Medical Council of India (MCI)
The Supreme Court will hear on 29 August a plea contending that the top court appointed oversight committee headed by former Chief Justice RM Lodha was going beyond its mandate of monitoring the work of Medical Council of India (MCI).
"The Medical Council of India, often in the news for controversial approvals and corruption, is set to be replaced by a medical education commission that will have three independent wings to oversee curriculum, accreditation of colleges and medical ethics," reported the Times of India, if the government's Niti Aayog panel's guidelines are implemented.
Ex-Medical Council of India (MCI) president Dr Ketan Desai is facing a Supreme Court probe into all manner of allegations into the future of the profession’s regulator.
Fortis Hospital Bangalore, whose organ transplant licence was cancelled in 2011 after alleged medical negligence by two of its surgeons led to the death of a patient undergoing pancreatic transplant, lost its appeal in the Karnataka high court.
In a writ petition, Fortis had challenged the authority of the Appropriate Authority for Transplantation of Human Organs to pass the order cancelling its licence. Justice BS Patil, in his judgment, agreed with the decision of the Appellate Authority that based on the illegal pancreas transplant performed by the hospital, its licence should be cancelled.
The victims husband, Pankaj Rai, commented: “For me it has been a very personal journey, because it provides some justice in a matter pertaining to the untimely demise of my wife.”
“There are a very few judgments on Transplantation of Human Organs Act. With the exception of two judgments, all the judgments in India are on the issues of donors/recipients being denied permission by the Authorisation Committee. This judgment is the first of its kind in India because it pertains to a Hospital violating the provisions of Transplantation of Human Organs Act,” added Rai.
Senior counsel {CV Nagesh} briefed by advocate K Suman was acting for Fortis. Advocate D Aswathappa was acting for the Appropriate Authority and the Health and Family Welfare Department of the Karnataka government. Rai appeared in person.
The US NRI widower who won a Rs 6 crore medical negligence in October, yesterday won in a special CBI court that convicted two ex-Supreme Court registry officials of corruption.
The Supreme Court has passed a landmark award in Indian medical negligence against a Kolkata hospital for the negligent death of Anuradha Saha in 1998.