<p>"I have requested that I may not be able to continue. I have spoken to my colleagues...But as they did not want me to leave, I dropped the plan," Shetty told PTI.<br />Shetty's offer was turned down by other members of the board as well as the chairperson.<br /><br />The Union Cabinet has extended the term of the board of doctors governing the Medical Council of India (MCI) by a year. The tenure of the current MCI board, headed by medical researcher and liver specialist Dr S K Sarin, will come to an end on May 14.<br /><br />The Union Health Ministry, however, is yet to take a decision on whether the same members would be retained or new members would be introduced to govern the board.<br />The present board had been formed through an ordinance last year after then MCI Chairperson Ketan Desai was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs two crore.<br /><br />Shetty is the founder of 'Narayana Hrudayalaya' in Bangalore, which was started in the year 2001, under the aegis of the Asian Heart Foundation (AHF).</p>
<p>"I have requested that I may not be able to continue. I have spoken to my colleagues...But as they did not want me to leave, I dropped the plan," Shetty told PTI.<br />Shetty's offer was turned down by other members of the board as well as the chairperson.<br /><br />The Union Cabinet has extended the term of the board of doctors governing the Medical Council of India (MCI) by a year. The tenure of the current MCI board, headed by medical researcher and liver specialist Dr S K Sarin, will come to an end on May 14.<br /><br />The Union Health Ministry, however, is yet to take a decision on whether the same members would be retained or new members would be introduced to govern the board.<br />The present board had been formed through an ordinance last year after then MCI Chairperson Ketan Desai was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs two crore.<br /><br />Shetty is the founder of 'Narayana Hrudayalaya' in Bangalore, which was started in the year 2001, under the aegis of the Asian Heart Foundation (AHF).</p>