MCI issues alert over fake notices, circulars; Warns of action
New Delhi: Amid the nationwide panic due to ongoing coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, some unscrupulous elements are circulating fabricated information in the name of the apex Medical Council of India (MCI). Concerned with the same hindering the interest of medical students, the Board of Governors in Supersession of the MCI has issued an official notice alerting all the students, and authorities to be aware of the spoofed letters, circulars and notices in the name of the MCI BoG forwarded by some touts.
The MCI has also warned of strict action against the guilty for circulating fake information on social media.
The effect was announced in a recently issued notice wherein the apex medical council clearly stated that it has come to the notice of the Board of Governors in Supersession of the Medical Council of India that a fake letter shown below is circulating in social media. It is brought to the attention of all concerned that there is no such letter issued by BoG, MCI.
Earlier, it was reported that clutching to all hands-on deck approach in the medical fraternity's battle against ongoing deadly coronavirus epidemic, the Union Health Ministry and MCI were considering to expand the healthcare force by primarily by increasing the young manpower. The authorities have been mulling for a provisional permit to 5th-year MBBS medicos who are set to get their UG degree as well as the retired but practising medical practitioners so to handle the COVID 19 cases. However, there is no concrete plan on this matter as of yet.
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