The West Bengal health department began issuing colour-coded official ID cards to healthcare personnel in state-run medical institutions on Monday, May 25, with the rollout scheduled to be completed by May 28. The measure, announced in a notification from the Director of Health Services, covers staff at medical colleges, state hospitals and other government-run medical units and aims to improve identification, discipline and a uniform professional appearance.
Under the notification, doctors will receive purple ID cards and technicians orange. Administrative staff will be issued black cards, while nursing staff will get brown cards. Support staff will carry bottle-green cards, security personnel deep maroon, miscellaneous staff mustard yellow, and outsourced workers blue.
The notification instructs each building of the covered medical entities to nominate a dedicated nodal officer to coordinate and supervise the ID issuance locally. Authorities have also been told to provide a high-speed broadband connection and an office desk to operate the registration and printing process efficiently.
Because the implementation window is just four days, the state health department has asked medical institutions to act immediately and notify employees to register their details at the designated desks without delay. The move follows directions from higher officials in the health department and is intended to standardise on-site identification across government medical facilities.
The directive was issued by the Director of Health Services and reported by IANS.
Original Source: https://assamtribune.com/national/west-bengal-introduces-colour-coded-ids-for-health-personnel-1612012
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Publish Date: 2026-05-25 14:13:00
