Dispur has drawn up regulations to improve the way medicine is practised in the state. The Assam Medical Council will soon start the exercise to renew licences of doctors, including those serving in private hospitals on the basis of their knowledge update and adherence to medical ethics. Those failing to prove that their skills are up-to-date will be prevented from practising medicine.
Kunja Lal Talukdar, the registrar of the medical council, told The Telegraph that a 19-member committee has been constituted to conduct an evaluation of doctors. He said the committee would soon seek applications from doctors to start the process. The committee, comprising principals of six medical colleges and hospitals of the state, representatives of the Indian Medical Association, Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences and the Assam health department will consider various factors like…
