Review of students Tuition Fee and Patients’ User Charges opposed by AIIMS RDA

Review of students Tuition Fee and Patients’ User Charges opposed by AIIMS RDA

Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of the AIIMS has strongly opposed the Center’s proposal to review the tuition fees for the students and the user charges for various diagnostic procedures like blood tests, X-rays including OPD charges for its patients.RDA rejected the proposal saying that it strongly supports the quality-education for all sections of the society."Quality education and healthcare are the building blocks of our nation and we will not allow any person, organization or the government to compromise on them in any aspect," said AIIMS RDA in a statement. "We need educated and skilled citizens to fulfill our long-cherished dream of becoming a developed nation. This dream can be fulfilled only if both the central and state governments make quality education affordable and healthcare accessible to all citizens," it added. AIIMS RDA president, Dr. Amarinder Malhi, said, "We, the resident doctors, are against the memorandum issued by the administration. We are against any kind of increase in the tuition fees of students and user charges for patients in all medical institutes.""We request all policy makers to think logically and take concrete steps in this direction so that our nation can fare far better than where it stands at present in the global healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index as well as the global quality Education Index (EI)," Dr. Malhi added.On Friday, the Union Health Ministry had asked AIIMS, New Delhi, to revise the user fee for its patients and prepare a model rate chart which can be implemented in all the six such premier institutes across the country.

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