The panel will submit the draft rules to the health ministry in 10 days, Dr Bhirmanandam said.After the cap on prices of stents, it is now proposed to rein in medical professionals too. While discussing the broad guidelines, the committee has decided to allow only doctors adequately trained or qualified to make decisions. Now, in the absence of rules, many cardiologists do stenting soon after completing DM cardiology.Trained doctors should also register themselves as interventional cardiologists before beginning practice, Dr Bhirmanandam said. The committee will also come out with an outline for standard protocols in angiograms, angioplasty and stenting. While some blocks can be treated with drugs, others require stenting and few others may require a coronary artery bypass surgery.

Source: Times of India August 09, 2017 22:59 UTC