pack was fixed for all the adolescent girls to be covered under the scheme.

The criteria for financial allocation to the States were discussed in detail. It was decided that an Expert Group be set up to look into the existing weightage formula to bridge the gap in health systems between the States. The MSG also decided that 10% of the total allocation under flexible pools of NRHM be kept apart at the national level which can be released to different States for specific activities based on their performance against the monitorable targets and implementation of specific reform agenda in the health sector.

Under NRHM, funds are placed at the disposal of health facilities across the country to meet the immediate needs in the form of Untied Funds and Rogi Kalyan Samiti Grants. So far the funds are provided to the health facilities on normative basis without taking into consideration the case load. MSG decided to revise the norms for Untied Funds and RKS grants to health facilities based on differential case load and requirement. It has also given power to District Health Society to reallocate upto 15% of the admissible Untied Funds and RKS grants to ensure better and proper utilization of funds.

Malnutrition is one of the important contributors to Infant, child and maternal mortality. It is estimated that 23% of children are born with low birth weight, 42.5% of children under 5 are underweight and 70% suffer from anemia. 55.3% women suffer from Anaemia and 35.6% have a low body mass index. To provide greater focus to the nutritional issues in rural areas, the MSG decided to expand the mandate of Village Health and Sanitation Committee to create awareness about nutritional issues; carry out surveys on nutritional status, inclusion of Nutritional needs in the Village Health Plan, monitoring and supervision of Village Health and Nutrition Day and supervise the functioning of Anganwadi Centre (AWC). In addition the committee will facilitate early detection and ensure referrals of malnourished children to the nearest Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres and act as a grievance redressal forum to the community. The MSG also decided to rename the committee as Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Committee (VHSNC).

MSG also considered the proposal of AYUSH department for Partial modification of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for development of AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries for mainstreaming of AYUSH under NRHM and approved the following: For the 3 NE States (Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura) and 3 Hilly States (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir) a onetime assistance towards non-recurring expenditure up to Rs 45 Crores (i.e. Rs 7.5 crore/state) and Rs. 9 Crores (i.e Rs. 1.50 crore/state) towards recurring expenditure was approved for setting up of AYUSH hospitals shared by the Center and the State on a 85:15 basis; For the remaining 5 NE States(Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim and Meghalaya), a onetime assistance upto Rs. 12.70 crores (i.e Rs 2.54 crore/state) and recurring assistance of Rs. 2.35 Crores (i.e Rs. 0.47 crore/state) for setting up of 10 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital on 85:15 centre: state share basis was approved; It was further decided that the funds allocated under Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Development of AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries will be utilized for financing the said additional components.

The MSG also approved conduction of District Level Household Survey (DLHS) - 4 in those States where Annual Health Survey (AHS) is presently not being done. IIPS, Mumbai was designated as the Nodal Agency. IIPS will also do the required pooling of data from AHS and DLHS-4 household survey to arrive at National Estimates and prepare the National Report. Further, the Facility Survey will also be conducted in all States.

The MSG while reviewing action taken on its earlier decisions noted that though it had sanctioned Rs. 100 crores to Jammu and Kashmir for setting up 200-bedded maternity hospitals at Jammu and Srinagar respectively, there has not been much progress. Therefore, MSG decided that the Government of India will now get these two hospitals constructed, for which a provision of Rs. 124 crores will be kept during this financial year.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Ayush doctors will not be eligible

