The Medical Council of India MCI has ordered the removal of 27 medical professionals from the Indian Medical Register, barring them from practice for a period ranging from 3 to 5 years. Two of them have been removed from the registry for simultaneously serving as the faculty of two medical colleges. The remaining 25 have been penalised for faking as full-time faculty of a Institute of Medical Sciences in Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, to help its management get MCI approval for different medical courses.

The statutory body took serious view of a single college representing 25 teachers as permanent faculty whereas none of them were recruited in full-time capacity.