Govt. doctor’s licence suspended in T.N. for carelessness

Govt. doctor’s licence suspended in T.N. for carelessness

R. Sujatha

MARCH 02, 2022 00:16 IST

UPDATED: MARCH 02, 2022 00:16 IST

Medical council suspends orthopaedist’s licence for a week

The registrar of Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) has suspended the licence of a doctor for providing false certificate.

Gobinath, alias Gobi, who was arrested for possessing 1.5 kg of ganja got bail from the Madurai bench of Madras High Court. When he was called for police interrogation on March 28, 2021, he said he had been injured in an accident the previous day and produced a medical certificate for treatment, signed by C. Balaji, an assistant professor of the Government Thanjavur Medical College.

On examination, police found his claim was fake. The Madurai bench then instructed the police to take action against Gobinath for furnishing false documents and marked a copy of the order to TNMC to initiate appropriate action against Dr. Balaji for issuing a certificate on August 19, 2021, stating he had treated the patient from April 1, 2020 till September 26, 2020.

The Council issued a show cause notice to Dr. Balaji for “for issuing a false certificate in violation of regulation 7.7 of Code of Medical Ethics regulations 2003”.

Dr. Balaji explained he had treated Gobi in his private clinic’s outpatient service for left ankle injury. The patient, treated for a tendon injury, did not come for any review till September 20, 2020. He said he had issued a certificate on humanitarian grounds as the patient had complained of pain while standing.

The Council’s disciplinary committee opined that the doctor had issued a fake certificate after seeing the patient just once. Besides, Dr. Balaji had not used the usual format for medical certificates. He had issued the certificate in his official capacity as per the seal on the letter.

K. Senthil, president of TNMC said, “There was no vested interest on the part of the doctor. Hence, we have suspended his licence for just a week,” he explained. The council has ruled that Dr. Balaji’s medical licence would be suspended for a week, beginning March 15. It also instructed him to surrender his registration certificate forthwith.

Andhra Pradesh: Man bleeds to death after BPharm students perform sex change operation in Nellore

Andhra Pradesh: Man bleeds to death after BPharm students perform sex change operation in Nellore

TNN | Feb 27, 2022, 04.08 AM IST

By: Madhu Rasala

VIJAYAWADA: A married man, who decided to change his sex, died due to excessive bleeding after two pharmacy students attempted to perform sex reassignment surgery with the help of a YouTube video. The sex change operation involving removal of the reproductive parts was `performed’ in a room of a private hotel without any medical precautions or supervision of a qualified doctor.

The bizarre incident took place in Nellore town on Thursday.

Police have arrested the two accused, both bachelor of pharmacy students in a private college in Nellore.

The 28-year-old man, who had left his wife to live alone, came in contact with the students through social media. Police officials said there was excessive bleeding during the attempted surgery leading to instant death. Also, the room where the procedure was carried out was unhygienic.

The accused have any surgical expertise. Their only guide were YouTube.

The victim was a native of Kamepally village in Zarugumalli mandal of neighbouring Prakasam district. As a boy, he had shifted to Hyderabad where he worked as a daily-wage labour. In 2019 he married his uncle's daughter and within a year they got separated. He obtained a divorce in 2020. It is suspected that he had divorced his wife allegedly due to his gender preference.

He later shifted to Prakasam district where he came in touch with a transgender from Visakhapatnam through social media.

Police said they came into contact with the two students, Mastan and Jeeva, and the four would chat regularly on WhatsApp. When the victim expressed his desire to get sex reassignment surgery in Mumbai, Mastan and Jeeva told him that they were aware of the surgical procedure and would perform it at an affordable cost. The students convinced him against going to a doctor in Mumbai as it would be a costly affair, the police said.

The duo had planned to perform the surgery in a lodge room at Gandhi Bomma centre in the Nellore town. They then rented a room in a hotel on February 23. The operation was performed on February 24.

The police said the victim had died due to bleeding and an overdose of medicines including sedatives. Noticing the death, the accused fled from the hotel. The incident came to light after the hotel staff found the body in the room.

Man deserts wife for demanding new clothes

Man deserts wife for demanding new clothes

TNN | Mar 2, 2022, 03.56 AM IST

Ahmedabad: When she asked her husband to buy new clothes because her old ones did not fit her any more, the last thing she expected was to be abandoned over this demand.

