The word Vyapam conjures up Madhya
Pradesh’s image as a state full of fake doctors. After all, the organised
racket of admitting bogus candidates through rigged pre-medical tests had been
going on for a decade before it was busted in July 2013. These admission tests
are conducted by the Professional Examination Board or Vyapam—the Hindi acronym
of Vyavasayik Pariksha Mandal. While 1,100 bogus medicos have been detected and
their admissions have been cancelled, many more ‘Munnabhais’ have become
practising doctors in the state. Add to this frequent allegations of corruption
in drug purchase, siphoning of National Rural Health Mission funds, chronic
absenteeism of doctors in rural areas, poor infrastructure of medical colleges,
acute shortage of doctors and the unhygienic condition of operation theatres in
district hospitals.
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