Mumbai, July 18 -- Medical education minister Hasan Mushrif on Thursday said the state government had booked 391 bogus doctors over the past five years, of which two had been convicted and charges had been proved against 17 other persons. Mushrif was speaking in the legislative assembly during a discussion on bogus doctors or quacks practicing freely in the state, especially in rural and remote areas. The government has set up committees at the district and taluka levels and instituted a QR-code based mechanism called 'Know Your Doctor' (KYD) in association with the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) to identify and penalise quacks, he said. "The MMC has urged all registered medical practitioners in Maharashtra to display their QR codes at their practice locations. Patients can scan the QR code to instantly access verified information about the authenticity of their doctor," the minister said. Under the KYD initiative, doctors can apply for a unique QR code through a website, www.kyd.co.in, and QR codes are issued to them only after verification of their credentials....