MBBS students forge internship certificates, DMC denies medical registration numbers

An investigation by the Delhi Medical Council found 52 MBBS students who produced forged medical internship certificates.

Priyanka Sharma | Posted by Vivek Surendran

New Delhi, October 13, 2017 | UPDATED 06:28 IST

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As many as 52 MBBS students have not been issued medical registration numbers by the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) as they were found to have "forged" medical internship certificates.

For the first time, DMC investigation has come out with a huge list of medical aspirants with bogus internship certificates.

Dr Girish Tyagi, registrar, Delhi Medical Council told Mail Today, "This came as a shock to us. We suspect a nexus as 30 students are from Rajasthan. They had initially approached Rajasthan Medical Council and we got a tip off from there."

These were medicine students from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Now, DMC has written to the Medical Council of India (MCI) and State Medical Council to verify internship certificates too.

DMC has now issued a show cause notice to all of the 52 students. "Three students are from MCD-run Hindu Rao Medical College and Hospital and two are from Delhi-based primary healthcare centre. Some are from UP's Jaunpur district, while few are from Chattisgarh, Mehrauli," he said.

Experts say that because of the nexus that has been providing fake certificates, lives of patients are at risk.

"If by any chance, these students with fake internship certificates, get a registration number, they can put patients' life at risk. During internship, medical students get a practical training. And if they have not practiced it, then how can they provide a medical consultation to patients. This is a criminal act." said Dr Tyagi.

An FIR has been lodged in this matter.