April 2019

Dear Members,
Season’s Greetings.
In response to our appeal, to help the families of victim of CRPF attack, Pulwama  on  14-02-2019,  our  IMA  Local  Branches  &  members  donated generously. As per our promise, we donated about Rs. 18 lacs. It could be possible  because  of  support  of  every  members  and  local  branches.

On behalf of GSB IMA, we are thankful to all, for their contribution & show their sympathies to the nation.
We  congratulate  Ahmedabad  Medical  Association  for  successfully organising  felicitation  of  Dr.  Anil  J.  Nayak  I/C  Vice  Chancellor, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University.

As estimated by the world Health Organisation by the year 2030 the global economy is projected to create around forty million new health sector jobs mostly in the middle and high income countries and despite the anticipated growth in jobs there shall be projected shortage of fifteen million health workers to achieve the sustainable development goals in low and lower middle  income  countries.  The  United  Nation’s  Commissions  on  Health
Employment and Economic Growth with a focus on building resilient health systems  stresses  upon  strengthening  the  health  workers  and  urges  to ensure effective health employment.

Considering the age as a factor, India is one of the youngest countries of the world. By the year 2020, with sixth – four per cent of the population in the working age group, India is set to experience a dynamic transition as the
population durden of the past turns into a demographic dividend. The rising global demand and need for health workers, over the next decade, presents significant  challenges  nationally  as  well  as  offers  the  opportunity  to
generate employment not only to meet the demands but also to cater the global market.

Health workforce in Indian healthcare system has been defined with focus limited  to  few  cadres  such  as  doctors,  nurses  and  frontline  workers, wherein,  several  other  healthcare  professionals,  have  remained unidentified , unregulated and underutilized. The persistent demand for a regulatory framework to ensure appropriate regulation and standardization of such professions have been seen for several decades. In the last six years,  over  fifty  allied  and  healthcare  professions  have  been  identified whose potential may be utilized in improving the access to care and all those professions are globally regulated professions .

With  the  advancement  in  the  health  sector,  changing  preferences  of consumer  and  provider,  it  is  now  warranted  to  create  a  fresh  vision  of healthcare delivery with a patient centric approach and focus on moving to
multi-disciplinary team-based care. There is a need to implement new ways of  using  health  workers,  strengthening  the  workforce  by  testing  task shifting  models  and improving and increasing access to quality services through qualified and competent set of allied and healthcare professionals.

As decided by IMA HQ & in C.W.C. meeting at Jagganath Puri this month, we extend  our  support  to  IMA  members  who  are  contesting  parliamentary election from main political parties in our states.

In our state 4 Allopathic doctor are contesting;
1. DR. KIRITBHAI SOLANKI- AHMEDABAD
2. DR. MAHENDRA MUNJPARA- SURENDRANAGAR
3. DR. K.C. PATEL- VALSAD
4. DR. TUSHAR CHAUDHARY- VYARA
On behalf of GSB IMA, we wish a great success to all of them.
Long live IMA.