All allopathy doctors should have proper qualifications: Odisha HC orders survey to identify fake doctors
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Bhubaneswar: In order to ensure that all the allopathic doctors practicing in Odisha have proper and relevant qualifications, the State High Court has recently directed the State Government to devise a comprehensive plan for undertaking a survey in this regard.
The HC bench of Chief Justice Dr S. Muralidhar and Justice S.K. Panigrahi has further clarified in the order that the concerned survey should be concluded preferably within a period of six months.
In this regard, the bench has also directed the Additional Chief Secretary of the State Health Department to file an affidavit and specify in detail about the modalities of verification, the time frame for conducting the verification etc. The matter has been listed for further hearing on January 27.
These directions have been issued by the HC bench while considering a plea concerning fake doctors. During the hearing of the case on Wednesday, the bench was informed about the report of the World Bank claiming that 51 per cent of doctors do not have the proper and relevant qualifications.
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