Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: Goa Government is contemplating setting up a monitoring mechanism for registration of all the dentists coming from outside of the state.
A portal is proposed to be created to enable everyone to register with the state Government, informed Health Minister Vishwajit Rane.
“We are ready to take strict actions against people duping foreigners by faking as a dentist if complaints are registered. Besides, strict action will be taken against those who do not comply with the regulations. Also, each doctor will have to notify if he is getting any other doctors from outside the state for additional treatments like implants, dental surgeries and other services,” he added.
During Dentist conference held yesterday CM Sawant had flagged the issue of ‘fake’ dentists in coastal belts.
Claiming that fake dentists are practising in the coastal belt of the State and fleecing foreign tourists, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday asked the members of the Indian Dental Association (IDA)-Goa State Branch to identify such fake doctors and report to the authorities concerned for action.
“So many dentists are practicing in the coastal belt area. As I have received two-three complaints so I want to mention here that a few bogus doctors are also there who are practicing in the coastal belt. Many feel that the government should get hold of them but the government can catch them only if someone files a complaint,” Sawant said addressing the gathering at the inaugural function of the 18th Goa State IDA Conference 2023 held at a starred hotel in Panaji
Sawant claimed that these fake dentists are not local Goans and that they are from outside Goa who have come in the state and have started practicing as dentists.
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