As technology advances, it has become a trend that the doctors and the patients in India also switch to the online mode of consultations. The emergence of such online consultation websites and mobile apps has yet again raised questions about the ethics of practice. The Karnataka Medical Council has recently warned doctors who provide treatment […]

NITI-Aayog has pitched for the enactment of National Medical Commission Bill (NMC) observing that regulatory bodies the Medical Council of India and the Nursing Council of India have “failed” to ensure adequate availability and quality of health professionals. The quality of health professional training and adherence to standards is sub-optimal, including in the private sector, […]

The Union Ministry of Health is creating an expert group to provide technical assistance to the Board of Governors that supersede the Medical Council of India. The group will include expert faculty from government colleges. The team will assist the Board of Governors (BoG) in assessing colleges for registration or renewal of licences. The separate […]

This is probably not a good time to be the Medical Council of India (MCI). In what is seen as an embarrassment to the organization, a panel appointed by the Supreme Court overruled its decision that denied permission for 86 new medical colleges in the academic session starting September 30. The panel, in fact was […]