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Mumbai to host medical students' global meet
Tuesday August 07, 2012 10:38:43 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: An
international panel of medics will host its 61st general assembly
in Mumbai Aug 9, to be attended by 1,000 delegates from across 114
countries, officials said.
This will be the International Federation of Medical Students
Association's (IFMSA) first general assembly meet in India, the
official said, describing it as one of the largest international
medical students meets.
"India is a perfect place for a discussion on universal health
care as the country now experiences a gradual transition towards
provision of easily accessible and affordable health care to all
Indians by 2020," said IFMSA general secretary Esha Gupta.
Maharashtra's Health Minister Suresh Shetty, former union minister
of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor, vice chancellors of
many medical universities, and others will mark their presence at
the event.
The theme general assembly is based on India's Vision of 2020
'Universal Health Care - The Time is Now'.
IFMSA India, which was earlier Medical Students' Association of
India (MSAI), was fully adopted into the panel as IFMSA-India in
March this year.
Speaking about the agenda for meet, Sushmitha Kothapallii, vice
president, International Affairs of IFMSA, said that they look
forward to an aggressive discussion and passing of motions which
will bring a positive change in the healthcare scenario in India
and world.
IFMSA is also organising a workshop prior to the meet, where
delegates from 20 countries will visit the slums of Mumbai and
prepare a report understanding the healthcare model.
IFMSA-India is a medical student organisation involving more than
5,000 students from over 100 different medical colleges.
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