MCIM tells Ayurveda doctors to print registration certificates by themselves, NIMA fears quackery
Nagpur: Holding that it is unable to provide printed permanent registration certificates to Ayurveda doctors, Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicines (MCIM) has asked the medical practitioners to get the provisional certificate printed themselves by confirming their credentials on the website.
However, the practitioners and PG students of Ayurveda and Unani have expressed their disappointment over the direction. National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA), Maharashtra has questioned the validity of such computerized printout of certificates. The members were shocked to know that the certificates will neither have a digital or physical signature, stamp, seal, bar code, or any other security feature. According to them, quacks can easily imitate such printouts and continue their practice.
"Confirm your credentials like date of birth, date of registration, and registration number and get the printout of the permanent registration certificate," reads the notice issued by MCIM registrar Dr. DU Wange as quoted by TOI. Further, the notice has not even mentioned any stipulated time within which the certificates will be physically provided to the doctors.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that over 20000 practitioners and PG students of Ayurveda and Unani were in limbo as they kept on awaiting their registration renewal from the Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine (MCIM) for the past two years. In fact, NIMA also filed RTI to know the progress of renewal and found that 58000 renewals had been made but according to their information most of them did not receive the renewed registration.
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