Misuse of the mental health certificates unearthed through RTI
15 Apr, 2012There has been a change in the procedure for awarding mental health certificates by the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University. Earlier, whosoever wanted a certificate had to go to the Outdoor Patient Department (OPD) and get the certificate made from the department. After the exposure of the bungling in the issue of certificates through RTI which were allegedly misused to settle personal and property disputes, a FIR has been lodged with the Wazirganj Police Station of Lucknow. The police is looking into a number of cases of such alleged misuse and is likely to take the help of hand writing and forensic experts to reach to the mastermind. All the OPD tickets now contain a note that that they are not meant for medico-legal purposes