{"id":3495,"date":"2016-08-26T12:12:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T12:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2016-08-26T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T12:12:07","slug":"while-mci-faces-allegations-its-president-defends-the-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/while-mci-faces-allegations-its-president-defends-the-council\/","title":{"rendered":"While MCI faces allegations, its president defends the council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with mounting allegations against MCI, the council\u2019s president Dr Jayshree Mehta defends the council, saying the body was not \u2018given a reasonable opportunity\u2019 to present their side of the story.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the things she said in this regard are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The negative attention which fell on the council is unfair. Though time was sought from the parliamentary committee, the MCI wasn\u2019t given it.<\/li>\n<li>MCI was even denied the mandatory opportunity of hearing as guaranteed by principles of natural justice<\/li>\n<li>The NITI Aayog\u2019s decision to replace MCI with National Medical Commission is a \u201cremedy more dangerous than the disease.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Even though the Delhi High Court appointed in 2001 a full time administrator for supervising the MCI\u2019s functioning for an year, they couldn\u2019t bring even a \u201csingle event pertaining to the functioning of the Council.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Also, an ad hoc committe was formed later to examine all MCI\u2019s decisions between 1996 and 2001. So, the MCI has been under scrutiny from 1996-2001 and 2002-2009 and nothing was found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Image credits:http:\/\/nhladrenaline.com\/<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with mounting allegations against MCI, the council\u2019s president Dr Jayshree Mehta defends the council, saying the body was not \u2018given a reasonable opportunity\u2019 to present their side of the story. Some of the things she said in this regard are: The negative attention which fell on the council is unfair. 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