After the Health department issued notices to the medical practitioners for engaging in private practice at their residences, four doctors returned their licence for conducting sonography on Tuesday.
According to Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Pankaj Shukla, Dr Shikha Malik, Dr lovely Kaushal, Dr NP Agrawal, Dr Aparna Tiwari have informed his office that their have stopped conducting sonography at their residences.
Dr Shukla is also the appointee authority under the pre-conception and pre natal and diagnostics techniques (PCPNDT). The new Government directive has impacted pathologists, radiologists and dentists in the city, who now cannot perform specialist tests in their clinics. Under the new rules, the Government doctors can only prescribe medicines and only keep a few basic instruments like stethoscope. According to estimates there are about a dozen Government doctors are licenced under PCPNDT rule to perform sonography tests. “We expect more doctors to comply in the coming days,” said Dr Shukla, warning of action against erring Government doctors.