While a section of media, doctors and medical experts were discussing Bollywood actor Sushant Singh’s suicide and his postmortem report right, left and centre, the Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) has suspended the licence of a Chennai-based doctor as a punishment for discussing the contents of a postmortem (PM) report in a TV debate.judge v parthiban order advtvg sankaran for dr

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Madras high court refuses to interfere in TNMC’s decision to suspend doctor who discussed postmortem report during TV debate
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CHENNAI: While a section of media, doctors and medical experts were discussing Bollywood actor Sushant Singh’s suicide and his postmortem report right, left and centre, the Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) has suspended the licence of a Chennai-based doctor as a punishment for discussing the contents of a postmortem (PM) report in a TV debate.
Concurring with the stand of the council that a postmortem report is a confidential document and, therefore, accessing it unofficially and discussing the content in public forums is intrusion of privacy, the Madras high court on Friday refused to set aside the punishment.
Refusing any interim relief to Dr V Dekal, who moved the court challenging the TNMC’s order, Justice V Parthiban said the petitioner should stay away from his practice for a month.
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Representing TNMC, advocate G Shankaran submitted that Dekal, while participating in a programme in a private Tamil news channel, discussed the suspicious death of a woman near Chennai and commented the postmortem certificate issued by the government hospital concerned was substandard with a lot of flaws.
He raised doubts on the postmortem certificate, without actually being part of the PM team or knowing the facts first hand, he added.
The case that was discussed in the show is still under investigation and the PM report alleged to be flawed by him is a confidential document.
Accessing such confidential documents unofficially and discussing the content in public forums is an intrusion of privacy and is likely to affect the investigation and trial of the case, the council said.
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“Blatant accusations of defective PM based on PM report can instigate unwarranted pressure on the part of the family affected and all those involved. When the police investigations are on and the case is under the purview of our reputed judicial system, Dekal’s behaviour is an act uncalled for by a registered medical practitioner,” the council added.
Denying the allegations, Dekal submitted that he did not criticize the PM certificate issued by the government doctor but just expressed his opinion that when so many qualified forensic experts are available in nearby government Chengalpet Medical College the PME should have been conducted there instead of GH Madurantakam.

However, refusing to accept his explanation, the council passed an order suspending his licence to practise for one month.
Aggrieved, Dekal has moved the present plea in the high court. When the plea came up for hearing, the court refused to interfere in the punishment and directed the council to file a detailed counter by October 29.
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