MPMC suspends six doctors

BHOPAL: In a major action against erring doctors, Madhya Pradesh Medical Council (MPMC) on Saturday suspended six medical practitioners and banned four of them from practice for a year while two for six months.
MPMC president Dr KK Thassu and registrar Dr SAS Qazmi said complaints were received against 12 doctors, of which six have been barred for practice from six months to a year.
According to sources, Ratlam-based doctor at district hospital Dr Pushpendra Sharma was suspended after he was charged by a local gynaecologist Dr Manju Singh for carrying out a hysterectomy. Rules permit only gynaecologists to perform the procedure. Interestingly, complainant Dr Singh was also suspended for trying to interfere with council’s process.
A Khargone-based ophthalmologist, Dr Santosh Gupta was suspended after MPMC investigation found a patient suffered from complications after an operation conducted by him. Dr Seema Shivhare from Nascot hospital (Gwalior) was penalised after a patient complained that she withhold and did not provide her medical records.
Rajendra Kumar Jain, medical specialist in Khajuraho was found guilty of issuing a fraudulent medical certificate while Dr Umesh Sinha of Chirayu hospital, Bhopal was suspended for giving out a medical certificate not following the appropriate format.