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Centre to dissolve Medical Council of India | The Union Government has decided to dissolve the scandal-hit Medical Council of India (MCI). The Centre took the decision after MCI chairman Ketan Desai was charged
by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of corruption. Desai was arrested
on April 22. The Union Cabinet has decided to appoint a seven-member panel of
eminent doctors to take care of the functioning of the MCI. On Wednesday, Desai
submitted his resignation letter to MCI vice-president P C Kesavankutty Nair.
Nair has forwarded the resignation letter to the Union Health Ministry. The MCI,
constituted under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1933, is responsible for ensuring
uniform standards in medical education and to grant recognition to medical degrees
awarded in India and abroad. The permission of MCI is required for medical colleges
across the country to increase the number of seats, to set up new medical college,
to add new courses. As per the IMC Act, Parliament has to give its nod for the
dissolution or formation of a MCI board. |
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