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Indian Nursing Council Begins Probe On Fake Certificates Issued
to Non Nurses
DIR By: myschooltalkpaul
Date: September 6, 2018, 7:49 am
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In what appears to be a fresh scandal brewing in nursing
education in the state, certificates issued by the Karnataka
State Nursing Council to qualified nurses have been used to
generate fake papers for several other candidates.
These certificates have been faked by replacing the candidates’
photographs, names, final exam registration numbers and college
names and the council is in the dark over the recipients’
credentials. According to documents available with TOI, fake
certificates issued to the candidates bear the names of eight
nursing colleges from Bengaluru, Tumakuru, Raichur and Bidar.
Acting on a complaint made to the medical education department
by a whistleblower, the council is now verifying all its
documents. The complainant has alleged that the certificates
have been doctored to suit the requirements of candidates who
had failed to complete the course, but were working in hospitals
already. “These certificates have been created to make certain
candidates work in hospitals though they have not completed the
course at that time. This could also be a part of a racket to
show adequate number of nurses in hospitals during MCI and NABH
inspections,” the complaint stated. “We’re crosschecking the
certificates.
While the fake ones carry council registration numbers, the
photos, names and exam registration numbers have been changed.
Incidentally, most nurses whose documents have been tampered
with are from Kerala and have studied in the state’s nursing
colleges. There are chances that these nurses had shared their
original certificates with some agents while seeking jobs
abroad. That could be one of the ways by which miscreants might
have accessed genuine certificates for producing fake ones,”
said Srikanth G Phulari, registrar, academics, Karnataka State
Nursing Council.
For example, the registration certificate of a nurse who bore
the register number ‘074781’ and had passed BSc nursing course
from a Bengaluru college has been used to create fake
certificates for eight persons. The names of three different
nursing colleges have been used in these fake certificates. The
council will form a committee to look into allegations and
submit a report to the government, Phulari added.
BN Muninarayanappa, former registrar, administration, Karnataka
State Nursing Council who retired on August 31, said fake
certificates may have been made by scanning the original ones
and covering the original name and photo of the candidates. Some
of these certificates carry his signature too. “Original
certificates have been misused. Genuine candidates should also
be consulted regarding this. Earlier too, we had complained to
police on fake certificates,” he said.
A copy of the complaint has also been sent to RGUHS. However, Dr
MK Ramesh, registrar, RGUHS, said he had not received any such
complaints. “Even my signature was forged in some of the
provisional certificates issued by a college. That’s being
investigated by the CID. With the advent of technology, it’s no
rocket science to produce a fake certificate. If we get
documents pertaining to other nursing colleges, we’ll refer the
case for investigation to CID,” said Dr Ramesh.
TOI | India
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