India's attempt to reform medical councils sparks protest

Abstract

The Indian Government's bid to reform the councils in charge of doctors, dentists, and pharmacists in India has run into trouble with leading national medical associations crying foul over alleged democratic and fundamental rights violations and the government's inability to reach any consensus with the various stake holders. [...]the bill, currently under review in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, has caused huge protests from various stakeholders led by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and flared up by the opposition and some allies of the coalition government.