Asian Pain Academy

NMC Proposes a Unique National ID for Doctors The National Medical Commission (NMC) has proposed a significant change to the medical registration system in India: a centrally generated Unique Identification (UID) number for every registered medical practitioner. Under the proposed framework, a doctor who is registered with a State Medical Register could receive a UID generated centrally by the Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of the NMC. The UID would be linked to