Crowd and commotion as applications for BDS, MBBS go on sale

Over 17,500 applications sold out on the first day of sale for MBBS and BDS courses across the state on Monday.

  Published: 12th June 2018 03:43 AM | 



A medical aspirant with her father at KMC on Monday | D SAMPATHKUMAR

By Express News Service

CHENNAI : Over 17,500 applications sold out on the first day of sale for MBBS and BDS courses across the state on Monday. There was commotion at the Government Kilpauk Medical College when crowds thronged the venue to buy application forms. Among government medical colleges in Chennai, the Government Kilpauk Medical College sold the highest number of applications. Police were roped in after the management could not control the agitating crowd. The parents also charged that there were no proper arrangements.

“We are made to wait for hours for an application. They gave a token to get demand draft, but after seeing the crowd, token system was not followed. Whoever went out and got the demand draft were allowed first, and we were left behind. I came around 9 am,” said A Suganya, a candidate’s parent.Meanwhile, a senior doctor at the KMCH said, “We did not expect so many people, so we were not prepared. Even in banks, it would take at least two hours to get DD. So, we made arrangements at the venue. But, because of the crowd, we could not provide the service smoothly”.

Traffic outside the college was also affected. The management said that, from next year it would deploy volunteers and restrict vehicles’ entry into the campus. The management also extended the timing of sale of applications to around 6 pm from the scheduled 5 pm.

The Government Kilpauk Medical College sold 2,905 applications, the Government Medical College in Omandurar Estate 389, the Government Stanley Medical College 393 and the Madras Medical College sold 603 applications. According to the selection committee of the Directorate of Medical Education, across the state 11,967 applications for government seats and 5,631 applications for management quota seats were sold out, that is, a total of 17,598 applications on day one.

MBBS: distribution of forms begins in Salem 

Special Correspondent 
 
SALEM, June 12, 2018 00:00 IST


Dean, Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College in Salem, handing over an application form to a candidate on Monday.E. Lakshmi Narayanan 

The last date to get the forms is June 18

The opening day of the distribution of application forms for admission to medical and dental colleges in the state at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College here on Monday evoked good response.

A total of 1,547 candidates collected the applications for both government and self-financing medical and dental colleges on the opening day.

With the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) being the only criterion for admission, candidates and their parents from near and far started arriving at the college premises much before the counters were opened.

Long queues were witnessed in front of the counters, when they were opened at the scheduled time of 10 a.m.

P. Kanagaraj, Dean, inaugurated the distribution work by handing over the application forms to a first few candidates.

The cost of the application forms for government colleges and government quota seats in self-financing medical and dental colleges is Rs. 500.

For the management quota seats in self-financing medical and dental colleges, the cost of application is Rs. 1,000.

The application forms for the SC and ST candidates are issued free of cost on production of the attested photo copies of the community certificates for government colleges and government quota seats in self-financing medical and dental colleges.

Dr. Kanagaraj told The Hindu that 925 candidates belonging to general category and 245 candidates belonging to the SC and ST received the application forms on the opening day.

Besides, 377 candidates collected the application forms for management quota seats in self-financing medical and dental colleges by remitting a demand draft of Rs. 1,000.

Dr. Kanagaraj said that the college has adequate stock of applications. It received about 2,250 applications in the first phase, of which more than 50 % were issued to the candidates on the opening day. The directorate has assured to provide adequate applications on daily basis, he said.

The last date of issue of application form is June 18.

Sale of MBBS applications begins 

Staff Reporter 
 
CHENNAI, June 12, 2018 00:00 IST


A scene at the Kilpauk Medical College in Chennai on Monday.B. Jothi Ramalingam

A total of 17,598 application forms were issued on Monday as sale of forms for admission to MBBS/BDS commenced.

The forms would be issued in all government medical colleges and the Tamil Nadu Government Dental College till June 18.

Of the 17,598 forms, 11,967 were issued for seats under the government quota, while the remaining 5,631 were for seats under the management quota in self-financing colleges.

