Dr Taware was asked to step down in April 2022 as the medical superintendent of Sassoon General Hospital after an illegal organ transplant case was exposed. He was reinstated in December 2023 on the recommendation of NCP MLA Sunil Tingre.
After a video of a 77-year-old man being assaulted and dragged out of Chattarpur district hospital in Madhya Pradesh went viral on social media, the authorities have sacked a doctor and a Red Cross worker, and suspended the superintendent
The incident has again highlighted the problem of doctors preferring private practice to serving in government hospitals. But apparently, doctors are not entirely to be blamed. Poor infrastructure in government hospitals and unsatisfactory pay grades form part of the problem.
A Muslim doctor working in a government hospital in Assam was thrashed by public on the allegations of blackmailing & sexually exploiting a Hindu nurse and forcing her to convert to Islam
Punjab and Haryana HC said that Medical reports make for crucial evidence in certain cases, expressing anger over medical reports written in illegible handwriting