Cabinet approves bill to replace Medical Council of India
Friday - December 15, 2017 6:20 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
Cabinet approves bill to replace Medical Council of India
New Delhi Dec 15 (IANS) A bill to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) with a national medical commission was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
"The MCI will be replaced and a National Medical Commission bill has been brought. This is to correct the whole medical ecosystem " he said.
The MCI is a statutory body for establishing uniform and high standards of medical education in India. The bill seeks to replace the MCI with a new Commission.
According to government sources the National Medical Commission Bill envisages a four-tier structure for the regulation of medical education with a 20-member National Medical Commission at the top.
--IANS
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