Doctors Stress the Need to Enforce Ethics in Colleges
Patna: February 22, 2008
 Dr. Ajay Kumar, the vice president of the Indian Medical Association, during the annual function of the Physiological Society of the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) on Friday stressed the need for enforcing medical ethics in medical colleges saying the knowledge of medicine was incomplete in the absence of morality.
"Despite clear instructions by the Indian Medical Council, medical colleges are failing to impart education on medical ethics which happens to be a mandatory requirement for all medical students," Dr. Kumar said.
Former Patna University Vice Chancellor Dr. S. N. P. Sinha, in his address, said that the patients must not be misled in the name of modern scientific equipment and technology.
"Doctors must not abandon basic medical common sense by hiding behind the names of machines and modern technology," Dr. Sinha said.
Former PMCH principal Dr. M. L. Verma applauded the role of the college's physiological department saying it was one of the best medical departments in the entire nation.
Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, the Head of the Department of Physiology, said that the department would hold a monthly health camp for those who could not afford quality health care in the district.
IMA president Dr. Basant Singh was also present at the function.
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