Filing a complaint of domestic violence against her husband and in-laws on Tuesday, a 38-year-old woman from Ghatlodia accused her husband of subjecting her to violence for dowry and abandoning her.

She told police, “I married a man from Patan on November 11, 2016. Soon after the marriage, my husband and my in-laws began torturing me. They would thrash me often asking for Rs 15 lakh in dowry.” Aggrieved by this, the woman had left her husband’s house on February 21, 2017 and filed a police complaint against him. During investigation, her husband and in-laws sought to arrive at a compromise over the issue. Convinced by the assurances they offered, the woman returned to his house on January 21, 2021. At the time, she realized that the clothes she had left behind was either torn or do not fit her any longer. So, she asked her husband to get her new clothes. “My husband took me to the market. He asked me to return to my parents’ place as he did not want to keep me and left me there,” she told police. tnn

Agra: MBBS students caught in exam with ear device

Agra: MBBS students caught in exam with ear device

TNN | Feb 28, 2022, 07.46 AM IST

AGRA: Three final-year medical students were allegedly caught cheating in an exam at Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University on Saturday. They were using a micro-Bluetooth device in their ears and had attached a SIM card-inserted circuit to their vest, officials said, adding that they were being dictated the answers from outside the exam centre. Action against them will be taken on the basis of a recommendation by the examination committee, the officials added. So far, no FIR has been registered in the case.

Speaking about the matter, examination controller, Ajay Krishna Yadav, said, "A report concerning three MBBS final-year students caught using unfair means during an exam has been received. A hi-tech Bluetooth device and a sim-inserted circuit used for cheating were recovered from these students. The matter is being investigated in detail by the university's committee."

Around 31 MBBS (final professional) students of the self-financed FH Medical College located in Etmadpur had appeared for a surgery exam at the Institute of Engineering and Technology in Khandari campus of the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University. The three-hour exam started at 10:00 am. According to university officials, the invigilator on duty heard a student murmuring around 30 minutes after the commencement of the exam. On observing the student for a few minutes, the invigilator found that he was pressing on an object on the lower side of his chest, inside the shirt repeatedly. His suspicions aroused, the invigilator searched the student and found the device. Senior officials were called and the other students were also checked. Two other students were then found with the same set of devices.

VK Saraswat, in-charge of the examination centre and director of the varsity's engineering institute, said, "The answer sheets of the students were marked as "using unfair means" and they were sealed along with the devices recovered from them. They were issued new answer sheets to continue their exam.""The process of cheating in the exam was very well-planned. The Bluetooth device was so small that it couldn't be seen even by near observation. They were wearing face masks to avoid being seen talking to someone. The involvement of their college cannot be denied," said a senior official of the university.

Govt doctors appear on private hospital duty chart, inquiry on

Govt doctors appear on private hospital duty chart, inquiry on

Director of Medical Education Dr R Narayana Babu instructed the hospital dean to form a committee to inquire into the allegation.

Published: 02nd March 2022 10:09 AM 

By Thinakaran Rajamani

Express News Service

TENKASI: A section of doctors working in government hospitals (GH) have expressed concern over their colleagues engaging in private practice during GH duty hours. A doctor attached to the District Government Headquarters Hospital (GHQH) told TNIE that a Tenkasi-based private hospital has been publishing its duty chart daily on Facebook, and it includes names of government surgeons and specialists working at GHQH, Shengottai GH and Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital.

"These doctors work at the private hospital as per their duty chart, and also mark present for the same time in respective GHs. The junior doctors are forced to take up the seniors' workload during their absence," he added.

Another doctor alleged that a Shengottai-based government consultant was holding the Chief Medical Officer post at that private hospital, which is run in his family member's name. Further, a doctor attached to the Primary Health Centre in Karumbanur holds a team coordinator post in another private hospital functioning in Tenkasi. "The government doctors' photographs are uploaded on the private hospital's website. Several government doctors in this district also attend special camps organised by the private hospitals during their GH duty hours," he claimed.

Meanwhile, a government doctor performing private practice said, "Our duty hours in the GH are from 7.30 am to 12.30 pm and 3 pm to 5 pm. Only after these hours, we take up private practice."

