From now onwards, every doctor with MBBS and MD degrees have to appear for revalidation exam in every Three to five years. This effort, as a part of healthcare reform, will be implemented from the beginning of next year in some designated cities across the country. The revalidation exercise Government doctors serving in the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and Employees’ State Insurance hospitals will be among the first to be directed to take the revalidation examination.

The process of accreditation will begin at the private hospitals, followed by government-run hospitals across all the metropolitan cities like Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore. Stringent process of accreditation In addition to this, a board based process of accreditation will be implemented in metropolitan cities to judge the competency of the private hospitals followed by government run hospitals…