Plea seeks transfer of medicos

Chennai: A writ plea has been made in the Madras High Court to transfer 146 second year students of Annai Medical College and Hospital at Sriperumbudur to some other government colleges. Justice N Kirubakaran, before whom the petitions from Hari Prasad of Arcot and 145 others came up on Friday, adjourned the matter till October 10. According to A Sirajjudin, a senior advocate, the petitioner students were admitted in the first year MBBS course during 2016-17 under the government as well as management quota. They were in the second year now.

However, by an order dated August 10, 2017, the Union Health Ministry had debarred the college from admitting students for two years i.e. for 2017-18 and 2018-19 as the college did not rectify the deficiencies pointed out by Medical Council of India. The order also authorised MCI to encash the bank guarantee of D2 crore. The students feared that the same deficiencies would prevent them from getting quality education. The hospital attached to the college was also locked and there was no staff at present, as they had left jobs following the August 10 order.

The college was run by Sri Devi Karumari Amman Educational Trust, which had borrowed D86 crore from Central Bank of India and another D60 crore from Bank of India. Now, the whole loan had become NPA and Central Bank of India had taken possession of the land and building. It was also bringing a part of the land for auction. Loss of this property in the auction would create further deficiency in the infrastructure. Hence, the present petition for a directive to the State Health department to transfer the petitioner students to other medical colleges run by the department, counsel said.