All Doctors to Soon have Unique Identification Number : MCI
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Chennai: Medical Practitioners across the country are soon going to have unique identification numbers. A confirmation to this effect was made by the MCI president, while speaking with the daily Hindu
The move will help the apex medical council estimate and map doctors spread across the country.
“This is the only way to know how many doctors we have in the country. We can easily track doctors if they move from one State to another,” Dr Mehta stated while speaking at the 22nd National Conference of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology — BRONCOCON 2017 — organised at Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore on Friday.
The ISSUE
Currently, doctors after completing their MBBS have to register with the state medical council , in order to practice a particular state/UT. The details of the practitioner are then quarterly forwarded by the State Medical Council to Medical Council of India for record keeping. Now, the confusion comes when a practitioner moves from one state to another
Dr Girish Tyagi, Registrar, Delhi Medical Council ,explained, " To practice in another state, a doctor will again get registered with the state medical council of that particular state. Now this creates duplication of records, when both the states name one doctor as a part of their council while sending their quarterly reports to MCI. Moreover, there is no way of cancelling out the duplication and multiplication of entries."
The move will help the apex medical council estimate and map doctors spread across the country.
“This is the only way to know how many doctors we have in the country. We can easily track doctors if they move from one State to another,” Dr Mehta stated while speaking at the 22nd National Conference of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology — BRONCOCON 2017 — organised at Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore on Friday.
The ISSUE
Currently, doctors after completing their MBBS have to register with the state medical council , in order to practice a particular state/UT. The details of the practitioner are then quarterly forwarded by the State Medical Council to Medical Council of India for record keeping. Now, the confusion comes when a practitioner moves from one state to another
Dr Girish Tyagi, Registrar, Delhi Medical Council ,explained, " To practice in another state, a doctor will again get registered with the state medical council of that particular state. Now this creates duplication of records, when both the states name one doctor as a part of their council while sending their quarterly reports to MCI. Moreover, there is no way of cancelling out the duplication and multiplication of entries."
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