New Delhi, July 11 -- The Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI) has called for a radical transformation of the National Medical Commission (NMC), which regulates medical education and professionals in the country.

Despite its founding promise of transparent and outcome-oriented reform in medical education and healthcare delivery, NMC has largely failed to deliver sustained systemic change, the AHPI wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 July.

AHPI represents hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres and medical equipment companies. Its appeal comes against the backdrop of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently finding alleged instances of corruption involving health ministry officials, intermediaries, NMC assess...