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Landmark: MCI to give Unique Permanent Registration Number to all doctors across the country

New Delhi: In a landmark move the Medical Council of India ( MCI ) has now announced its move to have a new Indian Medical Register, whereby a each medical practitioner in the country will have a unique permanent registration number.A confirmation towards the same was made in a letter by the council to the Indian Medical Association announcing MCI's ambitious project, whereby through...
AS you must be aware that the Medical Council of India ( MCI) has initiated the process of implementing e governance through Digital Mission Mode Project ( DMMP). One of the ambitious module under DMMP project is implementation of the new Indian Medical Register (IMR) through UPRN (unique permanent registration number ) generation for each registering doctor in India.
On implementation of the system, the existing registration numbers of the doctors shall be migrated to a standard system of UPRN. Doctors shall also apply online for additional qualification registration in IMR like PG, super-speciality etc. Doctors shall  use the system to make online applications for services like the issue of certificates etc.
The UPRN number is to be generated for the existing records in IMR, which is approximately 10 lakhs.....
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