Any violation of the Regulations which are part of the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquettes and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 amounts to professional misconduct. A case of professional misconduct in violation of Regulations, 7.16, 7.20, 8.8, violation of Section 26 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956

It was claimed that there is no requirement of any additional registration of such degree as a recognized and registerable degree

The Ethics Committee also noted that Dr. Neetu Rastogi is MD from Ukrain i.e. equivalent to MBBS. She did her DGO from College of Physician and Surgeon, Mumbai which is not a recognized and registerable degree in the State of U.P. Thus, she is simply MBBS and not the specialist as she claimed. Hence, she is guilty u/s 7.20 of the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Ethiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, "A Physician shall not claim to be specialist unless he has a special qualification in that branch"

Further she has obtained consent neither for laproscopy nor for bilateral Oophorectpomies which is a major procedure which rendered the patient Smt. Mehreen stertile of her whole life and this causes marital dispute between patient and her husband.

Thus, this is a violation of Section 7.16 and 7.20 and serious medical misconduct under Ethics Regulations.

After considering the expert opinion of Dr. Gita Radhakrishnan, UCMS and other available documents, the Ethics Committee is of unanimous opinion that Dr. Neetu Rastogi is guilty of Severe professional misconduct. Therefore, the Ethics Committee recommends to remove the name of Dr. Neetu Rastogi from the Indian Medical Registration for a period of three years.