The Madras HC has suggested that MCI should insist on displaying the academic background of doctors like number of attempts made to clear their examinations in the hospital/clinic so that patients can take an informed decision. The response comes after a writ petition filed by a medical student who continued to fail in the examinations despite several attempts and had approached the court to get pass marks in one of the subjects by taking into consideration his Improved Internal Assessment marks. ( The Hindu, April 13, 2018 ).
Dismissing the petition, the judge said the student had failed in three subjects: Community Medicine, ENT and Ophthalmology- in three attempts taken in May 2016, November 2016 and May 2017. The judge further said that “the petitioner’s doctor father should have asked his son to study well instead filing cases in the court for “grace marks.” Displaying marks is…
