THE MEDICAL NEWS :
Indian doctors abroad may get permission to practise back home
New Delhi (IANS)3-1-09: With India facing a shortage of about 600,000 doctors, the central government is now considering granting permission to Indian physicians abroad to practise in their homeland.
"The government would soon initiate talks with Medical Council of India (MCI) and Indian Medical Association (IMA) to work out modalities to help Indian specialists and experts in various disciplines practise medicine in their homeland," Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said on Saturday.
Indian American doctors to give a leg-up to rural healthcare in India news ------------
Doctors affiliated to American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) plan to train rural health practitioners in early detection of six diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal care and allergy, since these are major killer diseases in the country.
Education wise, AAPI sponsors a handful of fellowship programmes in India, as well as in the US for those Indian families not being able to afford a medical education for their children.
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