Nefarious practices rife in medical sector: Vardhan
BY M Post Bureau23 July 2014 12:05 AM GMT
M Post Bureau23 July 2014 12:05 AM GMT
‘The president of Medical Council of India has been asked to summon an emergency meeting of its Ethics Committee and post the minutes of the said meeting on its web site,’ Vardhan said in a statement in Parliament on the television expose on collusion between doctors and pathological laboratory/diagnostic centres.
The minister further added, ‘the health ministry accepts that the patient of the medical economy needs protection from such nefarious practices that have come to thrive under conditions created by lack of implementation of existing laws and insufficient governmental oversight.’
‘Health secretary has been asked to conduct an impartial inquiry into the facts brought out by the TV programme,’ he said.
The ‘Operation Jonk’ sting operation aired by a private TV news channel News Nation on Monday exposed the secret deals struck between some dishonest medical practitioners and the managements of pathological laboratories and diagnostic centres in the national capital of Delhi. Some reputed diagnostic centres of Delhi, including its oldest Diwan Chand, were shown as involved in this nefarious racket.
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