A delegation of Indian Medical Association (IMA) met Chief Minister WB in Kolkata on Monday to apprise her of the changes they want in the West Bengal Clinical Establishments (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) Act, 2017. IMA National President told, “We had a discussion with the CM regarding how doctors can be made accountable to both the West Bengal Medical Council and the West Bengal Health Regulatory Commission. She promised us that the regulatory commission will send all cases related to doctors to the state medical council." He was part of the six-member team who met the CM.
CM also promised that a directive will be issued to all the medical establishments to set up a public redressal mechanism that will deal with various complaints and then refer them to the commission, he said. On criminal actions against doctors accused of medical negligence, CM said that all the…
