New Delhi, March 7 -- The National Medical Commission (NMC) will launch a portal to deal with the problem of ghost faculty in medical colleges and to streamline the attendance of medical students and faculty.

According to Dr B Srinivas, Secretary, NMC, "We are facing a lot of issues in physical appearances, the dignity of the doctors was also there to make it more transparent. The new portal will be helpful for more transparency in NMC."

The new portal will have a biometric attendance system and the doctors will have to punch once in every 24 hours while entering or leaving the hospital. Notably, NMC has persistently urged medical colleges to adopt the Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system (AEBAS). This move is aimed at ensuring t...