New Delhi: Several doctors, who studied in the Commonwealth of Independent States or CIS countries, are practicing in India without fulfilling necessary formalities and taking permission from the MCI. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday launched a nationwide operation against medical practitioners operating on the basis of fake degrees and documents obtained from the Medical Council of India (MCI).
According to sources, CBI has got information that several doctors, who studied in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries are practising in India without fulfilling necessary formalities. It also came to light that some of them allegedly colluded with officers from MCI, who gave them permission to practice in exchange of illegal gratification even as the doctors did not fulfil necessary parameters.
“When the report came to us, we viewed it with utmost seriousness and today after finalising the first information report (FIR), we have carried out nationwide searches,” CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said reporters. The sources said CBI started a coordinated search operation across the country. “This is an important case as such people were playing with the lives of patients, Sinha said.
Earlier this month, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Admi Party (AAP) has accused Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) providing patronage to Dr Ketan Desai, the former chief of MCI. According to AAP, despite the ongoing criminal cases pending against Dr Desai, these parties are helping him to gain re-entry in the MCI, which oversees medical education in the country.
In 2012, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a charge sheet against Dr Desai for allegedly taking bribe from the management of a Patiala-based private medical college. He was also arrested later. In 2001, the Delhi High Court had removed Desai as MCI president on charges of ‘misuse of office’.
After the arrest of Dr Desai in April 2010, MCI was dissolved by the government and a board of governors managed the affairs of the Council for three and half years. However the MCI was again restored in early November 2013 by the government.
Bureau Report
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