HC refuses to ban doctors, hospitals from advertising; cites media verification concerns
The Madras High Court recently refused to impose any ban on doctors and hospitals from advertising in the media, One India has reported.
Although the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the HC bench seeking to impose a ban on the media from publishing advertisements promoting fake doctors, fake drugs, and medical treatments and hospitals, the HC bench comprising Chief Justice Sriram, Senthil Kumar Ramamurthy observed that it cannot be expected from the media to verify every advertisement related to doctors and hospitals.
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