At least 30 people had complained to the MMC about the use of long-distance degrees to increase patient visits, and some of the complainants were doctors. Acting on these complaints, the MMC had sent notices to 600 doctors across Maharashtra. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has taken a serious note of doctors who are obtaining degrees through long-distance courses from abroad. Such degrees, which are shown as master degrees, are not recognised by the council.
Hence, MCI has issued a notice to state council stating that doctors should not be allowed to add such degrees to their names as this misleads patients. According to MCI, doctors have been putting up misleading boards which mention such degrees to attract patients to their clinics. Some doctors, after taking their basic MBBS degree from state medical colleges do not get admission in MCI recognised colleges for further studies.…
