AP Medical Council Chief Urges Medical Students to Uphold Ethics in Patient Care

Speaking at the event on Saturday, Dr. Rao advised postgraduate medical students and
house surgeons to strictly abide by ethical standards and avoid breaching any
prescribed guidelines.

According to The Hindu, during his address, Dr.
Rao urged the budding doctors to maintain a clear boundary in their conduct
with patients and to prioritise compassionate and appropriate medical care. He
highlighted the importance of ethical behavior in clinical practice and outlined
essential protocols such as accurate documentation, thorough case history
profiling, prompt diagnosis and treatment, and diligent follow-up procedures. “When you ensure that these steps are followed in letter and spirit, you are certain to win the hearts of the patients and also climb the career ladder”, he said. 

He also recommended that
medical colleges make such ethical orientation sessions compulsory for house
surgeons to better equip them for handling clinical responsibilities with
integrity. Even the medicos expressed their interest in conducting similar
workshops and awareness initiatives regularly across the academic calendar.

The programme was
presided over by Dr. G. Ravi Prabhu, Additional Director of Medical Education
and Principal of SV Medical College. Other dignitaries present included Dr.
Parthasarathy Reddy, Superintendent of Government Maternity Hospital; SVMC Vice
Principal Dr. D.S.N. Murthy; and Ethics Committee Coordinator Dr. A.S. Kireeti,
among others.

Dr. Daggumati Sreehari
Rao, a native of Kavali in Nellore district, is a radiologist based in
Tirupati. With nearly three decades of experience in the field, he has been
operating Sri Sai SV Diagnostics in Tirupati since 1997, after a brief tenure
at SVIMS Hospital. The Andhra Pradesh Health Department has appointed renowned
radiologist Dr Daggumati Sreehari Rao as the new Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh
Medical Council a few days ago.