Hyderabad : The Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC) after conducting an enquiry and finding an orthopedic surgeon and a private doctor guilty of professional misconduct has suspended the medical registration of the orthopedic surgeon for six months and that of the private doctor for three months. Both doctors have been asked to submit their permanent registration certificate and certificate of additional qualification. The doctors can file an appeal to the National Medical Commission within 60 days.Action has been taken as per regulation 8.2 of The Indian Medical Council Regulations of 2002, the TSMC said. Two orders were issued by TSMC chairman V Rajalingam on April 12 in this regard.
Dr Karan M Patel, an orthopedic surgeon in Hyderabad has been found guilty of performing surgery on the wrong leg. The doctor performed surgery on the healthy right calcanium instead of the left which was noticed after the operation. The patient complained to the District Medical and Health Officer(DMHO).
The registration of Dr Ch Shrikanth from Mancherial district was cancelled for a delay in referring a dengue case to a higher center. The district Collector received a complaint that the doctor was negligent in referring the patient to another hospital with better facilities in time, leading to death.
