MP Medical Council to Renew Doctors' License Every 5 Years
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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Even though the Council has 63,423 doctors registered to date, the records are outdated due to a lack of verification at regular intervals.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 Due to this, the records are outdated and addresses of about 70% of registered doctors remains unverified.
Emphasizing the need for reform, the Chief Convener of the Government Autonomous Doctors Federation, Dr. Rakesh Malviya told ETV, "Periodic renewal is essential to maintain an updated database of doctors. It will help track how many are still in the state, how many have moved abroad, and how many passed away."
Recently, the Federation submitted a proposal to the State Government, requesting to implement a five-year renewal rule. Referring to this, Dr. Malviya added, "This will not only improve governance but also ensure greater accountability among medical practitioners."
Meanwhile, the Medical Council has commenced the process of electing new members after almost a decade. To prepare for the election, the Council started verifying the addresses of registered doctors on December 5 and by now 945 doctors have updated their details.
Last time, around 15,000 doctors participated in the election. This highlighted a low level of engagement among the registered medical practitioners. The process to verify the current address of the doctors will continue till January 6, 2025.
