National Medical Register received sluggish response, registrations to speed up in next 6 months: NMC
New Delhi: Registrations on the National Medical Register, NMR, a centralised Aadhaar-linked database of doctors launched by the NMC in August 2024- have been very slow, with less than 1 percent of India's 13 lakh doctors enrolled by May 2025.
NMC chief Dr Abhijat Sheth admitted the sluggish response but said registrations will be substantially sped up within six months through better coordination with State Medical Councils and the use of AI and IT tools.
"Registrations on the National Medical Register, which has seen a sluggish response so far, will be speeded up in the next six months through better coordination with State Medical Council and leveraging technological tools like AI, new NMC head Dr Abhijat Sheth informed PTI
The National Medical Register (NMR), a centralised database of registered medical practitioners in modern medicine in the country, was started by the National Medical Commission (NMC) last year.
xplaining the low rate of doctors registering on the National Medical Register (NMR), the Union Minister of State for Health, Dr. Anupriya Patel, earlier informed the Lok Sabha that the application for issuance of NMR identification (ID) is voluntary.
She also explained how the doctor applies through the NMR portal, and the application first gets screened by the State Medical Council, which sends it to NMC after the verification.
The Minister informed that the National Medical Commission (NMC) has written to all the State Medical Councils to put in extra efforts to complete the NMR registration.
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