Allahabad HC Directs Inquiry into Private Practice by Medical College Doctors
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Prayagraj: While hearing a case before the consumer forum where the complainant accused the government doctor of providing wrong treatment at a private nursing home in Prayagraj, the Allahabad High Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct an inquiry to determine whether doctors appointed at state-run medical colleges are engaging in private practice at nursing homes.
According to the PTI report, the court, in its January 2 order, has also directed the state’s Principal Secretary, Medical Education and Health, to inform it as to whether a head of department (HoD) in Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj, who is the petitioner in this case, is entitled to practice in any private nursing home or not.
Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal was hearing a petition filed by Arvind Gupta, who is an HoD and a professor in the state-run Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Rupesh Chandra Srivastava had filed a complaint before the consumer forum alleging that he and his wife were given wrong treatment by Gupta in Phoenix Hospital, which is a private nursing home in Prayagraj district.
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