Hissar:
For the NDTV's RTI series, we are showcasing citizens who've used the act for the greater good. Now, NDTV brings you the story of a journalist who used the act to expose doctors in Haryana practising on a fake degrees.
Every often we come across newspaper headlines on 'deaths due to medical negligence', ever thought of reading beyond it?
Well, in 2006, Ramesh Kumar Verma, a Hissar journalist, decided to dig beyond the headlines into the core of the issue and filed an RTI application with the Medical Council of India.
His query: was on how many doctors in Hissar, practicing with fake degrees, have been caught by the police?
To his surprise, he found that many doctors on that list were still practicing medicine not only in private hospitals but also in government hospitals!
"My RTI application revealed how these doctors are practicing with fake degrees and putting the lives of people in danger" said Ramesh Kumar Verma.
Verma's expose brought media attention and the Delhi police created a special team to arrest the quacks.
Verma was adjudged runners-up in Best RTI Citizen Award 2009.
''RTI is a tool. It's a vaccine. Use it and see it's magic. If there is a problem in getting your ration card made, or anything related to the electricity bill or the road outside your house is broken, or any work stuck in the government office, don't offer bribe, just file an RTI. Use this vaccine and see the magic.''
Every often we come across newspaper headlines on 'deaths due to medical negligence', ever thought of reading beyond it?
Well, in 2006, Ramesh Kumar Verma, a Hissar journalist, decided to dig beyond the headlines into the core of the issue and filed an RTI application with the Medical Council of India.
His query: was on how many doctors in Hissar, practicing with fake degrees, have been caught by the police?
To his surprise, he found that many doctors on that list were still practicing medicine not only in private hospitals but also in government hospitals!
"My RTI application revealed how these doctors are practicing with fake degrees and putting the lives of people in danger" said Ramesh Kumar Verma.
Verma's expose brought media attention and the Delhi police created a special team to arrest the quacks.
Verma was adjudged runners-up in Best RTI Citizen Award 2009.
''RTI is a tool. It's a vaccine. Use it and see it's magic. If there is a problem in getting your ration card made, or anything related to the electricity bill or the road outside your house is broken, or any work stuck in the government office, don't offer bribe, just file an RTI. Use this vaccine and see the magic.''
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