Single dauther parents to be honoured to save daughters
Category » Bhopal Posted On Monday, June 20, 2011
By Our Staff Reporter
Bhopal, June 20:
Taking a serious view of social phenomenon discrimination on gender, a statewide awareness campaign will be launched against this social evil with seeking the participation of all religious heads and prominent persons of various castes. As part of this, the parents who have one daughter will be honoured on January 26 and August 15. Besides, a cell will also be established for the strict implementation of PCP & DT Act. A website will be launched to upload online complaints regarding the violation of Act.
All these decisions were taken at a meeting of State Supervisory Committee, chaired by Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra, held to save the girls. Principal Secretary Medical Education I.S. Dani, Secretary Health S.R. Mohanty, Commissioner Health J.N. Kansotiya, Managing Director National Rural Health Mission Manohar Agnani and Director Woman and Child Development Anupam Rajan were present at the meeting.
Health Minister Dr. Mishra further said that the protection of girls is one of the top priorities of State Government. In order to change the negative mindset of people towards girl child birth, the Chief Minister has launched Ladli Laxmi and Kanyadan Yojna. It is a great challenge to create awareness among the people against social stigma of gender discrimination. Therefore, it needs to seek the participation of all religious heads and dignitaries of various castes to launch the campaign against this social evil in the society.
The Minister said that two yardsticks should be adopted for the elimination of gender discrimination. Firstly, action needed to be taken against the people conducting pre-natal test in order to establish gender by violating relevant Act and secondly, the traditional negativity towards the girls should be eliminated by virtue of social awareness.
It was decided at the meeting that any person who tips off information about illegal pre-natal test will be rewarded with Rs. one lakh amount. This amount will be given in three parts. An amount of Rs. 25 thousand on producing challan while Rs. 25 thousand on found guilty and Rs. 50 thousand on conviction. The training of Sonography machine will be imparted only to medical practitioners for operating machines at government hospitals and institutes. Analysis tests will be banned at private hospitals. The trained doctors will be authorised to conduct tests at only three centres. The outsiders of the State who have a one year certificate will not be entitled to conduct tests. Ayush doctors will not be eligible to conduct tests under M.I.C. rules.
It was decided to table study report of Ladli Laxmi Yojna in next meeting. An effective action plan will be chalked out on the basis of this study report.
Health Minister Dr. Mishra asked all the divisional directors to furnish the names of lawyers who would fight the cases on behalf of Madhya Pradesh government against the cases registered under P.C.P and D.T Act. All these lawyers will be imparted special training about technical points of cases at National Law Academy. Dr. Mishra also instructed the officials to call a meeting of collectors of the districts where discrimination on gender basis is existing. The discussions will be made to chalk out strategy for the effective implementation of law to abolish the prenatal test practice. Dr. Mishra also instructed to impound the sonography mobile vans of other states entering into Madhya Pradesh.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

job for unani and siddha

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Sunday, June 12, 2011

new health plans

Benefit from new health plans
Khyati DharamsiKhyati Dharamsi | Jun 13, 2011, 04.58am IST
Times of India


Renewing a health insurance policy can induce a rare trauma. Ask 68-year-old Sarayu Arvind Parekh. In 1999, Mumbai-based Parekh bought a mediclaim, for which she paid an annual premium of 14,596 till 2007, an uneventful , claimless period. Then, in 2008, she had to undergo a knee surgery and made a claim. The shocker snuck up the same year at the time of renewal, when her premium shot up to 31,833. After last year's eye surgery, it inched up to 41,000. Parekh hasn't quite recovered . Not from the surgery, but the gravitydefying rise of her health premium.

The health insurance sector has been ailing from many such anachronisms, sustained by insurer monopoly and lack of awareness. Besides the rise in premium or even termination of policies during renewal, individual plans do not cover pregnancy or diabetics, doctor consultations are not entitled to an insurance, etc.

Though the sector is rocked from time to time by issues and controversies, the health insurance scape in India is gradually changing. The latest round of changes have been triggered in the past couple of years by the new entrants whose prescience has resulted in improvisations and new products suited to the consumers. ET Wealth takes a look at these new developments and how they can benefit you.

Assured renewals:

Health plans, unlike life insurance , require a renewal of contract every year. Traditionally, this has been a problem area because a heavy claim meant that either your cover was not renewed or the premium was zoomed to tactfully avoid renewal. Now, however , two standalone health insurance companies , Max Bupa Health Insurance and Apollo Munich, are promising lifetime renewals without an unseemly rise in premium or threat of termination. These insurers are estimating the probability of a person falling ill in a lifetime and then calculating the premium for various age groups. So the product may be expensive compared with a mediclaim, but at least your premium will not shoot up 20-30 % during a renewal just because you made a claim. In fact, not content with a simple guarantee of renewal , insurers like Max Bupa are incentivising it. While mediclaim policies typically offer a noclaim bonus for those who do not make a claim in a year, Max Bupa offers a bonus of 10% of the renewal premium in the form of health services and products every time you renew, irrespective of claims.

