BMJ publishes three papers on medical malpractice, regulations and whistleblower protection in India

Today's Mint has report on malpractices in Indian healthcare sector. A must read for everyone who is bothered about the healthcare practices and pharmaceutical industry.

Please visit: http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ryfCYbvT6wZfrape4Nq1AJ/Report-highlights-malpractice-in-Indian-healthcare-sector.html

Irrational prescriptions, bribes for referrals and unnecessary investigations are the most common forms of corruption in India’s health sector, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported.
 
BMJ also addresses the complete lack of regulation of private players. Health is one of the least transparent and worst regulated sectors in India. A 2005 study by Transparency International concluded that the Indian healthcare sector is the second most corrupt sector, after the police.
 
Corruption, kickbacks and the nexus between doctors and pharmaceutical firms are so rampant that BMJ, in June 2014, launched a campaign called Corruption in Medicine, specific to India, stating in an editorial that corrupt practices had “steadily eroded the trust and respect with which doctors were previously regarded”.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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