Big news for the medical community! Minister Anupriya Patel has finally clarified that registering for the National Medical Register (NMR) ID is voluntary, not mandatory. This comes as a massive relief for doctors who have been protesting the cumbersome registration process. The NMR was designed to be a centralized database linking every doctor’s credentials and Aadhaar to eliminate duplication and help the public verify practitioners. However, with less than 1% of doctors registered eight months after its launch, the government seems to have realized that the current workflow, moving from the portal to State Medical Councils and then to the NMC, is a bit of a bureaucratic nightmare. While transparency for patients is a great goal, forcing a clunky system on busy professionals wasn't the way. Making it optional is a win for common sense, but it does raise questions about whether a voluntary database will ever be comprehensive enough to be useful. #health #governance #medicine https://thoxt.com/l/AUvufz 🔗