OPD & dental treatment:

This addition is bound to elicit bigger, brighter smiles as dental treatment is now being covered by insurers. Under the Easy Health Premium Plan, Apollo Munich Health allows a claim of up to 5,000 for treatment , but only after you have completed three policy years. While regular visits and consultation are insured by Max Bupa for a cover of 15-50 lakh, Apollo Munich offers four to eight consultations during a year depending on the number of people insured.

Family floaters:

The Indian joint family is also on the insurance radar. The family floater policy has become more appealing. The insurance has now been extended to cover 13 relationships in a family, along with a posse of benefits. These include an individual cover besides the floating sum, a maternity benefit cover, insurance for a newborn, and health check-ups .

Maternity benefits:

Non-working pregnant women will now have something to look forward to when it comes to maternity expenses and a cover for their newborns. Now, insurers are offering individual policies under which you can avail of maternity benefits after a waiting period of three-four years. Star Health and Allied Insurance's Medi Classic Policy offers a cover of 10% of mother's cover to the newborn.
However, there is a claim limit in most policies , which ranges from 15,000-25 ,000 in case of normal delivery to 25,000-40 ,000 if it is caesarean . Then there are policies that offer the facility at the end of two renewals.

Alternative medicines:

A glaring hiatus in the health insurance scape, insurers are trying to bridge it by offering covers for treatment under the ayurvedic, homoeopathic and unani systems of medicine. This, of course, doesn't mean that your massage and rejuvenation procedures at spas will be covered. Star's Unique Health Insurance covers non-allopathic treatment costs up to 25% of the sum assured or 25,000 per treatment, per year, while New India Assurance covers treatment under ayurvedic, homoeopathic and unani systems to 25% of the cover, but only if taken at a government hospital.

Longer term:

Health plans have so far been one-year contracts, requiring an annual payment of premium. Now, Star Health and Allied Health Insurance has come up with the Star Unique Health Insurance plan for a twoyear period, where even the premium is to be paid in two instalments-at the start of the first year and the second year. The cover limits are applicable for each year and won't be carried forward.

Pre-existing diseases:

A waiting period of threefour years has been normal for pre-existing diseases . But, under Star Unique plan by Star Health and Allied, pre-existing diseases, other than those for which periods are specified, will be covered after 11 months of coverage.

Higher cover limit:

The highest health cover available in the industry so far was 10 lakh. Now you can buy one for 50 lakh, with Max Bupa's Individual Health Insurance plan offering a cover range of 15-50 lakh. As Damien Marmion, chief executive, Max Bupa, says, "It is important to have insurance that can help take care of an entire family. An individual and a family have unique health insurance requirements , so we offer comprehensive plans with covers ranging from 25-50 lakh."

Diabetes and HIV cover:

There are now policies that cater to the people with diabetes, and even HIV, which was not included in health plans earlier. However, this doesn't mean that the treatment of HIV/AIDS is covered. It's only the treatment cost of any disease that an HIV positive patient suffers from that is insured.
While New India Assurance's Mediclaim policy does not cover HIV/AIDS, it includes pre-existing diseases and conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and related complications , after two years of continuous insurance , by paying extra premium.

Adverse changes

Not all improvisations in health insurance are for the better though. Insurers have come up with changes that are likely to increase your financial burden or inconvenience you. Here are some you need to watch out for.

Co-payment :

Insurers have started including a co-payment clause, wherein the patient is asked to pay a percentage of the treatment cost under certain conditions, such as age or treatment outside the preferred network of hospitals. For instance, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance's Health Guard Policy requires a 10% co-payment if the treatment is done outside its hospital network .

Loading:

This is another clause that is likely to add to your financial outgo. All health insurance companies, except Max Bupa and Apollo Munich, are adding the loading clause, according to which they will raise the premium during renewal in case of heavy claims. So, the United India Insurance states that if the claims are 100-125 % of the premium, then the loading will be by 30%, if it is between 126-150 % it is 50%, and for 150-200 %, the loading will be 80%.

Pre-approval :

Insurers have begun to insist that you have to inform the insurer or the third party administrator (TPA) even if you are not using the cashless facility. There is an intimation clause in the policy, wherein you must inform within 24 hours of getting admitted even if you are not taking a reimbursement claim. The National Insurance has a seven-day limit. Notwithstanding these disadvantages, the conveniences and services are a welcome change. However, these come at a higher cost. So, if earlier , you paid a premium of 5,054 for a health plan, the new standalone insurers will charge 3,795-21 ,460 for the same policy. Still, one should not compare on the basis of cost as some covers , such as those for OPD, maternity, dental treatments and annual health check-ups , are not part of regular policies. "We are charging more for a particular policy as that target group is more likely to make claims. The premium is double because the claim pattern will be different," says RS Nayak.