There are a total of 3,355 MBBS seats in Tamil Nadu — 2,445 in government colleges, 783 seats reserved for government quota in self-financing colleges and 127 in the Rajah Muthiah Medical College. A total of 517 management seats are available in self-financing colleges.

There are a total of 1,173 BDS seats — 85 in the government dental college, 1,020 in government quota in self-financing colleges and 68 in Rajah Muthiah Dental College.

There are 680 BDS (management) seats in self-financing colleges.

The application forms can also be downloaded from the official websites -www.tnhealth.organdwww.tnmedicalselection.

org. The last date for submitting the filled-in forms is by 5 p.m. on June 19.

There are a total of 3,355 MBBS seats and 1,173 BDS seats in Tamil Nadu

Not right to force candidates to disclose details on health: EC 

Special Correspondent 
 
CHENNAI, June 12, 2018 00:00 IST


Says it is up to the legislature to take a call, given the sensitive nature of the issue

The Election Commission of India on Monday told the Madras High Court that it may not be appropriate for it to make disclosure of health conditions and ailments by all candidates, wanting to contest Parliamentary and Assembly elections, mandatory because it was a sensitive issue involving the right to privacy of individuals.

In a counter-affidavit filed before Justice N. Kirubakaran, who had raised the query in the context of the death of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa within seven months of her getting elected for the second consecutive term in 2016, the commission stated that it was up to the legislature to make such a disclosure mandatory.

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Satyabrata Sahoo had filed the counter-affidavit on behalf of the commission and it read: “The EC is of the view that it may not be the best course of action to invoke powers under Article 324 of the Constitution and issue any guidelines considering the gravity of the subject and implications on privacy.

“In any event, the commission is within its powers to examine the issue and make any recommendations to the government or the Law Commission in this regard, if necessary... In the circumstances, a direction may be issued to the Central or State government to consider the issue and take suitable decision to bring legislative changes to deal with the issue.”

According to Mr. Sahoo, though every voter had a right to be informed and every candidate was obligated to disclose such information as relevant to contesting in elections, “it cannot be stated that any information can be called upon to be disclosed from a candidate without appropriate sanction under law.”

Mandatory disclosures

He pointed out that as per the existing law, the candidates were obliged to disclose their criminal antecedents as required under Section 33A of the Representation of the People Act of 1951 and also the assets held by them and their immediate family members as per the directions issued by the Supreme Court in 2002.

The two requirements were made mandatory to ensure purity of elections. “Though it cannot be stated that the health of a candidate is irrelevant, in view of the natural expectation of a [people’s] representative being able to perform his duties, any such call for disclosure will come in conflict with an individual’s right to privacy,” the CEO said.

He went on to add: “... parameters of health that are to be disclosed such as details of life threatening ailments or commonly found health issues such as diabetes, blood pressure or long-term, short-term illness, psychiatric/psychological conditions or any physical deformity must be intelligibly differentiated and the same requires legislative wisdom.”

After taking the counter-affidavit on file, the judge adjourned the hearing to June 25 after directing the petitioner’s counsel M. Purushothaman to submit his reply.

MBBS rule relook hint 

Kinsuk Basu Jun 10, 2018 00:00 IST 

Telegraph

Calcutta: The Union health ministry may reconsider its decision barring 82 medical colleges from admitting students to the MBBS course in the 2018-19 academic year, a minister hinted on Saturday.

The decision was based on a recommendation of the Medical Council of India (MCI).

"The MCI's recommendation has come in the way of government's vision of seeing over 10,000 new students take up the MBBS course. We will surely do something about it," Union minister of state for health Ashwini Kumar Choubey said on the sidelines of an interactive session at the Merchants' Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Calcutta.

"There are several issues. But I am in the government and can't say much. But some changes would happen very shortly."

The Telegraph had on June 4 reported that 82 medical colleges had been denied permission to admit students in the academic year 2018-19. Twelve of the colleges are government institutions. They are located in Uttar Pradesh (4), Bihar (3), Jharkhand (2), Chhattisgarh (1), Karnataka (1) and Kerala (1).

