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Pak docs enjoy free run in MP

Pak docs enjoy free run in MP

Author: HT Correspondent
Publication: The Hindustan Times
Date: December 2, 2005
URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1562390,000900010009.htm?headline=Pakistani~doctors~enjoy~free~run~in~MP

Indore has a flourishing medical fraternity - that of Pakistani doctors. A routine drive against quacks unearthed 37 such doctors. None of them were registered either with the Medical Council of India or with the MP Medical Council. Most of these Pakistanis had come to India on long-term visas and stayed on.

These doctors couldn't have done this without some political patronage and they got ample of it from a powerful Sindhi BJP leader, who helped the doctors set up dispensaries in the city.

In October, the district administration and the local MCI unit had sealed the dispensaries and warned the doctors of action if the were found practising again. But the dispensaries came up again. Following media reports, collector Vivek Agrawal ordered the raid.

The Pakistani doctors, most of whom have been practising for years, have protested against being bracketed with quacks.

A delegation led by Dr Jai Kumar Pariyani met the Chief Medical Officer and said they were "law-abiding people and not quacks. We hold medical degrees from Pakistan."

He said the Pakistani doctors had applied for Indian citizenship to enable them to get a permanent registration from the Council. "Since India and Pakistan weren't on friendly terms till recently, our applications got delayed," Pariyani said. But both the district administration and the MCI unit put their foot down. Officials said that though they had their sympathies with the Pakistani doctors, they could not practice without registrations. The health department plans to file a petition against the doctors.


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