What's new in group plans?

Here are some offerings in group policies that can impact you

If you retire or change jobs

Most advisers suggest an individual health plan along with the employer group cover because you are liable to be left in the lurch after retirement or if you change jobs or the entrepreneurial bug bites you. But insurers are now offering plans that enable seamless transition from a group to an individual cover while continuing with the benefits and without impacting your claim status. So now you can easily transit from the group policy to an individual or a family health insurance policy. Apollo Munich and Max Bupa Health Insurance offer this facility.

If you have senior citizen dependants

Though corporates have not yet put a blanket ban on group covers that include senior citizen dependants, more and more are opting out of such policies or asking for a higher premium to be paid by the employee. So it makes sense to pay a little higher premium and take the dependant cover from your employer because of the benefits it offers.

If you choose a PPN hospital

In case of an individual policy, you can get cashless facility at a number of hospitals, but the employer cover may now restrict you to a lesser number of hospitals. This is because the public sector insurers, which cover 70% of the corporate and retail market, are enticing corporates to buy a plan which covers the preferred partner network (PPN) of hospitals. If the corporate agrees to restrict itself to a network of, say, 650 hospitals, the insurer offers a 10% discount in premium over and above the regular discount. The premium is higher if the corporate insists on all the 3,000 hospitals. This is because they have a negotiated rate with the PPN hospitals and would like to get more business at that cost.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Ayurvedic medicine makers go North

Ayurvedic medicine makers go North
Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore June 07, 2011, 0:42 IST

Faced with a shortage of medicinal plants, companies in Karnataka shift their units to Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Bihar

Ayurvedic medicine manufacturers from across the country, who at one time sourced a wide range of medicinal plants from Karnataka, have begun moving their manufacturing units to northern India. They have been forced to do so by the growing scarcity of such plants in the state, caused mainly by rapid urbanisation and deforestation.

The states that have benefitted are Bihar and Uttarakhand, which are closer to the Himalayas and produce a large number of medicinal plants and herbs. Chhattisgarh is also a beneficiary of this trend.

Himalaya Drug Company, headquartered in Bangalore, has set up a new plant in Chhattisgarh. Charak Pharmaceuticals, which had a unit in Maddur near Mysore, has closed this and shifted it to Nagpur in Maharashtra. Dhoot Papeshwar is another Karnataka company that has shifted its manufacturing facility.

Karnataka is home to 179 ayurvedic manufacturers, of which 119 are small and medium enterprises. There are not enough raw materials for all of them, said Laxminarayana Shenoy, state programme officer at the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

“Till about five years ago, we had rich sources of raw materials in Karnataka, like Amalaki (Amla or Indian gooseberry), Ashwagandha, Alalekai, Amrutaballi (Sida Cordifolia), Brahmi and Arjuna plants. But due to deforestation, we are not getting some of these medicinal plants in our state. Although Amla grown in other states is inferior to that grown in Karnataka, our manufacturers are sourcing it from Chhattisgarh because it is available at low prices,” he said.

The Chhattisgarh government provides a subsidy to farmers for growing medicinal plants. It also gives incentives like tax concessions to industries for manufacturing. The cost of labour is also very low there compared to Karnataka. Workers are paid Rs 40-60 per day in Chhattisgarh as against Rs 250 per day in Karnataka.

Some raw materials like Hing (Asafoetida) are sourced from Afghanistan, since it is not available in India. Some companies are even going up to Nepal to procure herbs and plants, Shenoy said.

Kartik Pandit, a manufacturer of ayurvedic medicine in Nanjangud (near Mysore) said, “We were dependent on medicinal plants from the Western Ghats in Karnataka for many decades. But due to forest department restrictions we are going to Nepal, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. If the farmers come forward to grow the plants, we are ready to buy from them.”

The Karnataka state forest department has imposed restrictions on entry into forests. Some products like Alalekai – a raw material for making medicines to treat gastro-intestinal diseases – are available only in forests. Other states have no restrictions on sourcing medicinal plants from forest areas, Pandit said.

