Adhere to medical ethics always, DG of health services tells doctors

Chennai: Resorting to over-enthusiastic laboratory investigations, at times, is an unethical practice, said Dr Jagdish Prasad, Director General of Health Services, ministry of health and family welfare, Government of India.

He was delivering the convocation address at the 28th convocation of the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University here on Saturday. “Adherence to medical ethics is of utmost importance, particularly in contemporary practice. A judicious use of available clinical resources, keeping in mind the socio-economic milieu of the patient is desirable,” he said.

He also said the erstwhile trend of ‘migration to the west for wider opportunities’ has now decelerated significantly. “Immense opportunities for innovation, personal and professional growth are now available for young medical graduates within our own country,” he said.

Speaking at the convocation, Vice-Chancellor Dr S. Geethalakshmi said, “It has been proposed to have central monitoring of all the examination centres to ensure fair conduct of examinations and to avoid sending vigilance squads.”

“The university has proposed to sign an MoU with the Sports University of Tamil Nadu to establish a biomechanics lab and an anti-doping laboratory,” she added.
It is also collaborating with many pharma companies and foreign universities to start online courses beginning next year. Dr Jagdish Prasad, Dr Subhash Chandra Parija from Jipmer and Dr R.H. Govardhan former director, Institute of Orthopaedics, Madras Medical College, were conferred honorary doctorates.
Senior ENT consultant Dr Mohan Kameswaran and liver transplantation expert Dr S. Mohamed Rela received lifetime achievement awards.

Health minister and Pro-Chancellor C.Vijayabaskar, health secretary J.Radhakrishnan and others also participated in the convocation. Governor and Chancellor C H. Vidyasagar Rao gave away the degrees and medals.
A total of 5,266 students from medical, dental and allied health science courses received their degree in person and 15,223 In absentia. A total of 181 medals were awarded to students.