Pharma Sponsored Trips Case: Suspended PGIMS Director withdraws Plea from HC
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Haryana: The former Director of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (PGIMS, Rohtak), who had been suspended after being held guilty of taking favours from a Pharma giant in return of prescribing their injections and medicines recently withdrew his petition from the High court that challenged the said suspension.
Medical Dialogues had recently reported about the controversy that started after allegations on media and social media surfaced of the Director taking favours from certain pharma in return of prescribing their injections. Responding to the allegations, the Health Minister asked for proof. He was then provided some documents going back to year 2013, whereby the doctor was allegedly taking favours from certain Laboratory in terms of air tickets from Delhi to Vancouver, Canada.
He was then provided with some documents dated 2013 that proved that the doctor had indeed taken the said favours. The communication that was sent by the said company to the doctor,"We are sure you will appreciate this gesture of our by extending your valuable patronage for our products… and trust that our association would grow stronger in the days ahead."
After receiving the documents, the Health Minister ordered the suspension of the doctor and also an initiation of probe against him. The suspended director was also the Chief Vigilance Officer of the medical institute
Medical Dialogues had recently reported about the controversy that started after allegations on media and social media surfaced of the Director taking favours from certain pharma in return of prescribing their injections. Responding to the allegations, the Health Minister asked for proof. He was then provided some documents going back to year 2013, whereby the doctor was allegedly taking favours from certain Laboratory in terms of air tickets from Delhi to Vancouver, Canada.
He was then provided with some documents dated 2013 that proved that the doctor had indeed taken the said favours. The communication that was sent by the said company to the doctor,"We are sure you will appreciate this gesture of our by extending your valuable patronage for our products… and trust that our association would grow stronger in the days ahead."
After receiving the documents, the Health Minister ordered the suspension of the doctor and also an initiation of probe against him. The suspended director was also the Chief Vigilance Officer of the medical institute
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