Amid assessment reports 'scam', medical regulator gets a new chief

NEW DELHI: The authorities has appointed Dr Abhijat Sheth arsenic the caller chairperson of the National Medical Commission (NMC), the apex assemblage for regulating aesculapian acquisition successful the country.He volition beryllium replacing Dr B N Gangadhar who offered to relinquish the station respective months agone owing to wellness concerns. Sources said the authorities had asked Dr Gangadhar to proceed until a caller assignment was made.Dr Sheth, whose assignment has been notified, served arsenic president of National Board of Examination successful Medical Sciences that conducted NEET-PG exams earlier this. Dr Sheth's assignment comes amid allegations of corruption successful appraisal reports submitted for aesculapian colleges.