Maharashtra: Medical Council Suspends 20 doctors for fraudulant Specialisation Degrees
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) recently suspended the licences of over 20 "specialists" practising in the state, including surgeons, paediatricians, radiologists and gynaecologists after the doctors were revealed to have bought fraudulent post graduate degrees for amount ranging from Rs 5 -10 lakhs. Around 80 more "specialists" are still under the scanner and are likely to face similar action.
TOI reports about the matter stating that the state medical council stumbled upon the scam over a year ago, while scrutinizing documents of a candidate who had submitted a fake certificate for registration. This prompted the council to launch a statewide probe spanning over the last six months.
Confirming the scam involving MBBS graduates, Dr Shivkumar Utture, president of MMC, told the daily, “We have suspended these doctors for one to five years. Some of them were new entrants and have been caught early, but there are many who have been practising with fake degrees for years. The disturbing part is they worked as specialists such as gynaecologists, surgeons, paediatricians in good hospitals”.
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