I am legally entitled to practice medicine and my registration remains intact.

These are the words of Dr Sachida Mudliar in response to the Health Ministry's latest move to seek legal advice to see if an injunction can be filed to stop him from practicing medicine.

Dr Mudliar said in the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, Section 27 (1), it clearly states that any person who is registered and is convicted of an offence punishable for 2 years can have their license invoked.

He added he has not been found guilty of manslaughter so therefore his license to practice remains intact, and the only body that can overturn the ruling is the Supreme Court.

Dr Mudliar said he fails to understand why the Health Ministry is pursuing the matter, as his legal representative had written to the Medical Council on the 17th of February highlighting this exact point.

The Health Ministry last week said they would be seeking legal opinion from the interim government's legal arm, to see if an injunction can be filed to stop Dr Sachida Mudliar from practicing medicine because he is not registered by the Medical Council.

However, Dr Mudliar reiterated that his license remains intact and he has been advised by his legal counsel that he is well within the law by opening his medical practice again.

Dr Mudliar started his private practice from Monday this week in Nabua.