Nagercoil doc suspended for downplaying Covid threat
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:29.04.2021
The Tamil Nadu Medical Council has suspended for a year the licence of a Nagercoil-based doctor for downplaying Covid-19 on social media. Dr M S Jackson’s name was deleted from the state medical register.
“The disciplinary committee found his actions unethical and violation of ethical code,” said council president Dr K Senthil. In 2020, when the state was fighting to keep the pandemic under control, Dr Jackson uploaded two videos in social media downplaying the factual information the viral infection and “paying attention only to favourable pieces of information” to project it as “a harmless virus”. He even ridiculed the government for enforcing a lockdown. On September 5, 2020, based on the disciplinary committee opinion, the committee decided to suspend him pending finalization of inquiry.
Dr Jackson, however, moved the Madras high court for a stay on the order, and the court ordered an interim stay until the inquiry is completed. After a detailed inquiry, the council announced his suspension and directed him to surrender his registration certificates.
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