76th Annual Meeting of Central Council of #IMA held in #NewDelhi

76th Annual Meeting of Central Council of IMA held in New Delhi

New Delhi December, 27, 2015: The 76th Annual meeting of Central Council of Indian Medical Association (IMA) was organised today at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi. Addressing a gathering over 1000 Central Council members of IMA, Mr Sidharth Luthra, Former Solicitor General, Govt. of India said that there should be uniform procedure for handling cases of medical negligence against doctors. The landmark judgement by the Supreme Court of India in Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab should be followed by the police authorities in letter and spirit. The Medical council of India (MCI) should be given more powers to handle such situations.

Dr A Marthanda Pillai, National President and Dr SS Aggarwal, President (Elect) said in a joint statement that IMA will come out with standard protocols for common diseases. Addressing the gathering, Dr KK Aggarwal Honorary Secretary General IMA said that IMA will be updating the MCI Code of Ethics, Doctor-Pharma relationship and the relationship of doctors with allied segments like Nurses and Chemists.

The meeting will conclude tomorrow with an address by Shri JP Nadda, Hon’ble Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.

Dr SS Aggarwal from Jaipur will take over as National President IMA in the installation meeting to be held on December 28, 2015.

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About IMA: Indian Medical Association is the only representative, national voluntary organization of Doctors of Modern Scientific System of Medicine, which looks after the interest of doctors as well as the well being of the community at large. It has its Headquarter in Delhi and State / Terr. Branches in 29 States and Union Territories. It has over 2, 53,000 doctors as its members through more than 1650 active local branches spread across the country.