No charak shapath, no hippocratic oath: NMC has proposed new physician's pledge
Amid the ongoing controversy regarding the centuries-old Hippocratic Oath and Charak Shapath, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has clarified in the new Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Misconduct) Regulations 2022 that the medical professionals in the country need to take the Declaration of Geneva 2017 called 'The Physician's Pledge'.
Earlier, the suggestion from NMC, the apex medical body, to replace the Hippocratic Oath with the Charak Shapath had faced severe criticism from a major section of the medical fraternity. However, now junking both, the Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of NMC has decided to stick to the Geneva Declaration of 2017 by including the Physician's Pledge in the recently released Draft Regulations.
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No Charak Shapath, No Hippocratic Oath: NMC Proposes New Physician's Pledge
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