Retd Chief Justice to oversee all MCI operations
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The Supreme Court has constituted a three member oversight committee with Justice RM Lodha (Former Chief Justice of India), Shri Vinod Rai ( Former CAG of India ) as well as Prof Dr S.K Sareen ( Director, ILBS) to oversee all the activities of MCI for the next year.
New Delhi: In a landmark judgement governing the medical education of the country, a five member constitution bench of the Supreme Court has directed the the formation of a special committee ( Oversight Committee) to oversee the functioning of the Medical Council of India, till the pending reforms related to its structure as well as its functioning are properly put in place.
Quoting the points mentioned in the recent 92nd report Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health as well as the earlier Ranjit Roy Chaudhary Committee (appointed by GOI) report the Apex Court was found stating:-
New Delhi: In a landmark judgement governing the medical education of the country, a five member constitution bench of the Supreme Court has directed the the formation of a special committee ( Oversight Committee) to oversee the functioning of the Medical Council of India, till the pending reforms related to its structure as well as its functioning are properly put in place.
Quoting the points mentioned in the recent 92nd report Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health as well as the earlier Ranjit Roy Chaudhary Committee (appointed by GOI) report the Apex Court was found stating:-
"...the need for major institutional changes in the regulatory oversight of the medical profession in the country is so urgent that it cannot be deferred any longer. The Committee is, however, aware that any attempt at overhauling the regulatory framework will face huge challenges from the deeply entrenched vested interests who will try to stall ad derail the entire exercise. But if the medical education system has to be saved from total collapse, the Government can no longer look the other way and has to exercise its constitutional authority and take decisive and exemplary action to restructure and revamp India’s regulatory system of medical education and practice. The Committee, therefore, exhorts the Ministry of Health, and Family Welfare to implement the recommendations made by it in this report immediately and bring a new comprehensive Bill in Parliament for this purpose at the earliest"
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