The health ministry has also rejected proposals to approve 68 medical colleges across India, including two in Bengal - Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospitals, Durgapur, and Sarif Medical College and Hospital, Siliguri.

"We want more doctors for speciality and superspeciality hospitals. The MCI is a regulatory body. We are working to find a way out. Hopefully, some good news will be coming soon," said Choubey.

Bengal has been battling a shortage of doctors for years. "The shortage is affecting the functioning of 42 superspeciality hospitals across the state," an official said.

"The government has sanctioned 10,440 posts of doctors in these hospitals. Only 6,600 have been filled."

Minister Choubey said the Bengal government had been asked to "draw up a detailed project report" for the medical colleges, referring to the state's quota of the medical colleges from the 24 the Union cabinet had approved in February.

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State bus runs over seven on UP e-way

Faiz.Siddiqui@timesgroup.com

Kanpur: 12.06.2018

Six students of a training institute and their teacher were killed while three were injured critically after being run over by a State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) bus on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Taalgram area of Kannauj on Monday morning.

The driver of the SRTC bus, who managed to flee from the spot after the accident, was later arrested and sent to jail.

Uttar Pradesj chief minister Aditya Nath Yogi expressed deep condolences and announced an ex gratia of ₹2 lakh each for the family of the deceased and ₹50,000 for the injured.

The deceased have been identified as Mahesh Kumar Gupta, Mithilesh Kumar, Abhay Pratap Singh, Nikhilesh, Vishal Kumar, Jitendra Kumar Yadav and Satish and their teacher Vijay Kumar.

According to police, the students and their teachers, who were on an educational tour to Haridwar-Rishikesh from Khalilabad, were standing by the roadside in Taalgram area after their bus ran out of diesel when a speeding SRTC bus coming from the opposite direction ran over them.

Goswami said the bus driver was arrested and sent to jail.

Getting community certificate a struggle for 17-yr-old Irula boy

Karal.Marx@timesgroup.com

Villupuram:

Left with just two weeks to enroll in college for BSc Industrial Chemistry, a 17-yearold Irula boy sent a petition to Villupuram collector L Subramanian on Monday, for the fourth time, requesting him for his community certificate.

Distressed over alleged harassment by officials, his family filed the petition through registered post with the help of Pazhangudi Irular Pathukappu Sangam (PIPS), an organization that works for the welfare of the community.

Vijay , younger son of Subramani, 50, and S Shanthi, 35, a farm worker couple from Ambuzhukkai village in Vanur taluk ,is yet to get his community certificate.

“He secured 750/1200 in the higher secondary examination this year,” professor Prabha Kalvimani, founder and a senior organizer of the Sangam, told TOI.

Subramani had obtained his Hindu Irula community certificate in 2003 and his elder son, Ajith Kumar, 20, managed to get it in 2015 and is now in his final year BSc microbiology at Periyar Government Arts and Science College, Cuddalore .

“Vijay, who wants to pursue BSc industrial chemistry in the college where his brother is studying, might not get a seat if he fails to produce his community certificate within two weeks,” Kalvimani said.

Vijay said he had applied for the community certificate several times since he was promoted to Class VI. But, the officials dragged the issue, making him and his family run from pillar to post for the last seven years.

“We filed three petitions at the Villupuram RDO, with photocopies of the community certificates obtained by my father and elder brother, from October 27, 2017 to May 28, 2018,” said Vijay.

On Monday, when he tried to find out the status of his previous three applications , the officials at the revenue divisional office refused to allow him to meet the RDO, claiming she was busy and asking them to meet her next week, said Vijay.

“If officials do not process it quickly, I am left with no other option but to find some menial jobs, giving up my dreams for higher education and a good job,” he said.

When TOI contacted Villupuram RDO, K Saraswathi she denied to receive any petition from Ambuzhukkai Village and assured to pay a visit to the Vijay’s home before Thursday.