The Doctors Post

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  • “Let Down All Education”: Madras HC Upholds Doctor’s Suspension

    Chennai: The Madras High Court bench of Chief Justice MN Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthi has upheld disciplinary action by the Tamil Nadu Medical Commission (TNMC) against a doctor by removing his name from the medical register.The doctor had allegedly issued a fake medical certificate regarding the condition of a patient to register the latter’s properties in the name of the doctor’s son-in-law, who is none other than the son of the patient.After examining the materials and evidence, the bench concluded that the doctor/appellant has issued a fraudulent medical certificate to register the properties worth above Rs 50 crore.The bench opined that the appellant had let down all education imparted on him merely for obtaining land.

    “Pitchaimani was not in a position to comprehend what was the time, in which place he was there and who the person, namely, Sub-Registrar was. The very fact that he could not even sign and only his left thumb impression is taken on every page of the document, that too in a manner as if it is not made by the same person, but, with the help of another in awkward and reverse directions, categorically demonstrates that he was disoriented,” Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy held.

  • Parliamentary committee finds discrimination against SC/ST professor and students at AIIMS

    New Delhi: The parliamentary committee on welfare of schedule caste and schedule tribe has strongly pulled up AIIMS for its bias against the hiring of qualified professors and doctors from SC and ST community in AIIMS. The committee headed by Kirit P Solanki has been constituted to look at the roles of autonomous bodies and educational institutions, including central universities and engineering colleges, in the socio-economic development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with a focus on AIIMS.

    “It has been often seen that these students had invariably done very well in theory examinations but are declared to have failed in the practical examinations. This clearly underlines the biases towards SC/ST students. This must be dealt with firm decision and that a suitable examination monitoring system may be developed to put an end on this biased practice,” the committee said, asking the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Mohfw) to take stern action to check such unfair practices. As a remedy the committee has recommended that students appear in exam use a fictitious code rather than name so that their community identity is hidden. The committee recommended that a selection committee comprising of SC/ST experts be formed which may overlook the filling of vacancies in AIIMS. The committee further said “ No faculty reserved for SC/ST shall be kept vacant for more than 6 months”. The committee directed the union health ministry to submit an action plan within three months which will be placed in both houses of parliament.

  • Bombay High Court : EMRB of NMC can stay disciplinary action of the State Council

    Mumbai : The Bombay High Court allowed the Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of National Medical Commission to stay disciplinary action  of the State Council till it decide on the admission of an appeal made by the doctor facing punitive disciplinary action of the State Council. The court held “The Ethics and Medical Registration Board while hearing an appeal under Section 30(3) of the Act of 2019 possesses incidental powers which include granting stay to an order of penalty imposed by the State Medical Council under Section 30(2) of the Act of 2019. The mode and manner in which such incidental power is to be exercised and the terms and conditions to be imposed while exercising such powerwould be a matter within the discretion of the Ethics and Medical Registration Board.” Effectively the court has held that till the EMRB decide on the admission of an appeal of the doctor facing disciplinary action, the State Councils are barred from taking disciplinary action against the doctor. Earlier the medical professionals had no choice but to serve disciplinary action awarded to them by the State Council until the NMC Ethics Board could decide on the plea of the medical professional.

  • PGI MBBS curriculum to have Yoga, Ayurvedic Science

    Chandigarh : The Standing Academic Committee (SAC) of PGI Chandigarh has recommended that the concept of yoga science, ayurvedic science and traditional medicine should be included in the MBBS curriculum for lectures as a separate chapter. The committee has also recommended that new branches such as aviation medicine and organ transplant be included in the syllabus. The PGI Director, Prof Vivek Lal, said, “We have designed a state-of-the-art curriculum for the MBBS course but the final nod is awaited from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. “

  • Dentist held for smuggling drugs in Tihar jail

    New Delhi : Dr. Varun Goel, a dentist working with the Tihar jail on a contract was arrested for smuggling drugs into the prison for one its inmate Vikas Jha. It has been alleged that the dentist has hidden  82 gms of ganja and tobacco in his shoes.

    Narrating the incidence a jail officer said “Though the dentist had passed the security check, his behavior was suspicious. He had visited a group of inmates but was found sitting with one. When we asked him about this, he did not give a reasonable answer. He was frisked by the staff and they found the drugs. The inmate was also caught. We suspect that this has happened before for money, and are conducting an enquiry”. The doctor was arrested under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.

