Soon, aspiring medical students may have the opportunity to study DNB (Diplomate of National Board) course in Government medical institutes and super-speciality hospitals run by the Government. The Health Department is going to start the DNB course with an aim to increase the paramedical staff and specialist doctors in all State-run hospitals. Currently, DNB courses are conducted at Deen Dayal Upadhya, Ambedkar and Sanjay Gandhi hospitals only.
DNB is a post-graduate medical degree which provides specialisation in respective medical department. This post-graduate degree awarded by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) under the Union Health Ministry. As per Health Ministry’s notification, DNB is equivalent to Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Surgery (MS) degree.
“It will give boost to the budding doctors and medical students to perform their duties at the optimum level. Also, it will add to the number of specialised doctors in the Government hospitals,” said a Health Department official. Also, there is acute shortage of sepcialised doctors in the hospitals. Introducing, DNB course will overcome the burden on the existing medical practitioners, said the official.