Legal requirements in India do not permit independent hands-on
patient care by visiting medical, nursing or any other persons.
The visitor may be permitted to "shadow" clinicians,
attend rounds, witness patient interactions in the outpatient
department, examine patients under supervision, and observe
surgery and various investigations. They also may be permitted
to attend the department academic sessions and to be involved
in other departmental activities.
Written entries in official documentation by a visitor is
discouraged, and even if permitted will have to be countersigned
by a CMC staff consultant. No drug prescriptions can be
written. In spite of these restrictions there is a world
of experience that can be gained to make the trip worthwhile.
Medical volunteers will need to be registered with the Medical
Council of India, but similar restrictions still apply.
However they may be allowed to conduct academic and teaching
sessions with the departments.
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