IMA demands MCI election, condemns Appointment of Board of Governors
Composition of the board of Governors (BoG) unacceptable- IMA
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded that the election process of Medical Council of India should be allowed to continue, days, after an ordinance was issued for a committee of eminent professionals to run the MCI till a bill to set up a new regulatory body, is passed by parliament.
The IMA Action Committee, in an emergency session held in Mumbai, condemned the "supersession" of MCI terming the government's move, at a juncture when the election to MCI has been announced, as "unwarranted and malafide".
It also vowed to resist the National Medical Commission Bill (NMC) 2017, which is pending in parliament. The bill seeks to replace MCI with National Medical Commission.
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In a statement, IMA, which is a pan-India voluntary organization of 2.5 lakh doctors, said that the composition of the board of Governors (BoG) was unacceptable.
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