MINUTES OF STATE LEVEL EXPERT COMMITTEE MEETING ON PREVENTION

OF QUACKERY & MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CONDUCTED ON 07.08.2018 @

DM&RHS CHAMBER

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The following members were attended the meeting.

1) Dr. N. Rukmani, Director of Medical & Rural Health Services

2) Dr. K. Kolandaiswamy, Director of Public Health & Preventive Medicine
3) Thiru. K. Sivabalan, Director of Drugs Control
4) Dr. P. Parthiban, Joint Director (ISM&H), Directorate of Indian Medicine &
Homeopathy
5) Dr. N. Manavalan, Joint Director (Y&N), Directorate of Indian Medicine &
Homeopathy
6) Dr. Swathi Rethnavathy, Joint Director (CEmONC), O/o DM&RHS
7) Dr. V.P. Harisundari, Joint Director (Acts), O/o DM&RHS
8) Dr. S. Gurunathan, Joint Director (Medical), O/o DM&RHS
9) Thiru. A. Thomas Prabhakar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, O/o DM&RHS
10) Dr. Selvi Martin, Additional City Medical Officer, Greater Chennai Corporation
11) Thiru. Rajasekaran, Registrar, Tamil Nadu Siddha Medical Council
12) Dr. J. Subramaniam, Nodal Officer, O/o. The Director of Medical Education
13) Dr. R. Sathis Kumar, Medical Officer (CNB & Immunisation), O/o DPH & PM
14) Dr. Muthurajan, IMA - State Liaison Officer, Tamil Nadu
15) Mrs. Ani Grace, Registrar, Tamil Nadu Nursing & Midwifery Council
16) Dr. Karthika, Nodal Officer (CEmONC), O/o DM&RHS
17) Dr. Devi Dharani, Medical Officer (PCPNDT Act), O/o DM&RHS
18) Thiru. M. Thiagarajan, Drug Inspector (Intelligence Wing), O/o DDC

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The Director of Medical & Rural Health Services welcome all the participants of
the State Level Expert Committee Meeting on prevention of quackery & medical
malpractice with a special reference to “Home Deliveries”.
The following points were discussed in the meeting:

1) The Committee decided unanimously to follow three approaches ie. Educational

approach, Service approach and legal approach to curtail the home delivery
practices.

2) The Committee decided to give a complaint in Cyber Crime to remove all the
unscientific messages posted by unqualified and unauthorized persons in Local,
Social and other medias and they have to take steps to avoid publishing such
matters.

3) All JDHS are requested to convene the District Level Committee Meeting
immediately and take similar action to curtail home delivery practices.

4) The Committee decided to complaint through existing provisions of various Acts

as follows:

a) IPC
b) TNPH Act, 1939
c) I T Act
d) Drugs and Cosmetics Act
e) IMC Act

5) Unqualified and unauthorized persons doing medical malpractice should be

dealt with as per law.

6) Health Education regarding Hospital deliveries with reference to facilities and

amenities should be given to People by the ANM/Nursing students and all staff

7) Awareness about Hospital deliveries should be given by qualified Doctors in

medias. ICDS workers and women Self Help Groups may be involved in
such awareness programmes.

8) It is suggested that the State Level Expert Committee Meeting may be

convened in every Quarter.

The Meeting ended with Vote of Thanks.