The Allahabad high court has issued notices to several authorities including the Union health ministry, Medical Council of India and cardiological Society of India on a public interest petition seeking directions to prevent the practice of unnecessary stenting by bringing in medical auditing of all catheterisations labs (cath labs) in India. Referring to news items and published studies both in India and abroad regarding the "highly condemnable practice of implanting unnecessary stents", advocate had filed a petition seeking the court's intervention to protect patients and to bring in greater regulation of the health sector.
The division bench on Monday gave petitioners leave to add Cardiological Society of India, Indian Medical Association and Association of Health Care Providers (India) as respondents and asked them to file a reply by May 15. The petition maintained that the practice…
