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Sunday January 20, 1:17 AMHealth Ministry forms committee for national stroke strategySINGAPORE : The Ministry of Health has formed a National Advisory Committee for National Stroke Strategy.This is to help the ministry develop an overall strategy aimed at the prevention and control of strokes, as well as minimise the burden of the disease. The ministry's Director of Medical Services Professor K Satku made this announcement on Saturday at the 3rd Mount Alvernia Hospital Medical Conference. Stroke was the 4th cause of death in 2006, accounting for 9% of all deaths. Professor Satku said the committee will take a comprehensive approach at primary prevention, early detection, clinical services and rehabilitation. It will also review current services, identify gaps and present to the Health Ministry recommendations to enhance the quality of stroke prevention and treatment in Singapore. The review is expected to be completed by the middle of this year. Professor Satku also asked encouraged public and private institutions which have established an appropriate learning environment within their organisation to be designated as accredited Continuing Medical Education (CME) providers. These institutions should have a CME committee which meets to develop and plan CME programmes on a regular basis for their doctors in their institutions. Professor Satku said a collegiate learning environment enables a peer review process for robust supervision of new doctors in the health system. If the hospital or doctor takes the initiative to organise and achieve this outcome, it would allow their hospital to supervise first year conditionally-registered doctors. The ministry would then readily accredit the health institution as a provider of the supervisory framework. In return, the doctors and the hospital would then have the flexibility to select and recruit their own doctors from abroad - specialists and non-specialists alike - and supervise them throughout their conditional-registration phase. - CNA /ls |
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