“We have asked the state forest department to allow us to go into the forests to procure this material. The department should form an agency through which it can procure medicinal plants grown only in forest areas and sell them to manufacturers in a legal way,” Shenoy said.

Quoting the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has recognised ayurveda as traditional medicine, he said the industry size is estimated at Rs 8,000 crore (the cosmetics industry is considered part of this and contributes about Rs 5,000 crore). The industry is growing at 15-20 per cent annually. By 2020, the ayurvedic industry is expected to reach a size of Rs 15,000 crore.

In an effort to make available the required medicinal plants, the Karnataka government is embarking on a massive programme to encourage farmers to grow endangered species of medicinal plants. Considering the huge demand for medicinal plants in both India and export markets, the government has also announced programmes to increase cultivation of medicinal plants.

The state forest department’s Agri-forest support scheme will enable ayurvedic and Unani medicine manufacturers to enter into contract farming agreements with farmers to grow some of the plants through scientific methods.

The department is distributing saplings at a subsidised rate of Rs 10. It has identified trees like neem, tamarind, sandalwood and mango, among others.

The Karnataka government has set up the Medicinal Plants Conservation Authority (MPCA), which is developing protected forests for medicinal plants in 13 selected locations in the state.

“About 90 per cent of the raw materials used in the preparation of ayurvedic medicine are sourced from forest areas. Due to huge demand for traditional medicine and the growth of the cosmetics industry there is a need for growing these plants in a systematic way. The Karnataka government is preparing an action plan for the growth of the industry,” Shenoy said.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Medicinal plants to get good quality tag

Medicinal plants to get good quality tag
Kounteya SinhaKounteya Sinha, TNN | Jun 6, 2011, 02.39am IST
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World Health Organization|Quality Council of India|National Medicinal Plants Board|National accreditation Board|G J Gyani
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NEW DELHI: India's wonder plants with medicinal properties will now come with a special "good quality tag" with the government putting in place a voluntary certification scheme for medicinal plant produce based on good agricultural practices and good field collection practices.

This, the government said, will enhance confidence in the quality of India's medicinal plant produce and make available good quality raw material to the ayurvedic and herbal drugs industry.

Under the scheme, launched jointly by the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) and the Quality Council of India (QCI), any producer/collector or group of producers/collectors can obtain certification from a designated certification body (CB) and will be under regular surveillance of the certification body.

An option of getting a lot inspected and certified has also been made in the scheme. It also allows certification of intermediaries like traders who may source certified medicinal plant material and supply further thereafter.

India has 15 agro climatic zones and 18,000 species of flowering plants of which 7,000 are estimated to have medicinal usage in folk and documented systems of medicine, like ayurveda, siddha, unani and homoeopathy. About 960 species of medicinal plants are estimated to be in trade of which 178 species have annual consumption levels in excess of 100 tonnes.

The domestic trade of the AYUSH industry is of the order of Rs 90 billion. Indian medicinal plants and their products also account for exports of around Rs 10 billion.

Experts say there is a global resurgence in traditional and alternative health care systems resulting in growing world herbal trade which stands at $120 billion and is expected to reach $7 trillion by 2050. Indian share in the world trade, at present, however, is quite low.

Dr G J Gyani, secretary general of QCI, said, "The scheme has been designed keeping best international practices in view – the standards are based on WHO documents which were adopted by NMPB and the compliance checking will be done by independent, third party agencies conforming to international standards. The aim is not only to provide medicinal plants producers a means of differentiating themselves based on quality and sustainability but also obtain international acceptance for the scheme in the long run."

According to experts, the voluntary certification scheme will reduce risk of recall/rejection of Indian produce in the international market, increase buyer confidence in Indian herbs.

Labs duly accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) will be used under the scheme.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

ayush patna

'Strengthen ayush stream of medicine'
TNN | Jun 5, 2011, 12.32am IST
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Read more:national president Dr Madan Gopal Vajpayee|Ayush Medical Association
PATNA: Ayush Medical Association ( India) national president Dr Madan Gopal Vajpayee on Saturday lambasted the Union and state governments for neglecting ayush stream of medicine and failure to give due recognition to the ayush practitioners.

