Medical Education in India: Introspection, Challenges and Reforms - A vision

On account of wrong policies and vested interest wrong decisions were taken one after the other. The standards of medical education and health care kept deteriorating with passing time. Consequently Indian Medical degrees got derecognised in the developed countries. The recommendations of Bhore and Mudaliar Committees did not do any good. Right from yesteryears till date most of the doctors in India from every sphere caused self-inflicted life threatening injury to the MCI and the medical profession as a whole. The National Medical Commission is about to replace MCI very shortly. This article highlights some of the major evils in the present system with suggested reforms keeping in mind the Golden Philosophy which could be embodied in the new system for better results.