Two Punjab Doctors under scanner for accepting free stay from Pharma Cos
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Punjab: Under the violation of medical code of ethics, two doctors; Dr MK Sobti, former president of Punjab chapter of IMA, and Dr Ashwani Chaudhary, MS, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Ludhiana from Punjab have now fallen under the scanner of Punjab medical council (PMC) for allegedly accepting free stay during a medical conference held in Uttarakhand in August 2014.
According to the report sent last month to the Medical Council of India (MCI) and Union health and chemical fertiliser ministry, under which the pharma companies fall, Punjab Medical Council president Dr GS Grewal informed that around 100 doctors were provided free stay provided free stay in a five-star hotel during the conference, the expenses for which were transferred by a pharma company into the accounts of the local organisers.
Grewal further told that among them were these two concerned doctors , and that they had booked deluxe rooms for themselves with a per day tariff Rs. 6000 and paid nothing except the paltry room service.
PMC President Dr Grewal said that, "The PMC could find the details of the doctors registered with us, but the matter needs further investigation as there were doctors from other places as well."
According to the report sent last month to the Medical Council of India (MCI) and Union health and chemical fertiliser ministry, under which the pharma companies fall, Punjab Medical Council president Dr GS Grewal informed that around 100 doctors were provided free stay provided free stay in a five-star hotel during the conference, the expenses for which were transferred by a pharma company into the accounts of the local organisers.
Grewal further told that among them were these two concerned doctors , and that they had booked deluxe rooms for themselves with a per day tariff Rs. 6000 and paid nothing except the paltry room service.
PMC President Dr Grewal said that, "The PMC could find the details of the doctors registered with us, but the matter needs further investigation as there were doctors from other places as well."
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