He said that under National Health Policy, there was a provision for one ayush doctor at every Primary Health Centre (PHC) and Additional Primary Health Centre (APHC), but this has not been implemented in the country. He further said that while 97 percent of the health budget was allocated to allopathy, ayush stream gets a meagre three percent allocation.

There are 7.50 lakh ayush practitioners countrywide and of them 60,000 are registered in Bihar, Dr Vajpayee said and asked the governments, both at the Centre and the state, to end discrimination against ayush doctors.

Dept of Ayush modifies development of Ayush hospitals

Dept of Ayush modifies development of Ayush hospitals, dispensaries scheme
Suja Nair Shirodkar, Mumbai
Saturday, June 04, 2011, 08:00 Hrs [IST]

With an aim to reform the delivery mechanism of Ayush systems and to make them more patient friendly, the Union ministry of health has modified the scheme dedicated for the development of Ayush institutions. Through this scheme the centre hopes to integrate and mainstream Ayush in health care delivery system including the National Programmes and co-locate Ayush facilities with those of modern medicine hospitals so as to provide choice of treatment to the patient.


Under the modified scheme, financial assistance will be provided to the states and union territories for co-location of Ayush facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs) along with funds for up-gradation of existing government Ayush hospitals and existing government, panchayat and government aided Ayush dispensaries.


The notification states about supporting facilities such as programme management units at State level, health management information system, Rogi Kalyan Samities and specilaised Ayush facilities in Government tertiary Ayush hospitals with Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode and take up PPP projects in tertiary level hospitals as well. It is understood that these initiatives are undertaken by the Department of Ayush to disseminate the tried and tested concepts and practices of the Indian systems of medicine among the general public and create awareness about the same.


The modified scheme also mentions about providing the supply of essential drugs to Government Ayush hospitals and dispensaries for which the government has set aside Rs.50 lakh per annum for essential drugs of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Rs.25 lakh per annum for essential drugs of homoeopathy.


The Empowered Programme Committee (EPC) and Mission Steering Group (MSG) chaired by the Secretary, Health and Family Welfare and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, respectively, set up under NRHM will consider and approve changes, as deemed necessary, in this scheme.


According to sources the mainstreaming of Ayush was initiated by the government to ensure widespread use of ayurvedic medicines among the people and to make it more organised with improved level of distribution system so that more and more people get aware about this tradition way of medicine.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

ayush doctor bangalore

AYUSH doctors demand posts
Bangalore, May 31, DHNS:

AYUSH doctors serving in the Health and Family Welfare department have demanded creation of posts for Indian medicine in primary, community and taluk health centres.

The members of Karnataka AYUSH Medical Officers’ Welfare Forum, who staged a protest here on Tuesday urged the government to regularise the services of AYUSH doctors serving at PHCs.

A majority of the 720 AYUSH doctors have been working under the National Rural Health Mission.

urdu translation of science books

Workshop on Urdu translation of science books held at AMU

May 30, 2011
Aligarh: The valedictory session of the First National Workshop on Urdu Translation of Science Books was organized at the Aligarh Muslim University by the Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology of the Indian government in collaboration with AMU's Centre for Promotion of Science.

Anis Ahmad Ansari, former Advisor at the ministry of Health and Family Welfare and former Dean at AMU's Faculty of Unani Medicine said that science books should be translated at a large scale so that a large number of Urdu knowing people may be able to access science education with ease.

Prof. Ansari was the Chief Guest at the valedictory session of First National Workshop on Urdu Translation of Science. He said that science books in Urdu are found in very small numbers as compared to science literature in other Indian languages.

He opined that education must be imparted in a child's mother tongue. He suggested translators to use simple language while translating, keeping in mind the need of children.

Congratulating the endeavors of resource persons who were being engaged in achieving this target, Prof. Ansari distributed certificates to the participants.

Centre for Promotion of Science Director Dr. Hisamuddin said that the objectives of the Centre were to propagate science education at elementary levels especially in Deeni Madaris and Muslim Managed Educational Institutions.

He said that the Centre from its inception in 1985, has worked for the training of science teachers of Madrasas and regular Muslim managed schools in order to make them able to teach with better results.

He further added that science education among Muslims is a matter of concern and the Centre is working to bring the large chunk of Muslim students getting education in seminaries into the national mainstream.

