Fact Check: Is Notification By Indian Nursing Council Giving MBBS Status To Nursing Graduates Real?

By OB Bureau On Jun 8, 2023

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry issued a fake news alert on its twitter handle about the social media post by Indian Nursing Council which talks about considering B.Sc nursing candidate as nursing officers and MBBS doctors. They will be considered as junior doctors in the future, it says. It is dated June 5 and bears the signature of Dr Sarvjeet Kaur.

The news is fake, says the ministry.

#FakeNews

This document is seen to be circulating on some social media platforms.

This is a FAKE document.

Please do not share it further.#MedicalEducation pic.twitter.com/owmND3w9lQ

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) June 8, 2023