1. Sham Medical Inspection:
Inspection in most of the school is a mere formality and is generally restricted to taking of weight and height.
2. Lack of Medical Facilities:
There is no reasonable infrastructure for medical inspection in most of the schools. Even the best of the school do not have school doctors on a permanent basis it is all adhoc, on as and when required basis.
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3. Negligence:
School in the villages is not absolutely neglected in respect of medical inspections nor do they have any school dispensary.
Remedial Measures
Here are some suggestions for the removal of defects in present system of medical inspection in schools
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1. Increase in the number of Doctor:
There should be required increase in the number of doctors. A doctor should be assigned medical inspection of as much number of schools or students as is practically feasible for him/her.
2. Improvement in School Dispensaries:
To make medical inspection effective there must be arrangement of all possible medical aids in school. There is no meaning of medical inspection without these medical aids.
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3. To get co-operation of Guardians: The co-operation of guardians is necessary for making medical inspection effective. The guardians must be informed of diseases affecting students and they must also be told about the rules of maintaining proper health.
4. Improvement in school environment:
To make medical inspection effective the environment of school must be healthy. School should be kept clean. Toilets and latrines should be kept extremely clean and full attention should be paid on the hygiene.
5. Inspection to be effective:
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Medical inspection should not be taken as a mere formality but as a means to benefit students as much as possible.
6. Attention on Rural Areas:
Special attention should be paid on the condition of medical inspection in village schools because there is extreme lack of doctors and medical facilities there. Doctors should be given special allowances for visiting village schools.
7. Provision of inspection at least twice in a year:
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Medical inspection of students should Lake Place at least 2 times in a year.
Treatment
Health and medical inspections will not be of much use if there is no facility of disease management available in the school premises. The school dispensary should be able to attend to routine/common diseases on discovery. For the treatment/management of serious ailments, the school must have an arrangement, which should be activated as and when the need may arise.
These arrangements should be known to all teachers and other administrative staff for speedy and correct action/disposal.