LS PASSES MEDICAL COUNCIL BILL

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-01 LS PASSES MEDICAL COUNCIL BILL Relevant for: Health, Education & Human Resources | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill to allow a panel of eminent professionals to run the scam-tainted Medical Council of India (MCI) so that medical education can be regulated in the best manner.

The Bill seeks to replace an ordinance issued in September 2018.

Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said this Bill superseded the MCI and the powers of the council had been vested in a Board of Governors (BoG). The BoG will have all eminent personalities and include directors of AIIMS and PGI, Chandigarh. This board will continue to perform till a council is constituted, according to Mr. Nadda.

A separate Bill to replace the MCI with the National Medical Commission is pending in Parliament. “This Bill has been issued so that medical education can be regulated in the best manner,” he said.