Authors
Dr. R V Asokan, Past State President, IMA Kerala, Deen Hospital, Punalur
Abstract
The action of the Union Government in introducing BRMS course is critically examined here. The basic tenets of the course are flawed.
A doctor in a PHC oversees a plethora of health activities including implementation of National Health Programmes and vaccines. He is the final authority in that region so far as knowledge and information of drugs, vaccines and diseases are concerned. It will be a retrograde step to dilute this sentinel outpost of scientific medicine. A PHC doctor remains the emissary of health system to monitor and forward reliable feedback on sensitive health situations and monitoring of epidemics. He is a valuable asset in disaster preparedness in the periphery.
Hence the government should not dilute standards.