Mumbai, June 19 (IBNS): Aamir Khan’s television venture 'Satyamev Jayate' attended new heights of success as the actor was invited by a parliamentary panel to the Rajya Sabha to discuss medical wrongdoings.
Khan and his 'Satyamev Jayate' team will appear before the panel on Thursday to discuss the issue.
According to reports, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Rajya Sabha MP Shanta Kumar invited Khan to speak on the matter.
Kumar heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce.
Meanwhile, after the episodes on female foeticide and medical wrongdoings were aired, the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has temporarily suspended the registration of 13 doctors in the state who were charged of revealing the sex of foetus.
The council decided to suspend the doctors from various corners of Maharashtra including Beed, Jalagaon, Pune and Osmanabad by taking into consideration various provisions of the MMC Act and the Pre-Conception And Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT).
The MMC has also suspended Dr Sudam and Saraswati Munde from Beed town who have been charged for the death of a patient while performing an illegal abortion.
The council in December had suspended five doctors.
In another success story, the Maharashtra government has planned to open medical stores across the state that will have adequate amounts of generic medicines available for patients.
The government saidmeasures will be taken to make generic medicines available in all government-run hospitals in Maharashtra.
The episode that revealed the issue of medical malpractices was criticised by certain section of medical practitioners.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) had demanded an apology from Khan for what they termed as sending wrong message about the medical community in his programme.
The episode about medical wrongdoing on Star TV network angered the doctors who said Khan sent all the wrong messages and undermined the doctor-patient relationship.
"Satyamev Jayate is a good programme, but Aamir Khan in the last episode presented doctors in a totally wrong way. He should have invited the doctors against whom allegations were brought concerned or the representatives of the medical association for a balanced picture," Dr DR Rai, Honorary Secretary, Indian Medical Association told IBNS.
Dr Rai said he was hurt that Aamir Khan sent such a wrong message to the country.
"We only want an apology from him," he said.
Dr Rai denied arguments that doctors get away scot-free in India after medical malpractices.
"At least 14 doctors' licences were cancelled in recent times in Delhi alone," he claimed.
The theme of that particular episode showed that while people trust medical practitioners, believing that they are equipped with the knowledge and skills to safeguard their health, this knowledge is misused to exploit this trust and medical care becomes a nightmare.
"The profession is riddled with unscrupulous doctors and hospitals out to make big bucks at the cost of patients, but there are still medical practitioners who stand up for the Hippocratic Oath, and those who want to clean up the profession," according to the summary of the show that Khan presented on May 27.
The show has already gained attention of the viewers as it highlights different social issues.