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USAGE OF ‘DR’ WITHOUT IMA CERTIFICATE MAY INVITE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

Posted on: 24/Feb/2010 3:42:09 AM

Madras High court has finally asked the authorities to initiate action against those persons who prefix ‘Dr’ to their names without valid medical degree or approval from IMA. Most of the Paramedical Technicians, Physiotherapist prefix ‘Dr’ to their names. Passing orders on a writ petition filed by Indian Medical Association’s Quackery Eradication Committee , the first bench comprising  Chief Justice H L Gokhale and Justice KK Sasidharan said that IMA must furnish detail of persons who abuse the termed” by prefixing it to their names. The bench simultaneously asked the authorities to take stringent action against people who use ‘Dr” without valid Medical degree and license.