Ghost Faculties: Two Surgeons suspended on Medical Council of India Recommendations

Chennai: Rowing in two boats has caused trouble for two surgeons practicing in the state as the Tamil Nadu Medical Council has ordered the suspension of these doctors after the MCI found that they were named faculty in two different medical colleges at the same time, a practice which is strictly forbidden by the Medical Council of India.

The two medical practitioners, one of which is a general surgeon and the other Thoracic surgeon, have been suspended by the state medical council for periods of three years and one-year respectively after the disciplinary committee found them guilty of the violation.

The violation came to light when the state medical council received a communication from the Medical Council of India (MCI) about these doctors being named as faculty in other medical colleges, apart from the colleges they were already working in.

The council was informed of a Tirunelveli-based General Surgeon Dr Gopinathan, who was attached to Kannur Medical College as a faculty member. Similarly, Chennai-based Thoracic Surgeon Dr Anandan who was a faculty member at the Trivandrum-based Southern Institute of Medical Sciences was also found in another medical college, reports