"Only Change Is...": Medical Body Official Amid Logo Change Row
NDTV
About a year-and-a-half ago, the NMC decided on a logo with Dhanwantari as a representative of the god of medicine in our country following wider consultation, Dr Yogender Malik said.
Under attack, National Medical Commission (NMC) officials on Friday said the commission's logo depicting Hindu deity Dhanwantari has been in use for more than a year and that only "India has been replaced with Bharat a month and a half ago".
Dr Yogender Malik, member of the Ethics and Medical Registration Board and head of the media Division at the NMC, said the erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI) had the symbol of a greek goddess in its logo.
About a year-and-a-half ago, the NMC decided on a logo with Dhanwantari as a representative of the god of medicine in our country following wider consultation, Malik said.
