Chennai:
Medical
education has been oriented only to tertiary care with primary care and
prevention receiving low priority, according to Dr V Shanta, chairman of Adyar
Cancer Institute (WIA).
Delivering the 24th convocation address of The
Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University, Dr Shanta said in the changing health care
scenario with the rise in non communicable diseases, the thrust has to be on
prevention and it will be necessary to reflect this in the undergraduate and
post-graduate teaching.
Stressing on the need to ensure merit be the sole criterion
in any selection process, Dr Shanta said the acute shortage of medical seats in
government and private colleges has resulted in mushrooming of self financing
institutions where seats cost a fortune and financial capacity than merit
decides the issue.
“In Tamil Nadu, the total applicants for medical course this
year was 28,275 as against 2,144 medical seats (between government and private
colleges).
Health Minister V S Vijay said that there is a 40 per cent
increase in the outlay for health during the ADMK regime. He also urged the
students to follow medical code of ethics and practice in rural areas for some
time.
Vice chancellor of the varsity Dr Mayilvahanan Natarajan
said 5,798 students were confereed with degrees. These include 3,399 under
graduates, 2,531 post-graduates and 18 Ph.Ds. He said 30 post-graduate students
are receiving post doctoral fellowship and 90 are receiving medals. He also
stressed the need to revise medical curriculum to produce technically
competent, socially sensitive, ethically correct and ready to serve health
professionals who can respond to diverse demands of India’s health needs. Tamil
Nadu governor K Rosaiah presided over the function.
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