Court order on PG NEET keeps junior docs on toes
Chennai:
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After two weeks of attending classes in postgraduate courses, many in-service candidates aren't sure if they would be allowed to continue studies or asked to get back to the government hospitals they have been working with.The Madras high court has directed the state government to rework the merit list by Monday after it found that the previous list offered up to 30% of NEET marks for inservice candidates. When the selection committee attached to the directorate of medical education conducted counselling for 1,066 PG degree and diploma seats in 13 government medical colleges, only 67 seats went to non-service candidates. The court on Monday nullified admissions given to students from primary health centres and hospitals that are not in diffi cult or rural areas -the list A, B and C centres as mentioned in the prospectus.
The order brought joy to many non-service candidates, who have been complaining that the government's incentive scheme offered undue advantage to all their staff. “If reservation was for a select group of students, it would not have cause so much problem. The government gave it to all their staff except those working in cities,“ said Dr N Vivek, a PG aspirant. While many private candidates are now poring through the rank list to see where they would be placed and the course they would land up with, government doctors fear that 80% of the seats will be taken by non-service candidates if the state reworks the list.
Several in-service candidates told TOI that they were considering quitting govern ment job until they finish their postgraduate course. “I don't know if my job at the public health centre is still open. If I am posted in another rural PHC I will not have adequate clinical exposure and there will be no coaching centres nearby to help me crack NEET on merit,“ said a student from Stanley Medical College.
The state health department said they will move the Supreme Court to ensure government doctors get preference. “A lot of doctors work in rural and difficult areas because of the incentives for PG seats offered by the state,“ said J Radhakrishnan. “In or der to be fair, we reserved 50% of the seats for the service candidates where incentives were given. The court struck that down. If we stop incentives, it will weaken our healthcare system,“ he said.
Moreover, it will be difficult for the state to redo the admission as deadline for admissions ended on May 31.“Any alterations will lead to confusion. Seats in many private colleges and university will fall vacant. We will have to repeat counselling for those seats too. More than anything else, it can delay our UG admissions and ramifications of that will be huge,“ he said.
The order brought joy to many non-service candidates, who have been complaining that the government's incentive scheme offered undue advantage to all their staff. “If reservation was for a select group of students, it would not have cause so much problem. The government gave it to all their staff except those working in cities,“ said Dr N Vivek, a PG aspirant. While many private candidates are now poring through the rank list to see where they would be placed and the course they would land up with, government doctors fear that 80% of the seats will be taken by non-service candidates if the state reworks the list.
Several in-service candidates told TOI that they were considering quitting govern ment job until they finish their postgraduate course. “I don't know if my job at the public health centre is still open. If I am posted in another rural PHC I will not have adequate clinical exposure and there will be no coaching centres nearby to help me crack NEET on merit,“ said a student from Stanley Medical College.
The state health department said they will move the Supreme Court to ensure government doctors get preference. “A lot of doctors work in rural and difficult areas because of the incentives for PG seats offered by the state,“ said J Radhakrishnan. “In or der to be fair, we reserved 50% of the seats for the service candidates where incentives were given. The court struck that down. If we stop incentives, it will weaken our healthcare system,“ he said.
Moreover, it will be difficult for the state to redo the admission as deadline for admissions ended on May 31.“Any alterations will lead to confusion. Seats in many private colleges and university will fall vacant. We will have to repeat counselling for those seats too. More than anything else, it can delay our UG admissions and ramifications of that will be huge,“ he said.
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