Nagpur: Upset with the Medical Council of India 's (MCI) dillydallying attitude towards granting approval to Government Medical College at Gondia , the Nagpurbench of Bombay High Court , on Thursday, flayed the apex body for its casual approach while dealing with such an important issue pertaining to health of poor people.
A division bench comprising justice Bhushan Gavai and justice Vinay Deshpandedirected the MCI to reply before June 16. The court censuring came while hearing a PIL (No 65/2015) by Praful Agrawal , who sought opening of GMC in Gondia , being a backward district affected by naxalism.
Earlier, the MCI informed that it had referred the Gondia GMC's case to 'oversight committee' constituted by the Supreme Court , primarily to oversee the counselling and admissions under MCI, until Parliament enacts a law empowering the apex medical education body to conduct them. It's headed by former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha with former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai , and eminent doctor Shiv Sarin , as its members.
The judges came down heavily on MCI for taking contradictory stands. In the morning session, its counsel Saurabh Tapadia made a statement which was later contradicted by another counsel Rahul Bhangde stating that the apex body was positively considering Gondia's case. The court then directed state to depute a responsible officer for assisting 'oversight committee' with entire set of documents and completing other formalities.
The petitioner knocked the judiciary's doors contending that the people from area need to travel long distance to Nagpur for serious ailments in absence of proper medical facilities. The central government had also included Gondia in list of places at which GMC is to be established and was ready to provide funds.
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