After assuring that no stone would be left unturned to provide best medical care to the patients, State Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi has urged private practitioners to hold more medical camps especially in the remote areas of the State. He said that every possible help would be rendered to Indian Medical Association for this noble cause.
After inaugurating the Medicon-2013 jointly organised by Indian Medical Association, Uttarakhand Chapter and Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences in Dehradun on Saturday, State Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi said that creating awareness among the masses about focussing on life threatening diseases is mandatory and the Government and private practitioners should contribute.
He further said that only a healthy person can contribute in rebuilding Uttarakhand after the natural disaster that rocked the entire State in the month of June. “ It was a matter of proud that the State health department has provided best and free medical care to the natural disaster-hit victims and the role by the IMA doctors was also commendable as lives of thousands of victims were saved when they received timely medical care in the disaster-hit areas of the State,” adding that the department was able to curb the communicable diseases due to prompt action initiated by the department.
During the inaugural session, Negi also released souvenir focusing the Basic life Support (BlS) and further emphasised the importance of BlS skills for the disaster preparedness and how it would help in saving more lives during the disasters. Negi said that despite the fact that the State health department is facing acute shortage of medical and para-medical staff in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand, steps were taken stringently to provide medical care to the disaster-hit victims.
Earlier, Dr Krishan Avtar, organising chairman, Medicon said that the symposium is dedicated to the martyrs, saviors, victims and volunteers of the recent Uttarakhand Tsunami in the Garhwal division of Uttarakhand. He said that the workshop on first-aid and basic life-support , quality standards in health care, role of IT in healthcare, series of scientific sessions, lectures would be presented during the seminar.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr RN Singh, State President, Indian Medical Association, Uttarakhand Chapter, highlighted on Clinical Establishment Act and its consequences. He stressed that the Act will have adverse affect on the private practitioners and the shortage of trained and qualified medical professions will also increase manifold.
According to him, IMA, Uttarakhand Chapter is committed for providing best medical care to the disaster-hit victims and will support the state health department in time of distress. Addressing the gathering, Dr Alok Ahuja, district president, IMA, Dehradun Chapter emphasised on the need of every citizen to be trained on BlS skills to enable him to handle any life-threatening emergencies during any disaster.
The programme was ably anchored by leading gynecologist of the capital city, Dr Manisha Singh, who also stressed that IMA members are committed for providing best possible medical care to disaster hit victims. Dr BK Rana, deputy director, Quality Council of India, Virender Dhiman, Dr Charitesh Gupta, Dr Seema Avtar, Dr Sudhir Singh, Dr Pawan Agarwal, Dr APS Gulati, Dr Vivek Mittal, Dr Praveen Mittal, Dr Gagan Agarwal and many more were present.