Radiologists move Bombay HC on sonography drive

A group of radiologists in Navi Mumbai have moved the Bombay high court, alleging that the state government had seized their sonography machines and other equipment for minor errors made while submitting the mandatory Form F.

One of the petitioners, Dr Shilpa Patil, stated that she had been operating her women’s healthcare clinic in Sanpada for the last ten years, and there had been no complaints against her. However, a few months ago, officials from the state department of health and family welfare visited the clinic and went through her documents.

It came to their notice that in one of the F Forms, she had not mentioned her name in the doctor’s column; subsequently, the officials confiscated her equipment. Patil then appealed against the order before the appellate authority, which is yet to make a decision.

Left with no choice, she teamed up with other doctors who had been treated the same way and moved the high court. They stated that their clinics had been shut down for extremely minor reasons that could have been easily corrected.

Division bench of justice P B Majmudar and justice M R Bhatkar directed the registry to place the matter before the appropriate bench. Accordingly, the petition will come up for hearing in due course.