New Delhi: Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has ordered a probe after CNN-IBN reported that officials close to former Medical Council of India chairman Ketan Desai were being allowed a back door entry into the Council. "A committee has been formed under the chairmanship of the Director General of ICMR. The committee will submit its report within two months," Azad said. The Board of Directors, which was given the task...
11:07 AM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: It seems that another scandal is set to rock the Health Ministry. A CNN-IBN investigation has revealed that former Medical council of India (MCI) members, close to arrested former chief Ketan Desai, are being brought back into the Medical Council. The Board of Governors that was appointed to clean up the mess is under scrutiny. Two years after Ketan Desai's arrest and dissolution of the Medical Council of...
10:05 AM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Medical Council Amendment Bill despite key UPA constituent Trinamool Congress opposed the same. With the passage of the bill, the Medical Council of India (MCI) will come under a proposed National Commission of Human Resources for Health. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad confirmed that the Medical Council Amendment Bill was on Monday passed in the Lok Sabha. The proposed body will...
07:26 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Health Ministry has sacked Medical Council of India Secretary Sangeeta Sharma. This comes days after CNN-IBN reported how she was blocking investigations into the Medical council scam. "My appointment here is permanent. There is no question of deputation," Sharma earlier said. Days after Sharma made that statement on CNN-IBN - her services at the Medical Coucil of India office have been terminated. The decision comes close on...
06:47 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Kapali died during child birth. The hospital claims it was due to a reaction. Her husband Parikshit suspects foul play. ...
08:06 PM, Nov 19, 2011
Bangalore: A year after a case of alleged medical negligence in Karnataka's Santosh Hospital where a woman died in the operation theatre, there has still been no action. The Karnataka Medical Council has refused to suspend the doctors even though the CID has chargesheeted the medical staff. Kapali Patne, 35, died at the operation theatre during child birth on April 16, 2010. The hospital authorities claimed it was death due...
01:27 PM, Nov 07, 2011
New Delhi: One and a half years after the don of the Medical Council of India, Ketan Desai was arrested for taking a bribe of Rs 2 crore, the Central Bureau of Investigation is finally ready with a chargesheet. CNN-IBN has accessed the confidential papers that document how the deal was struck, rules bent, quality of medical education compromised and how money changed hands. The CBI decoded the modus operandi...
08:25 PM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: It's been a year since the Medical Council of India (MCI) was dissolved and its president Ketan Desai arrested. But it seems the rot in the MCI has yet to be cleaned out. A case in point is Dr Sangeeta Sharma, the senior most officer in the MCI. CNN-IBN accessed documents that prove that the Health Ministry raised questions about the validity of her appointment as secretary. In...
06:43 PM, Sep 09, 2011
New Delhi: Another controversy in the tainted Medical Council of India (MCI). MCI secretary Dr Sangeeta Sharma has resigned alleging rude and indecent behavior by the Board's Chairman, Dr KK Talwar. Incidentally, the Health Ministry had raised objections about her appointment and asked the Board of Governors if her appointment had been made under the prescribed recruitment rules. The Health Ministry wanted the MCI board to get an ACC approval...
08:26 AM, Jun 23, 2011
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04:17 PM, Jan 21, 2011
In April 2010, CNN-IBN exposed a doctor of MCI involved in corruption, leading to the Council being dissolved. ...
11:51 AM, Jan 14, 2011
New Delhi: Parliament on Thursday approved the legislation empowering the Central government to supersede the Medical Council of India (MCI) and constitute a board of governors, with Rajya Sabha passing the bill amending the Indian Medical Council Act. The amendment bill, passed by the Lok Sabha earlier, entails reconstitution of the council within one year from the date of its replacement. Until then, a board of governors will exercise the...
08:24 AM, Aug 27, 2010
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Medical Council of India (Amendment) Bill without discussion as members were busy staging protests demanding more hike in their salaries. The MCI (Medical Council of India) bill entails reconstitution of the council within one year from the date of its replacement. Until then a board of governors will exercise the powers and perform the council's functions. The bill states that the...
06:22 PM, Aug 20, 2010
New Delhi: Medical education in India is undergoing a big shake up. Following revelations of corruption the Union Health Ministry is likely to disband the Dental and Nursing councils. After dissolving the Medical Council of India, the dice seemed to be cast for the Dental Council of India. A letter available with CNN-IBN has the Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi asking Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to...
01:25 PM, Aug 14, 2010
The move hopes to avoid another scam like the one that had plagued medical education recently. ...
09:21 PM, Jun 29, 2010
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