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Indian Doctor Facing Charges
An Indian doctor is facing dismissal for allowing his 15-year-old son to perform caesarean surgery in a bid to win a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
It is more believe it or not, than Guinness Book of Records - Dr K Murugesan recorded on videotape his school-aged son Dileepan Raj performed the surgical procedure.
The scandal came to light when the doctor began showing the tape to friends.
The Indian Medical Association has begun an inquiry that could lead to a professional bar and criminal charges.
Dr Murugesan is unrepentant, declaring that his son should go down in history for what he called "an achievement".
He may have also compounded his troubles by revealing the teenager had conducted surgery before.
A 15-year-old boy reportedly performed a caesarean birth operation on a woman in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu in order to create a record, an incident which has shocked the country's medical community, media reported Wednesday. The boy, Dhileepan Raj, a class ten student, successfully performed the surgery at a clinic run by his doctor parents in central Manapparai city three months ago, but the matter was reported in Indian media only on Wednesday.
The NDTV network reported that the boy's father, Murugesan, who uses only one name, recorded the surgery to back the boy's claim of a world record.
But when he played a CD of the surgery at a meeting of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in May, his colleagues expressed shock and outrage.
When other doctors confronted him, Murugesan refused to accept that it was a violation of medical ethics.
He argued that his son, a non-medic, should be allowed to perform such an operation since a 10-year-old could drive a car for setting a record and a 15-year-old boy could become a doctor in the US, other local media outlets reported.
Meanwhile, the IMA has adopted a resolution against the doctor and has demanded strict action against him.
Every month, scores of Indians make attempts to earn fame in the record books, in what is considered a national obsession.
Last year, nearly 8,000 people in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya pounded their way into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest drum ensemble.
Reports said 15-year-old Dileepan Raj carried out a caesarean section to get into the Guinness Book of Records as the world's youngest surgeon.
Several doctors said the parents showed them a recording of the surgery. Now family members say the boy was only helping out at the operation.
The doctors face disqualification if the investigation finds against them.
Aghast
Many people in India perform extraordinary - and sometimes also bizarre - feats to get a place in the record books.
But commentators and the medical fraternity in India are aghast at the news of this unusual surgery from the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
According to reports, Raj carried out the caesarean operation on a 20-year-old woman under the supervision of his parents at their nursing home, Mathi Surgical and Maternity Hospital, in Manaparai town.
They said the family wanted to see their son's name in the record books as the "youngest surgeon in the world".
Several doctors who are members of the government-run Indian Medical Association who saw the video recording made by the parents have spoken out against the surgery.
The chairman of the association's academic wing Dr KK Aggarwal called it "shocking and extremely unethical".
The health authorities in Tamil Nadu state have ordered an inquiry into the incident.
It is more believe it or not, than Guinness Book of Records - Dr K Murugesan recorded on videotape his school-aged son Dileepan Raj performed the surgical procedure.
The scandal came to light when the doctor began showing the tape to friends.
The Indian Medical Association has begun an inquiry that could lead to a professional bar and criminal charges.
Dr Murugesan is unrepentant, declaring that his son should go down in history for what he called "an achievement".
He may have also compounded his troubles by revealing the teenager had conducted surgery before.
A 15-year-old boy reportedly performed a caesarean birth operation on a woman in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu in order to create a record, an incident which has shocked the country's medical community, media reported Wednesday. The boy, Dhileepan Raj, a class ten student, successfully performed the surgery at a clinic run by his doctor parents in central Manapparai city three months ago, but the matter was reported in Indian media only on Wednesday.
The NDTV network reported that the boy's father, Murugesan, who uses only one name, recorded the surgery to back the boy's claim of a world record.
But when he played a CD of the surgery at a meeting of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in May, his colleagues expressed shock and outrage.
When other doctors confronted him, Murugesan refused to accept that it was a violation of medical ethics.
He argued that his son, a non-medic, should be allowed to perform such an operation since a 10-year-old could drive a car for setting a record and a 15-year-old boy could become a doctor in the US, other local media outlets reported.
Meanwhile, the IMA has adopted a resolution against the doctor and has demanded strict action against him.
Every month, scores of Indians make attempts to earn fame in the record books, in what is considered a national obsession.
Last year, nearly 8,000 people in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya pounded their way into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest drum ensemble.
Reports said 15-year-old Dileepan Raj carried out a caesarean section to get into the Guinness Book of Records as the world's youngest surgeon.
Several doctors said the parents showed them a recording of the surgery. Now family members say the boy was only helping out at the operation.
The doctors face disqualification if the investigation finds against them.
Aghast
Many people in India perform extraordinary - and sometimes also bizarre - feats to get a place in the record books.
But commentators and the medical fraternity in India are aghast at the news of this unusual surgery from the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
According to reports, Raj carried out the caesarean operation on a 20-year-old woman under the supervision of his parents at their nursing home, Mathi Surgical and Maternity Hospital, in Manaparai town.
They said the family wanted to see their son's name in the record books as the "youngest surgeon in the world".
Several doctors who are members of the government-run Indian Medical Association who saw the video recording made by the parents have spoken out against the surgery.
The chairman of the association's academic wing Dr KK Aggarwal called it "shocking and extremely unethical".
The health authorities in Tamil Nadu state have ordered an inquiry into the incident.
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