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The '''Indian Medical Association''' ('''IMA''') is a national ] of physicians in ]. It was established in 1928<ref name="OkuTg3F">{{Cite web |last=Rai |first=D.R. |title=Indian Medical Association, Cochin Branch; IMA Cochin; About Us |url=http://www.imacochin.org/about%20us.asp}}</ref><ref name="Ghosh_3/2021">{{Cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Abantika |date=2021-03-10 |title=‘Voice of doctors’ or ‘den of politics’? Why some doctors swear by IMA, others don’t care |url=https://theprint.in/health/voice-of-doctors-or-den-of-politics-why-some-doctors-swear-by-ima-others-dont-care/618614/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> as the All India Medical Association, and was renamed the Indian Medical Association in 1930. It is a society registered under The Societies Act of India. The '''Indian Medical Association''' ('''IMA''') is a national ] of physicians in ]. It was established in 1928<ref name="Ghosh_3/2021">{{Cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Abantika |date=2021-03-10 |title=‘Voice of doctors’ or ‘den of politics’? Why some doctors swear by IMA, others don’t care |url=https://theprint.in/health/voice-of-doctors-or-den-of-politics-why-some-doctors-swear-by-ima-others-dont-care/618614/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> as the All India Medical Association, and was renamed the Indian Medical Association in 1930. It is a society registered under The Societies Act of India.


==Background== ==Background==
The Indian Medical Association has approximately 350,000 member doctors<ref name="Ghosh_3/2021" /> in 1,700 active local branches in 29 states and union territories in India.<ref name="gKbnb">{{cite web |last=Rai |first=D. R. |date=2012 |title=Article on Indian Medical Association in Japan Medical association Journal |url=https://www.med.or.jp/english/journal/pdf/2012_06/441_444.pdf |access-date=2020-10-11 |website=www.med.or.jp |format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patel |first=Jitendra B. |last2=Saini |first2=Narendra |date=2014-08-01 |title=Indian Medical Association |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375268/ |journal=Japan Medical Association Journal: JMAJ |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=238–244 |issn=1346-8650 |pmc=4375268 |pmid=26005621}}</ref> It is the largest association of physicians and medical students in India. The Indian Medical Association has approximately 350,000 member doctors<ref name="Ghosh_3/2021" /> in 1,700 active local branches in 29 states and union territories in India.<ref name="gKbnb">{{cite web |last=Rai |first=D. R. |date=2012 |title=Article on Indian Medical Association in Japan Medical association Journal |url=https://www.med.or.jp/english/journal/pdf/2012_06/441_444.pdf |access-date=2020-10-11 |website=www.med.or.jp |format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patel |first=Jitendra B. |last2=Saini |first2=Narendra |date=2014-08-01 |title=Indian Medical Association |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375268/ |journal=Japan Medical Association Journal: JMAJ |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=238–244 |issn=1346-8650 |pmc=4375268 |pmid=26005621}}</ref> It is the largest association of physicians and medical students in India.


Previously stationed out of ], the IMA is headquartered in ].<ref name="Ghosh_3/2021" /> Local branches send representatives to a central council which meets annually.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=What is IMA? And it's History |url=https://www.ima-india.org/ima/left-side-bar.php?pid=299 |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Indian Medical Association}}</ref> The council delegates to a working committee that represents all state branches and meets at least three times a year.<ref name=":0" />
Previously stationed out of ], the IMA is headquartered in ].<ref name="Ghosh_3/2021" /> The general control, management and direction of policy is vested in the Central Council, to which local branches send representatives and which meets once a year to lay down policies. It delegates its powers to a Working Committee (a representative body of all state branches) for implementation of programmes and activities.<ref name="OkuTg3F" /> This committee meets at least three times a year to execute various activities for the welfare of members and the people in matters of health.<ref name="2c3dH">{{Cite web |date=May 17, 2016 |title=World Hypertension Day: Pune IMA to hold BP checkup camps |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/world-hypertension-day-pune-ima-to-hold-bp-checkup-camps-2804270/ |website=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="AxItS">{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Akanksha |date=June 4, 2016 |title=Verdict reserved on healthcare firms’ plea |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Verdict-reserved-on-healthcare-firms%E2%80%99-plea/article14383643.ece |publisher=] |via=}}</ref><ref name="SK8WD">{{Cite web |date=April 22, 2016 |title=Indian Medical Association Asks Doctors Not To Advertise 'Guaranteed Treatment' |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-medical-association-asks-doctors-not-to-advertise-guaranteed-treatment-1398169 |website=NDTV.com |publisher=Press Trust India}}</ref>


