Dr. Desai and Cartel of Drs Made Medical Education a Joke

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Dear all,

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Wonder if anyone is really surprised by this turn of events? Having regard to

the lethal practice of letting untrained doctors mal_ prescribe Highly Active

Retroviral Therapy (HAART).

So many discussions I had as a visitor to India when I saw people prescribed

mono therapy for suspected HIV status.

I hope the authorities can create a special class of prescribers regulated by

their peers so that appropriate HAART therapy can become the norm in India

regardless of the education status of the patients.

In Australia these group of Drs are referred to as section 100 prescribers and

the number of medicines consigned to the section 100 class include HAART, but

also other toxic medicines such as methadone where knowledge and ability to

prescribe appropriately and manage patient care are tested before recognition is

granted.

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Geoff Heaviside

Convenor - Brimbank Community Initiatives Inc

Convenor - Brimbank International Student Support Services

Secretary - International Centre for Health Equity Inc

Member - Australasian Society for HIV Medicine Inc

P.O. Box 2400 s Lakes 3038

Melbourne . Australia.

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