A serious reform platform wearing a satirical name.
CCMDS is the public identity of the Cockroach Medico-Dental Collective.
Our purpose
CCMDS brings together doctors, dentists, students, trainees, teachers, applicants and affected families dealing with professional matters before the National Medical Commission (NMC), National Dental Commission (NDC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), and related central or state regulatory authorities. We believe regulation must protect the public without sacrificing fairness, clarity or dignity.
We address matters concerning medical and dental education, recognition of qualifications, registration, licensing, professional conduct, ethics, disciplinary processes, institutional approvals, appeals, grievance handling and regulatory delay. We do not oppose regulation. We oppose regulation without explanation, delay without responsibility, and decisions without procedural fairness.
Why “cockroach”?
The name symbolises professionals expected to survive repeated documentation requests, opaque processes, contradictory instructions and career-threatening delays.
A cockroach survives. CCMDS asks why qualified professionals need extraordinary survival skills merely to receive ordinary administrative fairness.
Who we represent
Professionals
Doctors, dentists, faculty, researchers, residents, interns and retired professionals.
Learners and applicants
Medical and dental students, foreign graduates, trainees and applicants seeking recognition or registration.
Supporters
Families, lawyers, policy researchers, data specialists and members of the public supporting accountable regulation.
Operating principles
- Peaceful and lawful advocacy
- Evidence before publication
- Patient confidentiality and data minimisation
- Institutional criticism without personal harassment
- Fair right of reply and visible corrections
- No party-political or communal propaganda
Independent civic initiative
CCMDS operates independently and does not represent any employer, university, healthcare institution, professional society, regulator or political organisation.