The President has signed an ordinance to dissolve scam-tainted Medical Council of India – MCI. The ordinance has also been notified by the Law Ministry.<br/> <br/>Health Secretary Sujatha Rao had said earlier that the council will be replaced by a seven-member panel of eminent doctors. <br/><br/>The panel will be in charge till the next one year. She said, the Government will bring in a new law for the formation of an overarching body to regulate medical education in the country. <br/><br/>Mr. Ketan Desai, the erstwhile President of Medical Council of India, was arrested on the 22nd of last month by CBI for allegedly accepting bribe of two crore rupees to give permission to a Punjab medical college to admit a fresh batch of students, without having the requisite infrastructure.