Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu government to pay compensation to medicos
Chennai: Madras high court has directed the state government to pay compensatory cost to medical students who completed various PG medical courses from medical colleges, which did not rectify deficiencies even after they were pointed out by Medical Council of India.
Dismissing the appeal filed by MCI, the division Bench comprising Justices Nooty Ramamohana Rao (now retired) and S.M. Subramanian has ruled that their provisional pass certificate issued by Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University is, in no manner, defective.
MCI challenged the order of a single judge order passed last year, which directed Tamil Nadu Medical Council to register PG qualifications in the State Medical Register of students, who have completed three year PG medical education from ESI Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pudhucherry.
They completed various PG medical courses - M.D. (General Medicine), M.D. (General Surgery), M.D. (Pediatrics), M.D./M.S.(OBG) and M.D. (Anesthesia) from the institutions.
Based on Letter of Permission (LoP) colleges commenced PG courses in the institutions and they joined and successfully completed the courses. However, Tamil Nadu Medical Council declined to register their PG degree certificate.
As they were unable to seek employment in government medical services or pursue further super specialization they filed writ petitions seeking to register their provisional certificates in the State Council.
The single judge had passed order in favour them. Challenging this, MCI filed the appeal stating that the medical colleges had not rectified all deficiencies pointed out by it and their PG degrees could not be included in the first schedule to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.
Lauding students for coming out successfully, the bench said the deficiencies have not come in their way at all and their study and performance at the university examinations is not greatly impacted.
