Uttarakhand: Medical Student found forging council registration, Council Fumes

With regards to the student concerned, the council has also written the student’s Alma Mater, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences (SGRR), Dehradun informing them about the fraud . "UMC has debarred your (the student) registration from the council for six months and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000," the notice adds.

The notice further adds in the cases of fraud both the student as well as the institute will be charged under sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the IPC, apart from additional sections depending on the gravity of the crime,

"In the recent past three such incidents have been identified. Students are failing to understand that there is scarcity of doctors in the state but due to it UMC cannot and will not allow any untrained or unskilled student to practice in the state. Just by studying MBBS for a few years they shouldn't presume that UMC will permit them to play with the lives of patients," said Yashwant Singh Bisht, registrar, UMC, talking to TOI.

The council has shown worry about rising number of quacks in the state and has informed that it was soon come out with specific guidelines and penalties to avoid such kind of malpractices.