CBI registers case against Safdarjung Hospital doctors

It is alleged that in the year 2008,Medical Council of India refused permission to the college for admissions for its second batch. The college had then approached Supreme Court which asked both MCI and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to conduct the inspection of the college afresh and inform the court on September 26,2008.

“Accordingly,the inspection report given by the MCI inspectors again showed deficiencies in the infrastructure of the college especially the manpower. However,the Ministry constituted a team of two doctors from Safdarjung Hospital,which conducted inspection on September 25.

“On September 26,Ministry of Health and Family Welfare granted permission to the said college on the basis of the inspection conducted on September 25. But in another inspection conducted by the MCI Inspectors after about 10 days,the college was still found to be having deficiencies in its manpower resources,” CBI spokesperson said.

He said that on the day of inspections,false records were created regarding the availability and employment of doctors as college faculties,which became the basis for the grant of permission by the Ministry.

Searches were conducted at 12 places in Delhi,Indore and Meerut,including the college premises,residences and offices of the two doctors from Safdarjung Hospital as well as two placement agencies.

Corruption-ridden Medical Council of India (MCI),set up 76 years ago to regulate medical education in the country,was dissolved in May in the wake of scam involving its then chairman Ketan Desai and was replaced by a six-member panel of eminent doctors.

Desai was arrested on April 22 by CBI for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 crore to give permission to a Punjab medical college to recruit a fresh batch of students without having requisite infrastructure.