Dr. Hisamuddin thanked all the resource persons and the participants who were instrumental in making the workshop a success.

Dr. Irfana Begum, Project Coordinator, EDUSAT, Vigyan Prasar presented the complete and comprehensive report of the First Workshop on Urdu Translation of science books and apprised of the accomplishment of the target. She said that six books and thirty popular articles on science were translated from English or Hindi into Urdu.

Earlier, Professor Naheed Banu, former Director of the Centre highlighted the aims and objectives of the Centre for Promotion of Science and its role in the development of science literature in Urdu.

Professor M. Shamim Jairajpuri, former Vice Chancellor, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, highlighted the work of Muslim Scientists in the medieval period who laid down the foundation of modem sciences.

ayush UG , PG & Phd in Srilanka

MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

INDIAN POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER AYUSH SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME - 2011


Applications are invited from eligible Sri Lankans for the award of 06 postgraduate scholarships (02 PhDs & 4 Masters) offered by the Government of India under the above scholarship scheme. These scholarships will provide opportunities to Sri Lankan students to pursue advanced courses of study and to undertake research.


02. General eligibility requirements:

(a) Should be a citizen of Sri Lanka.
(b) Applicants must have a BAMS degree recognized by CCIM and for PhD applicants must have a MD (Ayurveda) degree recognized by CCIM.
(c) Applicants should be below 45 years of age on 06.06.2011
(d) Be employed in the Public Sector, University , or a State Corporation
(e) No application will be entertained from a person holding a temporary/ casual/ contractual appointment or a person who is unemployed. Only confirmed employees will be considered for the scholarships.
(f) An employee on probation may apply provided however that his/her confirmation is conditional upon acquiring a specified postgraduate qualification, in such a case a statement to that effect should be included in cage 17 of the application.

(g) Should possess a high proficiency in English including at least a credit pass at G.C.E.(O/L) examination.

03. Terms of Award


Financial Terms and conditions of AYUSH scholarship Scheme Courses Scholarships Rates
(in Rupees)
LIVING ALLOWANCE (STIPEND)
Undergraduate 4,500/-P.M.
MD
• First Year
• Second Year
• Third Year
15,800+DA
16,950+DA
18,080+DA
Ph.D.
a) First Year
b) Second year 18,702+DA
19,323+DA
CONTINGENT GRANT
Under-graduate 4,500/- pa
Ph.D. Course/ MD/ MS 12,000/-pa
HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE
a) in cities of Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad & Pune 35,00/p.m.
b) In other cities 3,000/ P.M.
Tuition Fee/ Other Compulsory fee As per actual
THESIS AND DISSERTATION EXPENSES
For Ph. D. Scholar 10,000/-
For MD/MS and other courses required submission of project 7,000/-

 To and from airfare is provided to students from BIMSTEC countries only for travel from the capital of their country to the international airport nearest to the Institute in India.

04. Applications:

(a) Every application should conform to the specimen form provided
(b) The words "Ayush Scholarships 2011” should be hand or type written on the top left hand corner of the envelope containing the application.

(c) A non-refundable stamp fee of Rs. 50/= is payable in respect of each application. A stamp to this value should be affixed in the cage provided for this purpose in the application and cancelled by the applicant’s signature.

(d)Each Applicant should submit only one application for single course of study, and should state whether he/she has been nominated for a similar award in the past.


(e) No application from an employee of government sector, University or a state Corporation will be entertained unless channeled through the Head of the Institution concerned. He/She should in forwarding the application appropriately complete the certificate in cage 17 of the application.

(f) No application will be entertained from a person who has entered into an agreement or bond to serve the Government of Sri Lanka, a State Sector Institute unless he/she shall have completed by 06.06.2011, the full period specified in such agreement or bond and shall have discharged fully all the other obligations under such agreement or bond.


Note
However, an application of a University academic who has studied abroad on his/her own expense or on a scholarship received from a source other than through his/her University, can be considered if he/she has completed at least 2 years of his /her mandatory service period as per the agreement provided that the Vice Chancellor recommends his application as per the provisions of the University Establishment Code

(g) Any statement in the application, which is found to be incorrect, will render the applicant liable to disqualification, if the inaccuracy is discovered before selection, and to the withdrawal of award, if discovered after selection.

