The West Bengal government will verify the educational qualifications of 1.1 lakh doctors registered with the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) since 1996 following allegations of practitioners holding fake degrees, State Health Minister Sharadwat Mukherjee said.
“A large number of fake doctors have been identified in our registration records. We will re-examine the credentials of all such individuals. “We are introducing a KYD (know your doctor) protocol modelled after KYC (know your customer) which will include both manual and video-based verification.
The 1.1 lakh certificates issued to doctors by various universities will undergo a fresh verification process,” Mukherjee said.
All relevant documentation will be collected,” the health minister said.
“What has happened in the state once ruled by Trinamool, perhaps nothing like this has happened in any other state of India. The Trinamool has criticised the BJP government over the announcement. “I don’t know what they are talking about. I don’t even know Sharadwat Mukherjee, nor do I know anything about him. I have no idea what he’s saying.
It’s the Diamond Harbour party’s diamond model,” Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya said, referring to Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee and his constituency. It has never happened that a doctor undergoes SIR,” Roy said.
Trinamool MP Saugata Roy dismissed the health minister’s remarks and questioned the premise of subjecting doctors to a special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, referring to the electoral roll cleanup process that became a major flashpoint ahead of the assembly election earlier this year.
