India, Aug. 18 -- The Maharashtra government has appointed five nominated members to the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) nearly four months after elections to the medical regulatory body were concluded, following the intervention of the Supreme Court.

According to a notification issued by the state medical education department on August 14, the government-nominated members are Dr Ajay Govind Keni (Kolhapur), Dr Rahul Kulkarni (Thane), Dr Prashant Narayan Choudhari (Pune), Dr Rajiv Yerwadekar (Pune) and Dr Chandrashekhar Gillurkar (Nagpur).

Nine registered medical practitioners were elected to the council in elections held in April. However, the MMC is yet to become fully functional as four ex-officio positions remain vacant and are st...