A historic moment in the Indian healthcare system that has been riddled with pervasive corruption and with no checks and balances for the errant doctors came today when 16 doctor-members of the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) surrendered before the 8th Metropolitan Magistrate of the Bankshall Criminal Court. While 17 WBMC members were indicted for “criminal conspiracy” (IPC Section 120B) and “screening offender” (IPC Section 201) on August 19, 2011 for deliberately shielding Dr. Sukumar Mukherjee and Dr. Baidyanath Halder, two principal doctors who were previously held responsible by the Supreme Court for death of Anuradha Saha, through a “criminal conspiracy” by suppressing incriminating opinions of their own medical experts back in 2000-2001 (see copy of the petition below), 16 doctors surrendered today because one of the indicted doctors has recently passed away. The court has fixed January 13, 2012 for further proceeding of this unprecedented criminal case against virtually the entire state medical council. While this remarkable development would send a serious warning for the devious members of other medical councils, it will also bring hope for the countless victims of medical negligence in India (see the news below).
Criminal Petition against WBMC (2011)
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Remarkable. This brave effort of Dr. Kunal Saha will definitely send a strong message to those who conspire and help guilty doctors to save them giving injustice to the victims and their own profession. The development will also bring hope for the countless victims of medical negligence in India. Medical Councils will now think 10 times before conspiring to help their friend-doctors.
State Medical Councils across the country. I thank Dr Saha for having taken this step. A similar action is required against Dr Chikkannjappa and his cronies of Karnataka Medical Council