MCI asked to act against 697 Missing Doctors in Uttarakhand
DEHRADUN: Taking cognisance of medical practitioners not completing their promised bond services after passing from the government medical colleges in the state, the government is now planning to take strict action against them.
TOI reports Uttarakhand government is now going to provide a list of 697 doctors to the apex medical body, the Medical Council of India (MCI) for further action including cancellation of licenses. The state government has formed a six-member committee to track out to those 697 medical practitioners who received MBBS courses at subsidized rates in state-run medical colleges and at the time of admission signed a bond promising to serve in the government though rural and hills posting after completing their course.
The said doctors however reneged from their bond service and even did not pay the penalty which stands at Rs 30 lakh for postgraduate students and Rs 15 lakh for MBBS students..
"We will approach the MCI with a request to cancel the registration of such doctors who at the very onset of their career are playing around with the law," Dr Ashutosh Sayana, director, Uttarakhand medical education department told TOI.
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