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The programme has turned into such a huge controversy that as of Monday, a complaint has been filed by the Intern and Post-graduate Association of Tamil Nadu seeking action against the talk show coordinators. Mass screening for TB is not effective, they add. People in the program also asked if master health checks were to screen people for common diseases, why were TB tests (sputum analysis) not a part of the tests? The audience had alleged that doctors screen people for diabetes and hypertension only to make money.īut many doctors in Tamil Nadu are denying it, saying while it is important to include TB tests, it is unfair to say there is no need to conduct tests for diabetes and hypertension as these diseases are an epidemic in India. “Why do you ask us to go only to that particular lab or hospital for a test?” One disgruntled member of the public had pointedly asked the doctors on the show. Kickbacks received by doctors for referrals to specific laboratories they tie up with was another point that was discussed on the show hosted by Gopinath.
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However, counterarguments made by doctors in various social media forums dissented that such health checkups are essential to identify lifestyle diseases like diabetes which is rampant in India today. Points discussed on the show include redundant implementation of expensive master health checkups and ‘unnecessary’ screening for diseases like diabetes and hypertension in patients. Vijay TV’s talk show ‘Neeya Naana’ on medical ethics in Tamil Nadu has become the bone of contention within the medical community after discussions were triggered over unnecessary health tests and kickbacks received by doctors. The News Minute| August 23, 2014| 9.20 pm IST