TN Medical council classifies 11,000 senior doctors as Dormant for lack of updation of credentials
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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) has recently classified around 11,000 senior doctors over the age of 70 as "dormant and inaccessible" after they failed to update their credentials with the council in given time duration.
The Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that to create an active registry of doctors to determine the actual number of medical practitioners working in the state, the TN Medical Council had released a notification last year in the state gazette. It asked the senior doctors to update their credentials failing which they would be considered out of practice.
It was stated by the registrar of the council, "The Tamil Nadu Medical Council directs all its registered medical practitioners above the age of 70 years as on 1st June 2018 to update their credentials with the Council from 1st December 2018 to 31st January 2019."
The Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that to create an active registry of doctors to determine the actual number of medical practitioners working in the state, the TN Medical Council had released a notification last year in the state gazette. It asked the senior doctors to update their credentials failing which they would be considered out of practice.
It was stated by the registrar of the council, "The Tamil Nadu Medical Council directs all its registered medical practitioners above the age of 70 years as on 1st June 2018 to update their credentials with the Council from 1st December 2018 to 31st January 2019."
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