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Punjab: Doctor caught in Medical Certificate Controversy
Officials at the Panjab University were in for a shocker, when in a span of mere 8 days, nearly 800 students at the university produced medical certificates that required them take bed rest from 5-40 days, as a proof of their inability to attend the classes at the university.Ironically, majority of these certificates trace back to a single medical practitioner in Sector 34, Chandigarh. It...
"Around 1,000 letterheads are always lying in my laboratory; my staff must have misused those. I keep scolding them," he said, and added, "Also, anybody can get a stamp made for, say, Rs 500 in my name. "
The university has ordered an enquiry,while denying the students who furnished the medical certificates from taking exams.
This is not the first time such a case has come to light, according to PU dean for university instructions (DUI), AK Bhandari, who said, "We reported such a case and complained to the Medical Council of India (MCI). We will get an inquiry done by our CMO." "I had submitted a fake medical certificate issued by Dr R Gupta. He took Rs 2,000," reads the apology letter by a 6th-semester student of BCom-LLB.
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Meghna A Singhania is the founder and Editor-in-Chief at Medical Dialogues. An Economics graduate from Delhi University and a post graduate from London School of Economics and Political Science, her key research interest lies in health economics, and policy making in health and medical sector in the country.She is a member of the Association of Healthcare Journalists. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751