Telanagana Medical Council mandates QR codes to combat Quackery
Hyderabad: To ensure that patients get treatment only from qualified medical practitioners, the Telangana Medical Council (TSMC) has directed all registered doctors to display their QR codes at their clinics and even on prescriptions.
These QR codes, issued by the council to qualified doctors at the time of registration and are printed on the registration certificate. When scanned, the code provides essential background information about the registered doctor, ensuring transparency.
This will help the patients verify a doctor's credentials before seeking medical treatment to avoid falling prey to fake doctors, which are rising at an increasing rate in Telangana.
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Since many patients visit their nearest clinics in the area for emergency treatment, the council has asked the doctors to voluntarily start displaying the QR codes so that they don't visit a fake doctor's clinic and risk their health.
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