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Several reports, MMC said, had only his name, not even registration number-a violation of norms.In some lab reports, his digital signature appeared.This is the second instance of Dr Shinde facing suspension from MMC. MUMBAI: The licence of a Thane pathologist has been suspended for six months for his alleged association, in terms of lending his name and registration number, to nearly a hundred laboratories across Mumbai, Thane and Raigad which he didn't physically visit or supervise. The complaint was made in 2013 by the Maharashtra Association of Practising Pathologists and Microbiologists (MAPPM) against four pathologists, including Dr Shinde, who approached the high court against the suspension order. "I run a central laboratory in Thane and several centres send their samples here for testing. MAPPM's Dr Yadav said the count of illegal labs would be more than 13,000..