Bengal medical council issues show cause notice to RG Kar hospital former principal Sandip Ghosh

NEW DELHI: The West Bengal Medical Council on Saturday issued a show cause notice to the arrested former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, over his alleged involvement in financial irregularities at the institution, according to an official.

The notice is a preliminary step before the council considers canceling Ghosh’s medical registration. "Dr Ghosh has been served with a show cause notice. We have given him a three-day time to reply to the same," the official told PTI.

Ghosh was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the financial irregularities at the hospital. The scandal came to light after the body of a woman doctor was found at the hospital on August 9.

The postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty, an incident that sparked nationwide protests.

Additionally, the council has asked three other doctors, believed to be close to Ghosh, to refrain from council activities until they clear the allegations against them. These doctors have been accused of threatening fellow medics at several state-run hospitals.

The three accused doctors are Avik Dey, a former resident medical officer at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Birupaksha Biswas, a former senior doctor from the same institution, and Mustafizur Rahaman Mallick, a junior doctor at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, the official added.

The council has reportedly received multiple complaints against the trio.