Thirty doctors who were found guilty of accepting a foreign trip worth Rs 2 crore to Paris and Monaco, funded by a pharma company, come from at least nine states. This was revealed in response to an RTI application. From National Medical Commission’s reminder to state medical councils (SMCs), it is clear that six out of nine councils have not submitted any action taken report to NMC despite the doctors’ names being sent to them last year.
Department of pharmaceuticals forwarded only 27 of 30 names to NMC, with no explanation for dropping three names. Of these 27, 11 were from Maharashtra, three each from Gujarat and Telangana, two each from Punjab, Karnataka, West Bengal and Delhi and one each from Assam and Kerala. SMCs of these states were sent the names of doctors on Dec 15, 2025, to hold an enquiry and “award such punishment as deemed necessary”.
On May 26, the ethics and medical registration board of NMC sent a reminder to the state councils of Assam, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana and West Bengal, pointing out that the action taken report was still awaited and requesting them “to complete the process expeditiously in a time-bound manner”.
