300 Doctors has summoned by Medical Council of India

MCI’s ethics committee has received complaint against 300 doctors from across the country that they had been bribed by a pharmaceutical firm. According to complaint, the Ahmedabad-based pharma company has paying doctors money, gifts, cars, flats and foreign trips in return for prescribing its medicine even though cheaper alternatives from better known companies are available.

Nearly 100 of these doctors have been appeared before MCI’s ethics committee on Monday.  150 doctors had to appear before ethics committee, only 109 appeared. The rest were summoned on Monday and asked to appear at next meeting of the committee in December.

"About 135 are left and they have been asked to appear at the next meeting of the committee in December. According to the rules, they have to be given three chances," explained Dr KK Aggarwal, a member of the panel.  Doctors has to submit their ITR, bank statement of last three years, passport in original, as well as a set of photocopies before ethics committee.




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