Maharashtra Medical Council Speeds Up Doctor Complaint Redressal, Backlog Remains

Doctors help keep people healthy, but sometimes people feel a doctor did something wrong, like making a mistake during treatment or charging too much money.

When that happens, people can file a complaint with a special group in Maharashtra called the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC).

This group's job is to look into complaints against doctors to see if the doctor really did something wrong.

For a long time, the council was very slow at dealing with these complaints — in some years it solved none at all.

In 2022, it solved only two complaints.

Now the council is trying to go faster, and in 2026 it solved 43 complaints, the most in recent years.

But there are still 849 complaints waiting to be solved, and some of them are very old.

The council says it must take time to be fair because doctors deserve a chance to explain their side.

It now holds hearings every 15 days to deal with more cases.

Patient groups say the council should work even faster so people can trust that their complaints are handled properly.