MEDICO LEGAL NEWS

1. to prevent unfair practices and to regulate the admissions, capitation fees,tution fees, prospectus,admission procedures,awarding of degree certificates, exam conduction,the union govt going to promulgate an act. in that process , THE PROHIBITION OF UNFAIR PRACTICES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
AND UNIVERSITIES BILL, 2010 -this bill is going to be mooted in parliament in monsoon session-2012.

2.MCI Not Empowered to Recognise Medical Colleges: SC -----   it is the Central government which is empowered to grant recognition to a medical college or institution  on the recommendation made by the MCI,and as Section 10A speaks only of permission  and not recognition," the bench said." a bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir said. 3. The practice of employing AYUSH practitioners in hospitals  is illegal and has been  commented as follows by the "National Consumer Commission": “When a patient is admitted in a hospital, it is done with the belief that the treatment given in the hospital is  being given by qualified doctors under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. It is not within the  knowledge of the relatives of the patient that the patient is being treated by a Unani specialist.  We hold that it is clear deficiency in service and negligence by the hospital for leaving the patient  in the hands of a Unani doctor… As laid down by the Apex Court in the above case (Jacob Mathew Vs. State of Punjab), we feel it is high time  that hospital authorities realize that the practice of employing non-medical practitioners such as Doctors  specialized in Unani system and who do not possess the required skill and competence to give  allopathic treatment and to let an emergency patient be treated in their hands is a gross negligence.” 4. Dual tasking ( an anaesthetist indulge in dual tasking (operating as well as giving anaesthesia —  such as spinal anaesthesia and hysterectomy) is not allowed in our country.