TRAINING FOR AAYUSH DOCS
After a six-month bridge course, AYUSH doctors and trained nurses will be allowed to head the wellness centres. A contentious clause in the National Medical Commission Bill, which allowed AYUSH doctors to undergo a bridge course and practice modern medicine, was dropped last month. The bill is currently pending in Parliament. “Right now, training is on for the nurses and AYUSH doctors. If Parliament doesn’t approve of it, we will change that component,” said NITI Aayog member (health) Vinod Paul. diagnostics. Paul said t he emphasis will be on early detection of diseases to improve the overall state of health of the population covered by the programme. These centres will be managed by mid-level service providers who are trained nurses or AYUSH doctors after being trained for six months each in running the centres.
“Doctors will be the first referral point in this system which is designed on the lines of United Kingdom’s National Health Service except that it starts at the level of the mid level service provider,” Dr Paul said.
The wellness centres will also have the facility of tele-consultation with specialists at the primary and the tertiary care level while acting as medicine disbursement centres for patients living in the area serviced by these centres, even if they are being treated by a hospital. “The wellness centres will also have facilities for screening non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension and three types of cancers: oral, breast and cervical,” Dr Manohar Agnani, joint secretary in the ministry of health and family welfare, said. NEWDELHI: The upcoming Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14 is emerging as a major challenge for the Centre, which Thursday issued its third advisory in two weeks in the wake of protests against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Centre’s advisory asking the state governments to beef up security for the Dalit icon’s birth anniversary comes alongside a workshop asking nodal officers and some ministries to ensure the occasion turns out to be a success.
The ministry of home affairs issued a statement asking the states to take measures to prevent any untoward incident. “...patrolling should be intensified in all sensitive locations to ensure that no loss of life and property takes place, and prohibitory orders may be issued wherever necessary,” it said.
This is the ministry’s third advisory within a fortnight, after it first sent a note before the April 2 ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by Dalit groups. The day was marred by violence and civilians deaths across multiple states of India
Another advisory was sent before the April 10 strike called by groups opposing caste-based reservation in jobs and education.
Its latest advisory stressed that district magistrates and superintendents of police may be asked to take all necessary steps to ensure that law and order situation remains firmly under control. The communication was issued in the wake of reports of vandalism of statues, and the violence on April 2 and April 10, it added.
“The MHA has advised them to activate community policing initiatives to ensure peace and harmony,” a ministry official said.
Representatives of various Dalit organisations Thursday demanded that the Centre bring an ordinance to restore the status quo of the SC/ST Act and include it in the Constitution’s Ninth Schedule, which provides protection to legislations under it and isn’t open to judicial scrutiny.
At a meeting in Delhi, Dalit leaders said they would observe April 14 as “Protect Constitution Day” across the country. I can’t comment on why these perceptions are being created (that the government is anti-sc and STS); if it is political it is not good. We must ask why the pro- As someone who had worked with the previous (UPA) gov- There should be reservation in the private sector, but we must ask why has it not been done so