Munnabhais become MBBS, doctor who helped loses degree
Ahmedabad:25.09.2018
Nevil Patel, a doctor from Patan, has approached the Gujarat high court over the Medical Council of India’s decision to cancel his 2009 MBBS degree as punishment for taking a medical entrance test conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) for a superspecialty course (NBE) last year while a ban against his taking any NBE exam was in effect for impersonating two students in a 2012 MBBS entrance exam.
The two students themselves are now medical practitioners. When caught and charged with impersonating the two students, the NBE punished Patel by restraining him from appearing in any of its exams for the next seven years. Patel was then pursuing a Diplomate of National Board (DNB) at St Stephen’s College, Delhi.
When the NBE paved the way for the National Entrancecum-Eligibility Test in 2015, Patel decided to take the entrance test for super-specialty courses. In 2017, he applied, was accepted, and was issued an admit card as well. But he was not allowed to take the test at the last moment. Officials cited the seven-year ban. He was issued a notice for the cancellation of his degree for applying for the test while the ban was in effect.
The proceedings were shifted to the Delhi Medical Council which decided that Patel cannot practise medicine in Delhi for three years. The decision was challenged in the Delhi HC, which ordered the MCI to re-examine the matter in the next three weeks. The MCI’s ethics committee said there was no reason for “extra punishment” as he had been handed a sevenyear ban. According to Patel’s lawyer, Rahil Jain, when ethics committee conveyed its recommendations to the executive committee, the decision was taken to cancel Patel’s MBBS degree. TNN
Ahmedabad:25.09.2018
Nevil Patel, a doctor from Patan, has approached the Gujarat high court over the Medical Council of India’s decision to cancel his 2009 MBBS degree as punishment for taking a medical entrance test conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) for a superspecialty course (NBE) last year while a ban against his taking any NBE exam was in effect for impersonating two students in a 2012 MBBS entrance exam.
The two students themselves are now medical practitioners. When caught and charged with impersonating the two students, the NBE punished Patel by restraining him from appearing in any of its exams for the next seven years. Patel was then pursuing a Diplomate of National Board (DNB) at St Stephen’s College, Delhi.
When the NBE paved the way for the National Entrancecum-Eligibility Test in 2015, Patel decided to take the entrance test for super-specialty courses. In 2017, he applied, was accepted, and was issued an admit card as well. But he was not allowed to take the test at the last moment. Officials cited the seven-year ban. He was issued a notice for the cancellation of his degree for applying for the test while the ban was in effect.
The proceedings were shifted to the Delhi Medical Council which decided that Patel cannot practise medicine in Delhi for three years. The decision was challenged in the Delhi HC, which ordered the MCI to re-examine the matter in the next three weeks. The MCI’s ethics committee said there was no reason for “extra punishment” as he had been handed a sevenyear ban. According to Patel’s lawyer, Rahil Jain, when ethics committee conveyed its recommendations to the executive committee, the decision was taken to cancel Patel’s MBBS degree. TNN
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