MP Medical Council to Renew Doctors' License Every 5 Years
Bhopal: To keep the medical registry updated, the Madhya Pradesh Medical Council is going to introduce a system for renewing the doctors' registration every five years, ETV Bharat has reported.
Even though the Council has 63,423 doctors registered to date, the records are outdated due to a lack of verification at regular intervals. Therefore, neither the State Government nor the Medical Council has much information on how many registered doctors are working in the State and how many left the State, retired, or passed away.
Two years ago, a verification drive was conducted in the State and back then, it was found that only 24,000 doctors out of 63,000 responded. Therefore, now the Council is drafting a proposal to implement mandatory renewal. After being ready, the proposal will be sent for cabinet approval.
As per the latest media report by ETV Bharat, since its formation, no strict rule was laid down by the Madhya Pradesh Medical Council for periodic renewal of registrations. Due to this, the records are outdated and addresses of about 70% of registered doctors remains unverified.
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