05. Interview
Candidates will be summoned for an interview after short-listing of applications.
He/she should produce at the interview original certificates of qualifications, Certificate of Birth, National Identity card, and any other documentary evidence in support of his/her candidature as requested. Traveling or other expenses incurred in connection with this interview will not be paid.

06. Nomination for Scholarship:

No candidate should treat his/her nomination for a Scholarship by the authorities of Sri Lanka as his/her acceptance for an award. Acceptance is a matter entirely within the discretion of the respective awarding agency to whom the nomination is made. Selected candidates who decline to accept the award after nomination will not be considered for any other award during the year.

07. (a) Closing date:
Applications will be accepted only up to 4.00 p.m on 06.06.2011

(b) Applications should be sent to the following address by Registered Post or by hand to reach on or before the closing date.

Secretary
Ministry of Higher Education,
No.18, Ward Place,
Colombo 07

(c) Applications which are not sent according to the above requirements or incomplete in any respect or received late will be rejected


Secretary
Ministry of Higher Education,
No.18, Ward Place, Colombo 07



SPECIMEN OF THE APPLICATION


MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

AYUSH POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY THE GOVERNMENT INDIA - 2011/2012


(01) (a) Name with initials (Mr./Mrs.Miss.) ……………………………………………….
(in block letters)
(b) Names denoted by initials : ……………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………….

(02 ) Postal Address : …………………………………………………………………….
Telephone No: ………………………………

(03) Date of birth :

Year : …………………. Month : …………………. Date : ……………….

(04) Exact age on 06.06.2011 :

Years : …………………. Months : ………………… Days : …………………

(05) N.I.C Number :………………………

(06) Are you a citizen of Sri Lanka? …………………………………….

(07)Whether Married / Single / Widowed : ……………………………..

(08) Academic / Professional / Technical qualifications :


Name of examination/ certificates
Year & month Institutions Subjects Grade & Pass








(9). Present Employment : Government Semi Government Private


Name of the Institution
Department Designation Date of the 1st appointment







(10). (a) Is your appointment permanent, probationary or temporary? …………….

(b) If permanent, have you been
confirmed in the appointment? ………………………………………………

(c) No. and date of letter of confirmation
and the authority who has issued it : ………………………………………
________________________________________________________________________

(11).(a)Desired course or field of study : ………………………………………….
(b) Whether Masters or PhD: .................................................................
(c) Have you ever been nominated for a scholarship by the Ministry of Higher Education: Yes / No
(d) If yes; Scholarship Programme: .............................................. Year: .....................
________________________________________________________________________

(12). Particulars of any bonds and / or agreements entered into with the Republic of Sri Lanka or with any Government-aided or sponsored institution, with date of discharge of obligations under them ; ……………………………………………………………..


(13). If you have been abroad earlier on a scholarshp, study tour, training etc. state full particulars: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
________________________________________________________________________

(14). Highest examination passed in English :
(a) IELTS/TOEFL………………… Score ……………….. Year ……….............
(b) Other …………………………………………………………………………………..

(15).Particulars of research and publications if any :…………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………..

(16) Any other particulars
……………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………
I hereby certify that the particulars furnished by me in this application are true and accurate, and that I have not suppressed any essential information. I am also aware that if any particulars contained herein are found to be false or incorrect, I am liable to disqualification if the inaccuracy is discovered before selection and withdrawal of the award if discovered after selection.

Date :- ……………………….. Signature of applicant …………………………….


(17). Certificate of the Head of the Institution

(i) I certify that ;

(a) The training provided under this scholarship is essential / not essential for this institution.

(b) Details declared by the applicant in cages 8, 9, 10 & 12 of the application were verified by me with the personal record of the officer and are correct* / should be corrected as indicated here.

(c) The applicant is confirmed in the appointment/* will be confirmed in the appointment on ………………(Date) after obtaining the postgraduate qualifications.

(d) The applicant will*/ will not be released to take up this scholarship if selected.

(e) The applicant will*/ will not be granted leave on full pay/* no pay.

(ii) Full name of the applicant : ……………………………………………………………

(iii) Any other special reasons : ……………………………………………………………..

Name of the Institution : ……………………………………………………


………………………………………
Signature of Head of the Institution
with the official frank

(this certificate should be signed personally by the Head of the Institution)
* Delete words inapplicable.