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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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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