Dr Arun Gupta has been re-elected as president of the Delhi Medical Council (DMC) for a second fiveyear term. Dr Gupta, a practising paediatrician for the last 30 years, worked for digitising medical processes during his previous tenure.
Speaking of the DMC’s current goals, he said, “One of the mandates is to eradicate quackery. We have decided that by the end of the year 2021, Delhi will become the first anti-quackery state in India. We are working on it in collaboration with the Delhi Government. We don’t have any authentic data yet but more than 20,000 quacks are in Delhi only.”
The DMC is responsible for handling and settling medico-legal issues against doctors. Currently, there are over 72,000 doctors registered with the council.