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Monday, Apr 18, 2005

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Ramadoss urges Vanniyars to set up multispeciality centres

Special Correspondent

`Doctors should carve out a niche for themselves in each speciality'

CHENNAI: Medical professionals belonging to the Vanniya community should come together and start multispeciality centres, the Pattali Makkal Katchi founder, S. Ramadoss, said on Sunday.

Noting that the strength of doctors from the community had been growing, Dr. Ramadoss said, "instead of working independently, the doctors should work together and establish multi-speciality centres for the welfare of people. They should also carve out a niche for themselves in each speciality."

He was addressing a meeting organised here by the Medical Forum for Social Development.

Radiotherapy, orthopaedics, paediatric surgery and cardio thoracic surgery, which have immense opportunities should be tapped by students.

Dr. Ramadoss said the Vanniya Education Trust, headed by him, decided to set up a medical institution that would seek the status of a deemed university. For this purpose, a complex was being built over 150 acres near Tindivanam.

Pregnancy death rate

The Union Health Minister, R. Anbumani, said the Centre had drawn up a programme to reduce the rate of pregnancy death, which was now very high. Efforts were on to update the curriculum for students of medicine and the revised one would be ready in a year or two. He emphasised the importance of continuing medical education for practising professionals, whether they belonged to allopathic or Indian traditional systems.

A. Rajasekaran, chairman, National Board of Examinations, said students of medicine should make use of internship so that they gained a sound basis in practical knowledge.

B. Palaniappan, a veteran specialist in gynaecology, and R. Surendran, Head of the Gastroenterology Department at the Stanley Medical College, stressed the importance of personality development and lateral thinking on the part of the students.

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