All Doctors have to renew registrations with WB Medical Council: West Bengal Govt

"We have asked all practising doctors to submit their registration numbers and certificates of MBBS and post-graduate degrees. They have been directed to submit any other course they have completed. In case of specialist doctors, they will also have to submit necessary credentials in their support," he said.

Stating that the Council presently has over 500 complaints pending in connection with the fake doctor issue, Maji said there could be over 1,000 doctors in the city alone while the number could be much more across the entire state.

He said the Council has been receiving complaints mostly from Howrah and North and South 24-Parganas districts, while in the city, complaints are about doctors in south Kolkata's Lansdowne area, Phoolbagan area in the eastern part of the city and from the Garia area in the outskirts.

Maji said the Council will soon start a helpline so that complaints can be lodged over phone.

So far, the West Bengal CID has arrested six persons as fake doctors and practising at renowned private as well as state-run hospitals.