For­mer pres­i­dent of the Med­ical Board, Dr Neil Singh, has called on Health Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe and the Med­ical Board to take ac­tion against doc­tors en­gag­ing in ad­ver­tis­ing, warn­ing that the prac­tice could harm the pub­lic.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia, Singh said: “This un­eth­i­cal be­hav­iour is ram­pant amongst our younger doc­tors. It’s for­bid­den and clear­ly ar­tic­u­lat­ed in our code of ethics for the prac­tice of med­i­cine. The cur­rent med­ical coun­cil seems tooth­less or clue­less when faced with this ap­palling be­hav­iour.”

He added, “Be­hav­iours such as these have the po­ten­tial to cause harm to the un­sus­pect­ing pub­lic. It is our du­ty first and fore­most to pro­tect the pub­lic by en­sur­ing the doc­tors we pro­duce are both com­pe­tent and car­ing.”