Need to re-introduce Indian Medical Services to boost public healthcare sector: Experts
New Delhi, Apr 18 (PTI) Medical experts representing public and private sector have underscored the need to re-introduce Indian Medical Services, akin to Indian Administrative Service, to boost the public healthcare sector and address the wide gap between demand and delivery.
They have submitted a five-point agenda to the government to roll-out of IMS.
Think Change Forum (TCF), an independent think tank dedicated to generating new ideas and finding solutions for navigating through a new changing world recently held a panel discussion titled ‘Is it time for India to resurrect Indian Medical Services?’.
The discussion highlighted the imperative of strengthening the public healthcare system and emphasised the pivotal role that IMS can play in achieving this objective.
The IMS will help bring the sheen and trust back to public health sector which has been lost to private sector; help stop brain drain from public medical services by attracting and retaining the best medical talent; allow for superior healthcare outcomes with better managed facilities and processes, as no longer generalists will be managing the specialists, the experts at the panel discussion said.
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