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President approves ordinance to dissolve MCI | President Pratibha Patil on Saturday signed an ordinance dissolving the Medical Council of India (MCI). On
Friday, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry had issued an ordinance selecting
dissolution of the MCI. The MCI was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1956. For
the time being, the MCI will be replaced by a seven-member committee of medical
experts. The Centre decided to dissolve the MCI after its president Ketan Desai
was arrested April 22 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly
accepting a bribe of Rs two crore in exchange for giving recognition to a medical
college in Punjab. Desai submitted his resignation on Wednesday. Union Health
Secretary Sujatha Rao had said: "We are examining what can be done. The government
should have power to give directions to the MCI for what it has to do. If they
do something wrong, we can take action." Expressing its grave concern over corruption
in medical bodies, the health ministry top brass made its mind to clean-up councils
under its jurisdiction. They also assured that they would not tolerate interests
of students being affected. The MCI was a statutory body that had been tasked
with the responsibility of overseeing maintenance of to oversee the standards
of medical education in India, grant recognition to medical degrees, give accreditation
to medical colleges, registers medical practitioners and monitoring medical practice
in the country. |
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