Doctor or quack? DMC tells court how to differentiate

How to verify your doctor Delhi Medical Council (DMC) has outlined simple ways to verify your physician's credentials:

- Hemani Bhandari

NEW DELHI: Amid growing concerns over quackery and unqualified medical practitioners operating in the Capital, the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) has informed the Delhi high court of multiple ways in which citizens can verify the credentials of their doctors—including checking QR codes on displayed certificates and also by using online verification tools available on its website.

The court was hearing a petition filed in December 2023 by advocate Sachin Jain, who cited the case of Neeraj Aggarwal, a self-styled surgeon arrested in November for allegedly conducting botched surgeries that resulted in multiple deaths. Police investigations later revealed that surgeries at his clinic were being conducted by lab technicians, and that Aggarwal himself was not qualified to undertake a surgery, holding only an MBBS degree.