Hyderabad: The Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC) has suspended seven doctors, including an orthopedic surgeon who has operated upon a youth to increase his height, for their alleged unethical practices.
Cracking the whip on physicians for "unethical and faulty" medical practices, the council's executive and general body meeting held on Friday passed resolutions unanimously against these doctors, suspending their licence for varying periods, TSMC Chairman E Ravindra Reddy said in a release.
Chandra Bhushan, orthopedic surgeon at city-based Global Hospital, was suspended for a period of two years for ethical infringement and for performing lengthening operation over a young person named Nikhil Reddy, it said.
The TSMC suspended another doctor named Namratha, who runs a test-tube centre in Hyderabad, for five years and also imposed a lifelong ban on performing surrogacy, it said.
Three other physicians - Rahul Carter, Harikumar Ravva and Minhaj Zafar Nasirabadi - were suspended for six months each for alleged unethical psychiatric practices, the release said.
One Dr Krishna Kant Reddy was suspended for "non-compliance" of civic body orders of displaying MBBS equivalent degree. The suspension will last till he complies with the orders, the release said.
Cracking the whip on physicians for "unethical and faulty" medical practices, the council's executive and general body meeting held on Friday passed resolutions unanimously against these doctors, suspending their licence for varying periods, TSMC Chairman E Ravindra Reddy said in a release.
Chandra Bhushan, orthopedic surgeon at city-based Global Hospital, was suspended for a period of two years for ethical infringement and for performing lengthening operation over a young person named Nikhil Reddy, it said.
The TSMC suspended another doctor named Namratha, who runs a test-tube centre in Hyderabad, for five years and also imposed a lifelong ban on performing surrogacy, it said.
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Three other physicians - Rahul Carter, Harikumar Ravva and Minhaj Zafar Nasirabadi - were suspended for six months each for alleged unethical psychiatric practices, the release said.
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One Dr Krishna Kant Reddy was suspended for "non-compliance" of civic body orders of displaying MBBS equivalent degree. The suspension will last till he complies with the orders, the release said.
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