
Medical Council to de-register doctor
The Hindu
He claimed to have treated a patient who was in a hospital in Chennai
A doctor in Coimbatore is all set to lose his right to practice for two years for an illegality he committed nearly six years ago.
The practitioner had issued a certificate stating that he had treated a patient, N. Pitchumani, at his home for a day. The patient had been admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Chennai on September 27, 2015, in a serious condition and was disoriented, according to medical records from the hospital. He was in the ICU till his death on October 11, the same year.

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