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Even after half a century of
independence, “not more than 20 percent of the population
has any access to….. basic surgical services like life saving
caesarian section, or a life saving repair of typhoid perforation…”
(National Human Development Report 2001). This situation can be
improved only if there is adequate number of rural surgeons in India
whose surgery is affordable and available near the homes of the
patients. Realising the vital role of rural surgeons in the nation’s
health care, Dr. Gazeiry, MD., FRCS., the past Regional Director
of W.H.O. East Mediterranean Region remarked that rural
surgery be made into a speciality.
These Rural Surgeons are essentially true general
surgeons who work under severe constraints. |
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