  • Jabalpur Hospital Fire Tragedy : 4 Doctors booked for culpable homicide

    Jabalpur : The preliminary probe into the fire at New Life Multispecialty Hospital which claimed the life of eight persons, including four patients has revealed several shortcomings regarding fire safety of the hospital. The fire No Objection Certificate (NOC) has been expired of the hospital. The police has registered a case of culpable homicide against four doctors cum owners of the hospital and the manager of the hospital.

    Narottam Mishra, Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh said “Prima facie, several shortcomings were found regarding the fire safety in the hospital. The hospital’s fire NOC (No Objection Certificate) had expired. A probe committee headed by the divisional commissioner which includes joint directors of health, town and country planning, and engineers, will file a report on various issues including fire safety and health.”

  • IT Department raids 4 NCR hospitals in tax evasion case

    Noida : The heat on the healthcare sector has increased after the Micro Labs expose with Income Tax Department conducting search in the premises of four renowned private hospital in the NCR for allegedly evading tax. The hospitals being raided are ORG Hospital, SSB Hospital, Accord Hospital and Sarvodaya Hospital.

  • State Human Rights Commission holds Government vicariously liable for negligence of Government doctors

    Chennai :  The Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) held that the state was vicariously liable for the acts of negligence by the doctors of government hospital. The Commission member D Jayachandran passed the order on a suo-moto complaint initiated on the basis of a newspaper report which reported that a woman carried a pair of scissors in her abdomen for 12 years due to the negligence of the doctors who had operated her in Government Hospital, Tiruttani. The victim faced difficulties and the pair of scissors was removed by doctors of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital after 12 years. The State Human Rights Commission has ordered compensation of 10 Lakhs to the family of the victim woman.

    The SHRC said “ Article 21 of the constitution of India guarantees the fundamental right to life for every citizen. Hence, the right of a citizen to preserve one’s life and get medical treatment on time was considered by the Supreme Court and Madras High Court”.

  • Pulmonologist sentenced to 10 yrs of “Rigorous Imprisonment”

    Hyderabad : Reputed city-based pulmonologist Dr B. Vijay Bhaskar, accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his clinic in Secunderabad in 2016, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years. Dr Bhaskar was the first candidate to get a doctorate in pulmonary medicine in India.The victim was a regular patient of Dr Bhaskar. In May 2016, when she came to him for treatment, Dr Bhaskar touched her private parts saying that was part of the treatment. In October 2016 again, when she came to him for treatment, the victim noticed another young woman along with her mother inside the doctor’s chamber quarrelling with him.

    On inquiry, the woman informed the victim that the doctor had also touched the woman inappropriately and abused her sexually. The victim then lodged a complaint at the Gopalapuram police station, following which a case was booked against the doctor. He was arrested and sent to judicial remand.After the police filed a chargesheet under IPC sections of rape and outraging modesty of woman, the court took up the trial and heard the victim, other witnesses and the evidence submitted before it. The court found Dr Bhaskar guilty of the offences charged against him and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years.

  • Two doctors booked under Section 304A (causing death by negligence) of IPC

    Mumbai : Six years after a bungled caesarian procedure left a woman and her newborn baby dead, two doctors, then attached to Rajawadi Hospital, have been booked under Section 304A (causing death by negligence) of IPC. Two panels of experts one from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and another from the JJ Hospital blamed the two resident medical officers for lapses during the C-section. No arrests have been made yet, said officers from the Tilak Nagar police station.

    According to the deceased husband, Sohrab Ansari, her wife Rukhsana went into labour on 20th September, 2016 wherein he rushed her wife to Rajawadi Hospital. The two resident doctor on duty informed Anasari that an urgent surgery was needed for which Ansari consented. In the night he was informed by the Rajawadi doctors that the newborn baby boy was dead and her wife was extremely critical. In the morning of the next day he was advised to shift his wife to Sion Hospital. Ansari said he was shocked when doctors at Sion hospital told him that C-section performed by Rajawadi doctors was botched and had resulted in profuse bleeding. Rukhsana died at Sion hospital on the morning of September 22.

    The Tilak Nagar police station filed an accidental death report or ADR, but Ansari complained of lapses and demanded a probe. “As per the report and opinion issued by BMC and JJ’s expert committee, we have registered an FIR against both the doctors. They have been booked under IPC section 304A [causing death by negligence] and 34 [common intention],” said Sunil Kale, senior inspector of Tilak Nagar police station. “We are trying to ascertain their whereabouts and will arrest them soon.”