The members of the Madurai Respiratory Society have expressed concern over the recent decision made by the NMC undergraduate medical education board to remove the Respiratory Medicine (TB and Chest Disease, Chest Diseases) Department from the mandatory list of undergraduate medical education.
Speaking to reporters secretary R. Prabhakaran, president M. Palaniappan and treasurer S. C. Vivekananthan said they have written to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansuk Mandaviya and sought his intervention to reconsider and reinstate this critical department in the mandatory curriculum.
The roots of the TB and Chest Disease department trace back to the influential recommendations of the Bhore Committee in 1946, which had recognised the importance of specialised medical departments to address emerging healthcare challenges. Since then, the field of TB and Chest Diseases had grown and evolved through the continuous advancement of medical knowledge and technology.
