Another doctor' held, CID smells racket
As Mr Singh denied, they informed the police, which arrested him after finding his MBBS certificate to be fake
Kolkata: Another fake doctor was arrested by the police at Bauria, Howrah. West Bengal Medical Council president Nirmal Majhi issued a warning and announced steps to curb the menace. The accused doctor, Ram Shankar Singh, ran a chamber beside his medicine shop at the ground floor of his residence.
A local resident Bholanath Bhandari had visited him with his wife for her treatment recently. He claimed that his wife’s condition worsened after following his prescription. On Monday morning, Mr Bhandari, accompanied by his neighbours, went to Mr Singh’s chamber and asked for his registration certificate.
As Mr Singh denied, they informed the police, which arrested him after finding his MBBS certificate to be fake. Dr Majhi, also a Trinamul Congress MLA, cautioned that the panel would take strong action against the accused.
He said, “We appeal the common people to alert us if they find anyone, claiming to be a doctor, suspicious. We have already lodged a complaint with the Bidhannagar police station against eleven such persons. There are several fake doctors at those hospitals where raids are yet to take place. Even aayurved specialists are working as resident medical officers. The criminal investigation department has been probing a racket.”
Dr Majhi claimed that many of the accused arrested had links with influential government officials including bureaucrats. “Around 550 doctors of the alternative medicine council in the state are fake. Nearly eight institutions offer certificates to them,” he added.