PG emergency medicine courses without MCI nod: Court allows Medical council to take action against Hospitals
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Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has allowed the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) stating that the regulators can take necessary action against 3 private hospitals in the state, which are running the PG Emergency Medicine courses without the approval of the MCI or the Centre.
The court passed the orders in response to a PIL filed an NGO, Human Protection and Awareness Organization which maintained that the 3 hospitals, Medica Super- speciality Hospital, Peerless Hospital and Durgapur Mission Hospital offered PG Emergency Medicine course without having the nod of either apex authorities which is compulsory to run any medical course at an institution.
The NGO had initially filed a complaint against the health institutions with the MCI and the state medical council; however, with allegedly no action upon it, the complainant moved the HC.
In August this year, Medical Dialogues had reported about the high court’s direction to the state to pin down the course at these hospitals. At that time, the MCI and the West Bengal Government submitted that these hospitals are not having the necessary approval to run the course.
The court passed the orders in response to a PIL filed an NGO, Human Protection and Awareness Organization which maintained that the 3 hospitals, Medica Super- speciality Hospital, Peerless Hospital and Durgapur Mission Hospital offered PG Emergency Medicine course without having the nod of either apex authorities which is compulsory to run any medical course at an institution.
The NGO had initially filed a complaint against the health institutions with the MCI and the state medical council; however, with allegedly no action upon it, the complainant moved the HC.
In August this year, Medical Dialogues had reported about the high court’s direction to the state to pin down the course at these hospitals. At that time, the MCI and the West Bengal Government submitted that these hospitals are not having the necessary approval to run the course.
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