Tamil Nadu
Medical Council has been reported to have sent a show-cause notice to a doctor
who had been found practicing despite being temporarily barred by the council.
The concerned
doctor had been temporarily barred from the council for allegedly performing
sex determination and sex-selective abortions and other violations under the
PC-PNDT Act. TOI reports that in 2015, health department
officials had caught Dr Ramchandran wheeling a woman into an operation theatre
for sex-selective abortion and seized the ultrasound machine and documents. The
case, being heard by a Neyveli court, was also referred to the state medical
council which, based on an investigation, decided to remove his name from the
medical register until further orders.
However,
despite orders being issued barring Dr Ramchandran from practicing medicine,
the doctor allegedly continued to practice. In the same regard a
district official filed a complaint with the council . The case in concern
was of a anaemic 29 year old patient who was refereed to Cuddalore
Government Hospital for blood check and transfusion. While the prescription was
in the name of Dr KR Mahalakshmi, but contained Ramachandran’s name,
registration number and hospital seal.
“In his
reply, the doctor claims to have only referred, not treated, the
patient. But if he did not see the patient, how would he know he was anemic. We
are now contemplating serious action against him for violating the rules,” said
medical council president Dr K Senthil told TOI.
As per council
rules, no doctor can practice unless registered with the council. If found
guilty of the violations of the ban, the doctor may face permanent removal from
the register of medical practitioners or may even face a imprisonment upto 1
year informed Dr Senthil.