When contacted by TNIE, Tamil Nadu Medical Council President Dr K Senthil said use of government doctors' name and images on portals of private hospitals is against the council's norms. "Holding any post in private hospitals also amounts to misconduct," he added. Joint Director (Health Services), Tenkasi, Dr Venkatrangan told TNIE that he would conduct an inquiry into the allegations.

An official from the health department said, "We analysed the data of surgeries performed under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme, and found that some doctors have 'performed' surgeries at the same time in private hospitals as well as government hospitals. We are tracking the activities of such doctors."

Last week, based on a complaint that doctors at Government Thanjavur Medical College Hospital were engaging in private practice during duty hours, Director of Medical Education Dr R Narayana Babu instructed the hospital dean to form a committee to inquire into the allegation.

Daughter-in-law has no indefeasible right of residence in shared household: Delhi High Court

Daughter-in-law has no indefeasible right of residence in shared household: Delhi High Court

The Delhi HC has said that a daughter-in-law does not have an indefeasible right of residence in a shared household under the Domestic Violence Act.

Published: 02nd March 2022 02:19 PM 

Delhi High Court (File Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has said that a daughter-in-law does not have an indefeasible right of residence in a shared household under the Domestic Violence Act and she can be evicted at the behest of aged in-laws who are entitled to live peacefully.

Justice Yogesh Khanna, who was dealing with an appeal by a daughter-in-law against a trial court order denying her the right to stay in the matrimonial house, stated that in the case of a shared household, there is no embargo upon the owner of the property to claim eviction of his daughter-in-law and in the present case, it would be appropriate if an alternative accommodation is provided to the appellant till her marriage continues.

The judge said that in the present case, both the in-laws are senior citizens who are entitled to live peacefully and not to be haunted by the marital discord between their son and daughter-in-law.

"I am of the considered opinion, since there exists a frictional relationship between the parties, then at the fag end of their lives it would not be advisable for old parents to stay with appellant and hence it would be appropriate if an alternative accommodation is provided to the appellant as is directed in the impugned order per Section 19(1)(f) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act," said the court in a recent order.

The court noted that the relations between the parties were "far from cordial" and there was even a complaint by the husband, who lived in separate rental accommodation, against his wife and he has not claimed any right in the subject property.

"Admittedly, the right of residence under Section 19 of the DV Act is not an indefeasible right of residence in shared household, especially, when the daughter-in-law is pitted against aged father-in-law and mother-in-law. In this case, both being senior citizens of aged about 74 and 69 years and being in the evening of their life, are entitled to live peacefully and not to be haunted by the marital discord between their son and daughter-in-law," the court said.

The court dismissed the appeal by the appellant and recorded the undertaking of the respondent father-in-law that he would provide alternative accommodation to the appellant till her matrimonial relationship with his son is in existence.

The respondent father-in-law had filed a suit for possession in 2016 before the trial court on the grounds that he was the absolute owner of the property and the husband of appellant – his son had shifted to some other place and that he was not inclined to live with his daughter-in-law.

The appellant, mother to two minor daughters, had contended that the property was purchased out of joint family funds and from sale proceeds of the ancestral property and thus she also has a right to reside there.

The trial court had passed a decree of possession in favour of the respondent and held that the property was a self-acquired property of the respondent and after the termination of the license of appellant, she has no right to stay there.

He was a meritorious student, say teachers

He was a meritorious student, say teachers

02/03/2022

Special CorrespondentMYSURU

Naveen S.G., the medical student from Karnataka who was killed in shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, had studied in Nanjangud in Mysuru district though he belonged to Haveri district as his father was working in a factory in the temple town.

Kept contact

His teachers described him as a meritorious and obedient student. His teachers expressed shock over the tragedy as the management of Unity PU College in Nanjangud was in touch with the student worried about his safety after the crisis broke out in Ukraine.

Rammohan E.K., Kannada lecturer in the college, said Naveen was a 2016-17 batch student who scored 556 in first PU and 553 in second PU. “I remember his smile. He was a meritorious student. His father worked at SIPM and therefore he studied in the town. He topped in SSLC in Adarsha School. I’m shocked that the student I taught is no more,” the heartbroken lecturer said. Naveen had taken coaching for NEET in the college as his dream was to become a doctor.