Banglore: Karnataka Medical Council is reported to have sent notice to a neurosurgeon in the state, for making defamatory remarks against the State Medical council in a meeting.

The incident goes back to last Month, when a meeting was held between the Karnataka Medical Council and representatives of the state branch on the Indian Medical Association over the license renewal issue. The proposal of renewal process based on CME credits which was being introduced by the council had been met with strong opposition from the medical fraternity in the state.

It is reported that the meeting, which was held at Chamarajpet, saw heated discussions between the council representatives as well as IMA members. IMA doctors were opposing the move of the council of collecting Rs 1000 as fee towards renewal of licences from all doctors.It was during these heated discussions that one neurosurgeon, Dr Bhanuprakash AS allegedly used defamatory language against the council and accused the authority of collecting HAFTA in the name of renewal fees.