Updated Nov 15, 2020 | 18:53 IST
The medical regulatory body recommends CBI probe against quacks that had defrauded with fake medical certificates and managed to employ as medical practitioners.
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Saxena has put his axe also upon the all too powerful lobby that is involved in clandestinely getting recognition to medical colleges and increasing medical seats in institutions on payment of huge amounts
Mr. Saxena has placed a 300 page report before the SC containing recommendations of stern action against erring officials and those quack doctors who have been practising modern medicine with fake degrees
Among the quack doctors who are preceded against, one each is from Odisha and West Bengal and another is from Kerala, sources in Delhi said
Ernakulam: In a move to identify the ‘fraudsters’ and those who have faked their medical certificates, a newly formed medical regulatory body has recommended CBI probe against a section of officials of the Medical Council of India (MCI) who had conspired to procure registrations for quack medical professionals who were possessing fake medical degrees.
As per a senior official in the MCI, a cartel itself was operative within MCI which was assisting in securing permanent registration to people with fake medical degrees from abroad.
“As per our departmental level probe, we could make out that such degrees were awarded to people who had fake degrees from abroad. For the purpose, even the FMGE results were doctored by these people”, said a former member of the MCI who did not wish to reveal his identity.
Sources within the MCI reveal that for securing permanent registrations, an amount ranging from Rs 25 lakhs to Rs 1 crore was demanded by the officials.
The Supreme Court appointed Sri Alok Saxena, a 1989 batch IPS officer from UP cadre as the Chief Vigilance Officer of MCI. Since his appointment as CVO, Mr Saxena keenly investigated all the cases relating to corruption within MCI and recommended action in over 30 files that were pending enquiry for the past more than 5 years.
Among various actions taken by Saxena, he has recommended CBI probe against some officials of the MCI who had conspired to procure registration for some quack doctors who were possessing fake medical degrees.
As per Saxena’s report, these officials had committed extensive irregularities within the system like forging of records to interpolate the names of unqualified fraudsters in the register of medical practitioners.
Eight cases are already registered by CBI against MCI officials in offences involving corruption, forgery and fraud.
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