The courses with an aim to cater to medical needs of epileptic
patients, Health Minister Ashwani Chaube said:-
The courses for MD and Mch in Neurology in all medical colleges
in Bihar will start within a year so that the epileptic patients could
get specialised treatment, he said at a symposium on 'Neurology Update'.
A committee of renowned neurologists will be set up soon to
advise on the contents of the proposed syllabus for the courses in MD
and Mch in Neurology, Chaube said.
The health minister further said that the medical colleges have
decided for wards for treatment of the epilepic patients and related
facilities like CT Scan and MRI machines for which funds have been made
available to some medical colleges and tenders floated for purchase of
these equipment.
He stressed on the need for raising awareness among the people
that the epilepsy disease is curable with proper treatment and asked
people to refrain from taking services of quacks or using objects like
shoes to treat such patients.
Referring to occurrence of the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AEC) and the
Japanese Encephalitis (JE) every year causing deaths of hundreds of
children in Bihar, he said a task force has been set up to provide
vaccination to the children in Patna and Magadh divisions - the
epicentre of such disease.
Other postgraduate clinical degrees
The Master of Surgery is an advanced qualification in surgery. It is most commonly abbreviated Ch.M. or M.S., as well as M.Ch. and M.Chir. from its Latin name, Magister Chirurgiae or the English form of Master of Surgery.
There is also a similar advanced professional degree to the postgraduate MD: the Master of Surgery (usually ChM or MS, but MCh
in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and at Oxford and MChir at Cambridge). The
equivalence of these degrees, but their differing names, prevents the
need for surgeons (addressed as Mr. in the UK) having to revert to the
title Dr., which they once held as new MBBS graduates.
In Ireland, where the basic medical qualification includes a degree
in obstetrics, there is a similar higher degree of Master of the Art of
Obstetrics (MAO). A Master of Midwifery was formerly examined by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
(hence MMSA) but fell into abeyance in the 1960s; in this case the term
Master referred not to a university degree but rather a professional
rank that is common among craft guilds.
In East Africa, the medical schools in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda award the degree of Master of Medicine (MMed) degree in both surgical and medical specialty disciplines following a three-year period of instruction.
In West Africa, the West African College of Physicians and the West
African College of Surgeons award the Fellowship of the West African
College of Physicians (FWACP) and the Fellowship of the West African
College of Surgeons (FWACS) in medical and surgical disciplines
respectively after a minimum of four-year residency training period.
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