The CEO of the Health Services recently issued a directive stating that physiotherapists do not have the right to use “DR” as a prefix for their names because it is reserved only for registered physicians.
The matter is now undergoing another test, she also reported and quoted official sources on Wednesday.
Previously, Director General of the Health Services Sunita Sharma sent a letter to Dr. Dilip Bhanushali, National President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). In the letter, she said DGHS received several representations and strong objections from more organizations about using the “DR” prefix and the “PT” physiotherapist.
The Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IAPMR) was one of the organizations that raised objections to physiotherapists using the “DR” prefix.
‘DR’ Prefix Using Physiotherapists: What is the controversy?
A letter written on September 9th suggested that physiotherapists can use a more suitable prefix along with their names.
“This means that the use of” DR “prefix” for physiotherapists in a curriculum based on physiotherapy – the approved syllabus 2025 is immediately removed.
According to Sharma, The IapMr Said That the Issue is Linked to the Competience Based Curriculum for Physiotherapy Approved Syllabus 2025, WHICH WAS PUSISTISHED BY NATIONAL Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Under On March 23 (Page 34, Point No. 3.2.3 – “The Recommended Title Thus stands as ‘Physiotherapist’ with the prefix ‘dr’ and the extension ‘Pt’).
In her letter, Sharma said the organizations emphasized and said that physiotherapists were not trained by doctors. Therefore, the use of the “DR” prefix in misleading patients and the general public and can also lead to charlatans.
The letter noted that the Council Ethics Committee (the Central Council for Rescue and Physiotherapy of 2007) had previously decided that only registered doctors of modern medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani could be used.
“The general authority also acquired a legal opinion that any physiotherapist using the title of” Doctor “without holding a recognized medical qualification, would violate the provisions of the Medical Act in 1916. Such violation attracts under section 7 of the Act. The point is that the point is that it is that it is that it is that it is that the point is that the point is that it is a law about the Act about the Development Act. Physiotherapy is not entitled to use the prefix “DR” under any circumstances, “he read the letter.
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