Eligibility criteria of Doctorate in Medicine (Medical Gastroenterology) – Is the change justified.

Eligibility criteria of Doctorate in Medicine (DM) in Medical Gastroenterology had been changed recently by Medical Council of India fromMD/DNB in General Medicine and Pediatrics to only that of General Medicine. As DM (Pediatric Gastroenterology) has not come up in a big way in India, this will only lead to shortage of skilled manpower in near future in this emerging field. Enthusiastic pediatricians will also be reluctant to take the discipline, as DM degrees in other broad (adult) superspecialities are open to them.