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Indian Rural Medical Council (IRMC)

Working in line with WHO's slogan: “HEALTH FOR ALL”

We are working to provide better health care facilities in rural areas by using technologies and to make aware the general rural public to be healthy and get better treatment.
'Health Care "स्वास्थ्य देखभाल" is human right of every individual 'Rural areas of India faces deplorable Health Care conditions due to :

• Lack / shortage of quality Health care infrastructure,
• Lack/ shortage of trained health worker
• Limited access to health care facilities
• Limited/ No use of technology to improve health care facilities.

Contagious, infectious and waterborne diseases such as Diarrhea, Amoebiasis, typhoid, infectious hepatitis, worm infestations, measles, malaria, tuberculosis, whooping cough, respiratory infections, pneumonia and reproductive tract infections dominate the morbidity pattern, especially in rural areas. However, non-communicable diseases such as cancer, blindness, mental illness, hypertension, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, accidents and injuries are also on the rise. The health status of Indians, is still a cause for grave concern, especially that of the rural population. This is reflected in the life expectancy (63 years), infant mortality rate (80/1000 live births), maternal mortality rate (438/100 000 live births); however, over a period of time some progress has been made. Every year in India, according to government figures, around 200,000 people die from road traffic accidents. In the past decade alone, more than 5 million Indians have been severely injured or are now living with a disability from road traffic accidents.

Further the Government data shows that 50 percent of road traffic deaths in India could have been prevented, had the injured received first aid within the first hour after the accident. However, many accident victims are unable to access timely care and prevent further disability due to the lack of first aid medical care & emergency medical services in many parts of the country especially in rural area of the India .

The primary reason why many people die on the side of the street waiting for help is because the first aid care is not being addressed as effectively According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 5.8 crore people are dying due to heart stroke in the world in a year. In the past decade alone, more than 5 million Indians have been severely injured or are now living with a disability from road traffic accidents.

We are also devoted to save the lives of the rural people from any accident or sudden illness by providing first aid and advice through its first aid provider/ rural health advisor as we know. In the past decade alone, more than 5 million Indians have been severely injured or are now living with a disability from road traffic accidents.

Villagers and general public are often the first to respond to a road traffic accident and could play a vital role in supporting accident victims and fill the gap in India’s emergency response system. But many of them lack of the first-aid skills needed to stabilize a patient until an ambulance arrives.

Emergency medical care and first aid care is still evolving in India and there’s still a long way to go. The primary reason why many people die on the side of the street waiting for help is because the first aid care is not being addressed as effectively According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 5.8 crore people are dying due to heart stroke in the world in a year.

Doctors and the public need to acquire knowledge on CPR, a method under first aid medical care and emergency procedure to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing for a patient, during cardiac arrest. That could save many lives And in many cases like… heat stoke, snake bite, animal bite, unconsciousness etc. the lives of the general persons can be save if within time first aid care is given to the injured or patient.

It has been seen in rural area of the India that due to lack of awareness the general peoples get infected from many communicable diseases like Kalra, Influenza, Diarrhea, Typhoid, Malaria, Smallpox, measles, and common and seasonal diseases, many misconception amongst people about human health in the society, such as blood donation, family planning, breastfeeding, leprosy, vaccination, pulse polio, superstition etc. which become dangerous to the lives and at most of the time the death occurs due the said simple diseases and misconception, at the end due to improper care and treatment at early stage.

To improve the prevailing situation, the problem of rural health is to be addressed both at macro (national and state) and micro (district and regional) levels. This is to be done in an holistic way, with a genuine effort to bring the poorest of the population to the centre of the fiscal policies. A paradigm shift from the current ‘biomedical model’ to a ‘socio cultural model’, which should bridge the gaps and improve quality of rural life, is the current need.

The Indian Rural Medical Council is continuously trying to the save the lives of the people by providing advice at primary level so as the people get aware about the said disease through its volunteer/ members/ rural health advisor in the rural area of the India.

The government of India has recently amended the “Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, which came into effect from 25th March 2020 which give right to the medical practitioner the following addition shall be made:-

• A) Consultation by Telemedicine.
• B) Consultation through Telemedicine by the Registered Medical Practitioner under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 shall be permissible in accordance with the Telemedicine Practice Guidelines.

In the same amendment the government has provided to run/open health and wellness centre /sub centre at public as well as private sector. In- charge of the Health and wellness centre /sub centre will having qualification of Nurse, Allied Health Professional, Mid-level health provider, ANM or any other health worker designated by an appropriate authority.

The Indian rural Medical Council is trying to improve the rural health care facilities by using technologies in accordance with the new amendment Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 ( Tele Medicine) through the health and wellness centre/sub centre and also the RMP through caregiver in rural and urban Areas of India. The Council is giving training to the rural peoples so that they can participate to eradicate the Rural Health problems and to improve the quality and trained persons on the community level in health care of Rural Areas.