Tamil Nadu Medical Council : 51 Doctors lose their PG degrees in three different cases
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Chennai: Through a recent action, Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TN Medical Council) has cancelled the Post-graduate degrees of 51 practising doctors after finding them in violation of the MCI rules relating to valid PG degrees. The action comes in relation to three different cases that had come before the General Body Meeting before the council held recently
One of the cases seeling action from the state medical council was regarding an MBBS doctor holding a fake degree in surgery and practising as a specialist surgeon in the state. Dr. P Shankar, a surgeon in Vellore had bought the PG degree through a broker for a consideration of Rs 6 lakh.
Dr K Senthil, President of TN Medical Council informed Medical Dialogues that “Dr P Shankar has the fake degree from a random college in Pune affiliated to the University of Seychelles- American Institute of Medicine. The council concluded its decision by imposing fine of Rs 10,000 on him added by the cancellation of the license.”
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that Dr P Shankar had confessed before the state medical council that he had bought the PG certificate by paying Rs 6 lakh. During his post-graduation medical course, he hadn’t attended any training. He just wrote an examination and received the certificate right away.
One of the cases seeling action from the state medical council was regarding an MBBS doctor holding a fake degree in surgery and practising as a specialist surgeon in the state. Dr. P Shankar, a surgeon in Vellore had bought the PG degree through a broker for a consideration of Rs 6 lakh.
Dr K Senthil, President of TN Medical Council informed Medical Dialogues that “Dr P Shankar has the fake degree from a random college in Pune affiliated to the University of Seychelles- American Institute of Medicine. The council concluded its decision by imposing fine of Rs 10,000 on him added by the cancellation of the license.”
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that Dr P Shankar had confessed before the state medical council that he had bought the PG certificate by paying Rs 6 lakh. During his post-graduation medical course, he hadn’t attended any training. He just wrote an examination and received the certificate right away.
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