Aamir meets parliamentary panel to discuss medical issues

Aamir Khan is meeting a parliamentary panel right now to provide inputs on medical issues. Aamir, who exposed malpractices in the medical sector on his TV show Satyamev Jayate, was invited to do so earlier this week by Rajya Sabha MP Shanta Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who heads the parliamentary standing committee on commerce.

Aamir, 47, discussed issues like doctors taking monetary cuts and other unethical medical practices on an episode of Satyamev Jayate which prompted an umbrella body of doctors' associations to ask him for an apology. He later refused to apologise to the doctors, and said he was willing to face any legal action taken by them. 

In the episode, Aamir presented live examples of people who could have been cured with simple medicines but were advised by doctors to undergo surgeries, robbing them of precious money. Broadcast on May 27, the episode also addressed issues like overpricing of life-saving drugs.

Satyamev Jayate, which marks the actor's entry into the field of television, has so far discussed issues like female foeticide, child sex abuse and domestic violence. 

The fallout of the show has been noteworthy. Parliament has only now passed a bill on stringent action against those guilty of child sex abuse, and the Rajasthan government have promised to create fast track courts which will resolve pending female foeticide cases in the state.