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Lancet report flags corruption at NMC
Mint Mumbai
|July 21, 2025
Lancet has criticized what it described as "systemic corruption and inefficiencies" at the National Medical Commission (NMC) after a corruption scandal surfaced about India's top medical education regulator.
The medical journal's report on 19 July raised concerns about the integrity of medical education.
This story is from the July 21, 2025 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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