New delhi,Nov 21
As a new initiative for the Northeast, the Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh has announced super-specialty courses for doctors from the eight North-Eastern States soon.
This will include provision for Doctor of Medicine (DM) and Master of Chirurgiae (Mch) courses in medical institutions outside Northeast as well as option of short duration training up to six months in super-specialty.
Addressing a meeting of Principal Secretaries of Health from North-Eastern States, here on Friday, Singh said to begin with a six months short-term training in Medical Oncology and Surgical Oncology will be undertaken from January 1, 2016 at the Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai.
The cost and financial implications of this training course will be borne by the Ministry of DoNER, he said.
Meanwhile, the same Institute will also seek approval from Medical Council of India (MCI) to start a three-year DM Oncology and Mch Oncology Surgery degree course from next academic year, he added.
The Co-Chairman of the reputed Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai, Dr Hemanth Raj was present in today’s meeting.
Singh said non-communicable diseases like Diabetes and heart attack have also shown upsurge in the North-Eastern region for whichthe DoNER Ministry has sought the collaboration of the Union Ministry of Health for their support through programmes meant for their control.
At the same time, corporate hospitals have also been asked to come forward, he said.
