Medical education in the country needs to be reformed to enable its regulator to function in a "fair and objective manner", Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday.

"Our first and immediate concern should be to restore the credibility of the MCI (Medical Council of India) and to enable (it) to function in a fair and objective manner and also to restore the confidence of those involved in medical education in the country," Azad said in the Rajya Sabha.