NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) announced that it has dissociated itself from three medical awards and the societies associated with these awards. The awards are Dr B C Roy National Award, Silver Jubilee National Award, and Hari Om Ashram Alembic Research Award. The Commission took the decision in a meeting held on October 7, 2022.
“I am directed to inform that subsequent to the discussions taken in the senior office’s meeting, chaired by the Minister for Health and Family Welfare, on 26th September 2022, and the discussions held in the meeting chaired by Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare on 7th October, 2022, it has been decided that the National Medical Commission will no longer be associated with the following awards and societies associated with these awards,” said NMC in a letter to the members of societies as well as Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).