The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded that the election process of Medical Council of India should be allowed to continue, days after an ordinance was issued for a committee of eminent professionals to run the MCI till a bill to set up a new regulatory body is passed by parliament.
TheIMA Action Committee, in an emergency session held in Mumbai, condemned the "supersession" of MCI terming the government's move, at a juncture when the election to MCI has been announced, as "unwarranted andmalafide".
It also vowed to resist the National Medical Commission Bill (NMC) 2017, which is pending in parliament. The bill seeks to replace MCI with National Medical Commission.
In a statement,IMA, which is a pan-India voluntary organization of 2.5 lakh doctors, said that thecomposition of theBoard of Governors (BoG) was unacceptable.
Directors of major National institutions would scarcely find time to administer more than 450medical colleges and their PG, UG courses. Moreover there is no representation to women and Registered Medical Practitioners, it said,