The Indian Medical Association is one of the 27 founder members of the ],<ref name="dcy6f">{{Cite web |url=http://www.wma.net/en/60about/70history/ |title=History of the World Medical Association |access-date=2016-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609202315/http://www.wma.net/en/60about/70history/ |archive-date=2016-06-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref> joining in 1948.<ref name="Ghosh_3/2021" /> The IMA left the organization in 1985 due to the WMA's retention of South Africa, then a practitioner of apartheid. The IMA rejoined the WMA in 1993.<ref name="Ghosh_3/2021" /> A Reuters investigative report from 2015 found that the IMA had incorrectly told the WMA that charges of corruption brought by the ] against former IMA president ] had been withdrawn.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-11-05 |title=WMA president Ketan Desai attends court hearing in corruption case |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/wma-president-desai-idINKBN130041 |access-date=2022-04-08}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Stecklow |first=Steve |last2=MacAskill |first2=Andrew |last3=Kalra |first3=Aditya |date=July 30, 2015 |title=Indian doctor’s legal troubles bedevil global medical-ethics body |url=http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/india-medicine-doctor/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> The Indian Medical Association is one of the 27 founder members of the ],<ref name="dcy6f">{{Cite web |url=http://www.wma.net/en/60about/70history/ |title=History of the World Medical Association |access-date=2016-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609202315/http://www.wma.net/en/60about/70history/ |archive-date=2016-06-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref> joining in 1948.<ref name="Ghosh_3/2021" /> The IMA left the organization in 1985 due to the WMA's retention of South Africa, then a practitioner of apartheid. The IMA rejoined the WMA in 1993.<ref name="Ghosh_3/2021" /> A Reuters investigative report from 2015 found that the IMA had incorrectly told the WMA that charges of corruption brought by the ] against former IMA president ] had been withdrawn.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-11-05 |title=WMA president Ketan Desai attends court hearing in corruption case |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/wma-president-desai-idINKBN130041 |access-date=2022-04-08}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Stecklow |first=Steve |last2=MacAskill |first2=Andrew |last3=Kalra |first3=Aditya |date=July 30, 2015 |title=Indian doctor’s legal troubles bedevil global medical-ethics body |url=http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/india-medicine-doctor/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>

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Association of Medical Doctors
Indian Medical Association
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AbbreviationIMA
Formation1928
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Location
  • Indian Medical Association, IMA House, I.P. Estate, Next to Vikas Minar, New Delhi - 110002
Region served India
Membership317,458 as of November 30, 2019
National PresidentSahajanand Prasad Singh
Websitewww.ima-india.org

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is a national voluntary organisation of physicians in India. It was established in 1928 as the All India Medical Association, and was renamed the Indian Medical Association in 1930. It is a society registered under The Societies Act of India.

Background

The Indian Medical Association has approximately 350,000 member doctors in 1,700 active local branches in 29 states and union territories in India. It is the largest association of physicians and medical students in India.

Previously stationed out of Calcutta, the IMA is headquartered in New Delhi. Local branches send representatives to a central council which meets annually. The council delegates to a working committee that represents all state branches and meets at least three times a year.

The Indian Medical Association is one of the 27 founder members of the World Medical Association, joining in 1948. The IMA left the organization in 1985 due to the WMA's retention of South Africa, then a practitioner of apartheid. The IMA rejoined the WMA in 1993. A Reuters investigative report from 2015 found that the IMA had incorrectly told the WMA that charges of corruption brought by the Central Bureau of Investigation against former IMA president Ketan Desai had been withdrawn.

The IMA has expressed opposition to integrated medicine or the mixing together of systems of medicine in curriculum, practice and research in India, often by using the term "mixopathy".

In 2022, Sahajanand Prasad Singh was listed as the national president for the organization. Singh was preceded in the post by surgeon J.A Jayalal from 2020-2021. Longtime member and cardiologist K. K. Aggarwal held several posts within the IMA including president. Ketan Desai served as the organization's head from 2001-2003 following a period when he had been found guilty by Delhi High Court of corrupt practices and abuse of power.

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

The Journal of the Indian Medical Association, (JIMA), is indexed in the Index Medicus. It is a monthly journal and has the largest circulation of all the indexed journals in the world with over 240,000 subscribers for its electronic version. The journal is also available in microfilm through Bell & Howels, US. The Journal was founded by Sir Nilratan Sircar, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Kumud Sankar Ray and other scholars and doyens of the medical profession in 1930. The Journal office is in Calcutta.

Indian Medical Students' Association

On 5 October 2013, the Indian Medical Students' Association was inducted as the official student wing of the Indian Medical Association. It claims to have more than 50,000 members from different medical colleges in the country and aims to promote new endeavours among medical students in India.

See also

References

  1. "Indian Medical Association". www.ima-india.org.
  2. ^ Ghosh, Abantika (2021-03-10). "'Voice of doctors' or 'den of politics'? Why some doctors swear by IMA, others don't care". ThePrint. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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  4. Patel, Jitendra B.; Saini, Narendra (2014-08-01). "Indian Medical Association". Japan Medical Association Journal: JMAJ. 57 (4): 238–244. ISSN 1346-8650. PMC 4375268. PMID 26005621.
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  8. Stecklow, Steve; MacAskill, Andrew; Kalra, Aditya (July 30, 2015). "Indian doctor's legal troubles bedevil global medical-ethics body". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  9. "'Khichdi' medical system can put millions of lives at risk: IMA on integrated medicine proposal". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
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  11. Taskin, Bismee (2020-12-08). "'No point mixing all in one' — IMA to fight govt move to allow Ayurveda doctors to do surgery". ThePrint. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  12. Chattopadhyay, Sanchari (December 31, 2020). "TN Surgeon Dr Jayalal Takes Charge As The New National President Of IMA". Medical Dialogues. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  13. "Dr KK Aggarwal elected as the new IMA general secretary". The Economic Times. New Delhi. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2016.
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  15. Ray, Kalyan (2014-09-22). "Scam-tainted former MCI chief set to head global body". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  16. Sharma, Rohit (2001-12-15). "Head of the Medical Council of India removed for corruption". BMJ : British Medical Journal. 323 (7326): 1385. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1121855. PMID 11744556.
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  19. "KARMIC 2016 Indian Medical Association-Students\' Wing Bihar Chapter". www.plexusmd.com.
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