Bengal's 'Know Your Doctor' Plan To Identify Fake, Dead, Absent Medics

The West Bengal government will verify the academic credentials of all 1.1 lakh doctors registered with the state medical council following allegations of fake degrees, Health Minister Sharadwat Mukherjee said on Friday.The exercise will cover doctors registered with the West Bengal Medical Council since 1996, the minister said, adding that the government would ensure that no medical practitioner was unnecessarily inconvenienced."The certificates issued by universities will be verified again.

There will also be a 'Know Your Doctor' (KYD) exercise," Mukherjee told reporters.The verification will be carried out in two ways.

Doctors can appear in person and submit their documents.