According to Indian Medical Journal’s 2013 report, our country needs about 600,000 more doctors to carry out healthcare related tasks. It was in this context that the government decided to increase the number of medical colleges in India. A logical move as more doctors would bring relief to an ailing health system, however, functioning of medical education institutes are not that simple and require more serious thoughts and actions.

Arunachal is all set to have its first medical college and efforts are on to make it functional by 2017. Infrastructure facilities aside, the biggest challenge for the infant medical college would be to hunt for teaching faculty.

The lack of faculty in medical colleges is a problem that has been haunting the system for years. The disproportionate increase in the number of medical colleges has only aggravated the problem. With a large number of UG seats and very few PG seats, the issue is fast getting out of hands. Many medical colleges don’t have enough number of teachers to meet the MCI regulations. In government institutions, there is a large-scale transfer of doctors from one college to another.

 

Arunachal has a huge shortfall of specialist doctors in various categories. According to data presented at the 2014 budget, the state had only 70 specialist doctors whose services were being utilized across the districts on rotation basis. Along with huge need of doctors to cater to patients, the start of the college will also need a huge pool of experienced doctors to teach.

NEIGRIHMS in a short span of time has become one of the best models in healthcare and medical education. A large number of patients from Arunachal make a bee-line to this premier institute to avail its excellent yet affordable health services. Patients who have undergone treatment here return singing praises about it health facilities, minimum charges for stay and overall cleanliness and hygiene.

An all-out attempt must be made to ensure teething problems can be managed in a better way.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
Email: kenterjoyaz@easternsentinel.in / editoreasternsentinel@gmail.com
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