Jaipur: In a shocking development, the Registrar of the Rajasthan Medical Council (RMC), along with two other personnel were suspended in connection with the registration of doctors using fake documents.
Officials informed on Tuesday that the decision to suspend the RMC Registrar and officials was taken based on an interim report by a five-member committee set up by the State Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar.
Based on the interim report, the Registrar of the Council, Dr. Rajesh Sharma, assistant administrative officer Akhilesh Mathur, and Junior Assistant Farhan were suspended with immediate effect, PTI has reported.
Following this, Dr Girdhar Gopal Goyal, Chief Specialist (Surgery) of Sawai Mansingh Hospital, has been given additional charge of the RMC registrar.
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Commenting on the matter, State Health Minister Khinvsar said that according to the report, some procedural flaws were identified in the process of registering the doctors. He mentioned that negligence and irregularities in registration have also surfaced.
"In view of this, the registrar and two others have been suspended with immediate effect," the Health Minister said, adding that the issuance of fake registration is a serious matter and the State Government will get to the bottom of it.
He further stressed that the State Government had zero-tolerance stance against corruption, adding that any official or staff found culpable in the fake registration case, as determined by the committee's report, will face severe consequences.
As per the latest media report by the Times of India, the five-member probe committee includes Iqbal Khan, commissioner of medical education; Mahipal Singh, project director of PCPNDT; Dr Ravi Prakash Sharma, additional director (gazetted); Veena Gupta, financial advisor; and Dr Ajit Singh, additional superintendent of SMS Medical College. Although the committee only submitted its interim report on Tuesday, it is expected to submit the final report soon.
Only in July 2024, the Rajasthan Medical Council issued an advisory for the hospitals and nursing homes in the State, asking them to verify the degrees and credentials of doctors before employing them. had earlier reported that RMC issued this advisory after taking cognisance of the instances where unqualified and underqualified doctors were employed in the hospitals, nursing homes, and clinical establishments in the State.
Clarifying that this was illegal and a punishable act, the Council had also asked the doctors visiting such hospitals or nursing homes to ensure that their patients were receiving medical care from qualified persons.
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