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The Centre
would permit overseas Indian doctors to practice in the country without
undergoing screening tests, Union Health Secretary P K Pradhan said.
In what is
viewed as the first major impact of the ongoing Global Healthcare Summit,
Pradhan said the Centre was ready with the bill to amend the Medical Council of
India (MCI) Act and allow overseas Indians to practice in their homeland as
demanded by the expatriate professionals for long.
"We expect
to bring the bill during the Budget Session of Parliament," he said,
addressing the CEO Forum held as part of the three-day healthcare summit which
began yesterday.
The
high-profile Forum, attended by top brass from the industry and senior
officials from the Centre and the state, also decided to workout modalities to
broaden the PPP by tapping into the strengths of both the sides. It was the
first time such a face-to-face meeting between the regulatory authorities and
the industry captains in the history of the global summit.
Soliciting
ideas and partnerships from the private sector, Pradhan said the government was
planning to improve the secondary care by upgrading the district hospitals.
"There is a huge scope for partnership with the private sector in the
areas like diagnostic services and labs. We will encourage district hospitals
to run medical college campuses to augment the capacity in PG education and
private players can help in this area," he said.
Welcoming
enterprising ideas from private practitioners, Director General of Health
Services Dr Jagadish Prasad urged the private sector hospitals to reserve 10
per cent of services free of cost to the poor people under the corporate
responsibility and in a bid to make the healthcare accessible.
Chairing the
session, Advisor to the Prime Minister T K A Nair wanted both the Government
and the private sector players to prepare a roadmap to ensure make accessible
affordable drugs and healthcare to the people. He offered to work as link and
further frame a mechanism to take the initiative further.
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