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President gives assent to National Medical Commission Bill; panel to replace MCI will be formed within six months
•Terming the National Medical Commission Act, a 'progressive' legislation, Harsh Vardhan said it will ensure probity, quality education and bring down costs of medical education. It simplifies procedures and provides wider access to people for quality healthcare.
National Medical Commission Bill, 2019: Here's all you need to know about legislation that will replace IMC Act
Fp Staff •The NMC Bill proposes a common final-year MBBS examination, known as National Exit Test (NEXT), for admission to post-graduate medical courses and for obtaining a license to practice medicine.
Delhi’s resident doctors to protest introduction of NMC Bill in RS, decide to withdraw all services, including emergency
•The NMC bill, which seeks to replace the graft-tainted Medical Council of India, had got the nod of the Lok Sabha on 29 July. According to doctors, if not amended, the Bill will lead to deterioration of medical education and degradation of healthcare services.
Resident Doctors' Association to go on 24-hour nationwide strike against 'draconian' National Medical Commission Bill today
•On 29 July, the Lok Sabha had passed a Bill that seeks to create National Medical Commission in place of Medical Council of India (MCI) with Health Minister Harsh Vardhan terming it as an "anti-vested interests Bill" which will be remembered as one of the greatest reforms brought by the Narendra Modi government.
Day after Lok Sabha okays National Medical Commission Bill, IMA calls for nationwide strike on Wednesday opposing draft law
Fp Staff •Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday called on doctors and medical students from all over the country to stage a protest on 31 July against the passage of the bill, as a 'token strike'
Over 5,000 doctors, medical students from IMA protest against NMC Bill, call it 'anti-student, anti-poor, anti-democratic'
•Over 5000 doctors, medical students and healthcare professionals from across the country staged a protest against the NMC Bill 2019 following a call given by IMA, with a march being held from AIIMS to Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi.
Bill to provide National Exit Test for entrance to postgraduate medical courses introduced in Lok Sabha
•A bill that proposes National Exit Test, a common final year MBBS examination introduced in Lok Sabha. The National Medical Commission Bill, 2019 was introduced by Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. The bill provides for the setting up of a medical commission in place of the Medical Council of India.
Harsh Vardhan introduces National Medical Commission Bill in Lok Sabha, with a view to replacing Medical Council of India
•The NMC Bill which seeks to replace the 63-year-old Medical Council of India (MCI) to reform the medical sector in India, was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday.
Union health ministry appoints sub-committee to draft law protecting doctors, medical professionals against violence
•Union health ministry set up an eight-member sub-committee to draft a central law to check violence against doctors and medical professionals.
Harsh Vardhan introduces fresh Bill to run Medical Council of India in Lok Sabha; legislation will replace existing ordinance
•Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday introduced the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for discussion and passage in the Lok Sabha.