Agartala, June 30 -- Former Tripura Health Minister and Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman on Tuesday claimed that the state government was inviting serious trouble by prohibiting private practice for in-service doctors and professors at GB Pant Hospital and Agartala Government Medical College.

According to Roy Barman, although the government is yet to issue a formal notification on the matter, doctors have already stopped private practice, and its impact is evident in the overcrowding at the hospital's outpatient departments (OPDs).

"The whole idea is unrealistic. As far as I can understand, many doctors who are on the verge of retirement or have served for a considerable period may resign, which will have a lasting impact on the overall he...