A senior surgeon from Sion Hospital is undergoing a second inquiry after an initial probe found him at fault for violation of service conditions. According to BMC rules, civic doctors cannot practice in more than one private hospital, but the inquiry report has observed surgeon Dr Prabhakar Subramaniyan has flouted the norms. “There were some disparities in the first report, so it has been transferred to Nair Dental College,” said Dr Avinash Supe, KEM hospital dean and director of all major hospitals in Mumbai.

What the rulebook states
According to the BMC rulebook, a civic doctor who doesn’t claim non-practice allowance can practice in a single private hospital after the stipulated eight working hours.