Forum For Medical Ethics Society jobs - Intern/ Office Support Staff

The Forum for Medical Ethics Society was set up in 1989 by a group of activists and health professionals concerned about the gross erosion of medical ethics and patients’ rights; the dysfunctional medical councils; inequities in access to healthcare and the rapid decline in the public health system. Initially, the members assisted aggrieved patients in public interest litigations against medical malpractice and then contested elections to the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) in1992. The organisation was formally registered in 1995. These experiences made it clear that reforming the system was a long-term task involving activism for the education and sensitisation of health professionals and society. The group also resolved to work for the development of bioethics as a discipline in the medical and humanities curricula.