In a stunning change of fortune, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) was at the receiving end of the Supreme Court's retort during today's hearing in the misleading ads case that landed Yoga guru Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna in trouble.
Patanjali case: The SC bench also questioned if the apology was placed in a prominent place in the newspaper or if it has been placed in classified section.
The Indian Medical Association asked the apex medical regulatory authority to stall the plan to introduce NEXT until adequate technical, faculty and other support infrastructure are in place in all of the country’s medical colleges
The non-government group called People for Better Treatment (PBT) said the advertisement by the Indian Medical Association, the country’s largest body of doctors, had 'deceptively' created an impression that negligent doctors can no longer be criminally charged for causing the death of a patient
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) that seeks to replace the 1860 Indian Penal Code (IPC) prescribes a shorter maximum imprisonment for doctors convicted of causing death by medical negligence than for others. But it does not exempt doctors from criminal prosecution, a top IMA official said