The Directorate of Medical Education will report to the Health Secretary on the case registered against two doctors of the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on charges of forging documents for the bail plea of accused in a drug case.
S. Usha, senior civil surgeon, and Mansoor were booked for offences including cheating and forgery.Another doctor named T.C.R. Ramakrishnan is also among the list of accused.
Director of Medical Education A. Edwin Joe said that the dean of CMCH had sent him news reports on the case registered against the two Government doctors.
“No disciplinary action has been initiated against the doctors as of now as they were not arrested for the charges. If arrested, they will naturally be suspended from service on completion of 48 hours.
Reports on the case will be sent to the Health Secretary,” said Dr. Joe.
The two doctors, M. Zakaria, counsel of the accused, and Mohammed Shahib, brother of the accused, were booked based on an order issued by C. Sanjai Baba, judge for Essential Commodities Act Court. The order was made after the court found that Zakaria produced forged documents before it along with the bail plea of Muhammed Shikas (22) of Saibaba Colony, an accused in an opioid drug case.
Shikas was arrested along with Joy Immanuel (28) of Begaluru, Sulfikar Ali (24) of Kuniyamuthur and Mohammed Anas (24) of Ukkadam in July this year.
