Through a recent notice, the Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued guidelines to regulate the conduct and broadcast of Live surgeries.

This comes in response to a plea that was filed before the Supreme Court, raising concerns about the private hospitals commercially exploiting the patients and using them as models to fulfill their ulterior motives through live surgery broadcasts in conferences.

In the guidelines, the Apex Medical Commission has referred to the concerns related to the broadcast of live surgeries and addressed the questions such as who can organise such live surgery procedures, who can perform the same, where can it be done, how is it to be done, the responsibility organizers, prior permission of regulatory body, etc.