Health Ministry team inspects medical college over MCI case

April 29, 2010 06:11 pm | Updated November 28, 2021 08:42 pm IST - Patiala

A Health Ministry team today inspected a medical college and hospital here and scoured their records in connection with the alleged Rs. 2 crore bribe paid to MCI chief Ketan Desai for getting sanction to enrol students.

The members, who were accompanied by officials of Punjab government, checked the records of Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital in Ramnagar—Banur, sources said.

Besides they videographed and photographed the premises, they said.

Media persons were not allowed to enter the hospital premises by college authorities.

As many as 300 students are currently studying in the college.

Medical Council of India chief Desai was arrested along with three others for allegedly receiving Rs. 2 crore from the college for getting sanction to enrol students for year 2010-11.

Taking a serious view of alleged corruption in Medical Council of India, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had on April 25 set up a three-member fact finding team to look into the allegations.

The committee headed by Additional Secretary K. Desiraju was asked to submit its report within a week, pending which permission to the medical college to take new batch of students was kept in abeyance.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.