Social media lands Safdarjung doctor under Medical Council Radar following allegations of pharma sponsored Trip
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New Delhi: An orthopaedic surgeon at Safdarjung Hospital has landed himself in a trouble after photographs of his foreign trip on social media site were used as basis to file a complaint against him with the Delhi Medical Council. The complaint alleged that the said trip had been sponsored by a medical device company and was made without a formal approval from the Health Ministry.
According to the complaint filed, Dr Arya, presently a chief of Sports Centre, Safdarjung Hospital, travelled to Egypt between December 11 and 14 in 2017 and this trip was sponsored by an implant company. He was then the head of the department of Orthopedics at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, and the complaint further added that he made the travel without any approval from the Ministry of Health, which is mandatory in case of government practitioners.
According to the complaint filed, Dr Arya, presently a chief of Sports Centre, Safdarjung Hospital, travelled to Egypt between December 11 and 14 in 2017 and this trip was sponsored by an implant company. He was then the head of the department of Orthopedics at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, and the complaint further added that he made the travel without any approval from the Ministry of Health, which is mandatory in case of government practitioners.
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