Online MBBS classes are not valid, says MCI

Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com

Chennai:29.09.2020

In a big setback for medical students attending college through online classes for the past six months in view of the pandemic, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has informed them that such classes are not recognised by the council.

The MCI has made the statement in reply to a representation made by students of SRM College and Hospital, Kattankulathur.

Informing the Madras high court about MCI’s stand, senior advocate R Vaigai said, “The MCI has informed the students that it does not recognise online teaching for medical courses. Students are worried about their future now.”

Vaigai made the submission on the batch of pleas moved by parents of the medical students challenging the college’s demand to pay full fees even for the lockdown period.

When the pleas came up for hearing, senior advocates T Ramanujam and A R L Sundresan, representing the college, submitted that the management has considered the representations of the parents and has decided to permit them to pay the fees in three instalments. “The first instalment of 40% of the total fee shall be paid by October 10 followed by two instalments of 30% each,” they said.

To this, Vaigai said that the MCI through a reply dated August 13 has informed the students that online classes are not recognised by it. The reply has put a question mark over the validity of the classes conducted by the college so far, she added.

Recording the same, Justice N Anand Venkatesh said if the MCI is not going to recognise online classes, then the whole point in conducting such classes becomes null and void.

Vaigai added that of ₹22.5 lakh fee to be paid for the current academic year about ₹3 lakh goes towards development charges and co-curricular activities. Since there is no scope for such activities ₹3 lakh has to be waived and that the college can only claim the tuition fee of ₹19.5 lakh.

“We are ready to pay 40% of the ₹19.5 lakh with the extension of last date to pay such fee from October 10 to 30. The court must also consider fixing 75% of the last annual fee as a fee for the current year as done in the cases of private schools by the court,” Vaigai said.

However, noting that all such issues can be discussed and decided in the due course, the judge said it would be appropriate to start by paying 40% of the actual fee on or before October 29.

New Expert Committee At MCI For Monitoring Minimum Standard Requirements At Medical Colleges

New Expert Committee At MCI For Monitoring Minimum Standard Requirements At Medical Colleges 

By MD Bureau 

Published On 23 Jun 2020 10:39 AM | Updated On 23 Jun 2020 10:39 AM 

Delhi: To keep in check whether the Medical Colleges have the minimum standard requirements which are necessary for the yearly admission process, the Medical Council of India (MCI) is reported to have decided to constitute a committee of experts. As per recent media reports, this committee's objective is to review Minimum Standard Requirements Regulations and phase-wise requirements of the Medical Colleges for 50/100/150/200/250 admissions annually. 

Hitavada reports that according to the MCI order, the committee comprises members of medical faculties, medical experts and officials who have experience in the field of medical training and it will affirm that the concerned institutions are following the norms and regulations which ensures proper medical training. The committee will be responsible for maintaining the rules and regulations of the Indian Medical Council Act and will introduce modifications accordingly. 

The Indian Medical Council Act was introduced in 1956 for the reconstitution of the Medical Council of India, and the maintenance of a Medical Register for India and for matters connected therewith; however, with time as circumstances changed, many aspects which were made mandatory by the act like- the number of beds, qualification of faculty, the size of lands has also changed. Hence, the government decided to form this new committee which will consider the current situation while fixing norms and regulations. Moreover, the committee will also monitor resources for training, hardware required for training, technological advancement to help current training and preparing techniques, the clinical material required for preparing the medical students. The committee may also imbibe changes in the administrative structure 

While Dr Suresh Chandra Sharma, Chairman-designate, National Medical Commission is the chairperson of the committee, Dr S Ramji, Ex-Dean, MAMC and presently Senior Advisor, BoG, MCI, will act as Co-Chairperson, reports The Hitavada. Atal Dulloo (Financial Commissioner, H&ME, J&K), Dr Anna B Pulimood (Principal, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu), Dr Sharad Kumar Rao (Dean, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka), Dr L Fimate (Retired Director, Zoram Medical College, Aizwal, Mizoram and Professor of Forensic Medicine, Imphal, Manipur), Dr Achal Gulati (Ex-Principal, BSA Medical College, New Delhi and Professor of ENT, MAMC, New Delhi), Prof Deelip G Mhaisekar, Vice-Chancellor, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, Maharashtra), Dr Ranjeet Sinha (Associate Professor, Department of Community, Patna Medical College, Patna, Bihar), Dr Rajneesh Dubey (Principal Secretary, Medical Education, UP Government), SS Shukla (Principal Secretary, MP Government) and Devesh Deval (Ex-Director, Medical Education, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) are members of the committee, adds Daily Excelsior According to the order, the committee may consider amalgamation and simplifying the existing regulatory framework including phase-wise requirements and recommend revision of the same in view of the current health scenario of the country. Besides, the committee may consider any other incidental matter too. 

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MCI Implements 10 Percent EWS Quota In PG Medical Courses, 145 Seats Added 

By GarimaPublished On 18 April 2020 1:25 PM | Updated On 18 April 2020 1:25 PM 

New Delhi: While implementing the 10% EWS quota in PG medical courses in the State quota in Government Medical Colleges and institutions for the academic year 2020-21, the Union Health Ministry has increased the PG Medical seats with 145 in 6 states. Andhra Pradesh got 10 additional seats and Chandigarh got 4 in 1 medical college each. 56 seats were increased in 12 medical colleges in the state of Gujarat. 7 were added to 2 Himachal Pradesh Medical colleges. 3 GMCs in Punjab got 17 additional seats in the EWS Quota and lastly, Rajasthan got 51 seats in 6 of its government institutes. 

The confirmation to this effect was recently announced by the Union Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHFW) further citing the decision made by the Board of Governors in Supersession of Medical Council of India (MCI BoG). In order to implement 10% EWS quota in PG medical courses in the State quota in Government Medical Colleges/institutions, the States were required to enhance PG medical seats for the AY 2020-21 and observed that most states had increased their PG seats in Government medical colleges for 2020-21 either by way of applications made to MCI under section 10/A and/ or by way or conversion of denotified diploma seats to degree seats. 

As noted from the table below the States of Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal had more increase in seats than the seats required to be enhanced for implementing 10 % EWS quota. These states have been informed to implement the reservation roster, including the EWS quota as per State policy after including the seats enhanced during the AY 2020-21 since they had been granted an adequate increase in seats for the same 

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Coronavirus Update: Medical Council Of India Issues Advisory On Suspension Of MBBS Classes By MD Bureau 

Published On 25 March 2020 3:42 PM | Updated On 25 March 2020 3:42 PM 

New Delhi: With the Modi Government announcing a complete lockdown across the country, and most of the states implementing strict curfew on people movement, several medical colleges have now written to the Medical Council of India (MCI) questioning on the suspension of MBBS classes. Responding to the same, the MCI has issued an advisory to the principal/dean of all medical colleges "Board of Governors in Super-session of Medical Council of India has received several requests for seeking clarification regarding suspension of classes for undergraduate teaching. 

All Government/Private Medical Colleges are advised to strictly follow various advisories issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, State/UT Govts. and Universities regarding closure of educational institutions/suspension of classes and measures to be taken regarding preventive, quarantine, isolation, detection and treatment etc. for CoViD 19 cases," the advisory has clearly noted. 

Besides the halt to classes of medical students, the process of PG medical admission has also been put to a complete standstill. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) incharge of conducting AIQ counselling for NEET PG 2020 and NEET MDS 2020 has directed all the state counselling authorities to halt the PG medical admission process amidst the coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak till further orders. 

The MCC has clearly stated, "As you are aware that in view of ongoing COVID- 19 outbreak and in compliance with the advisory issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, the All India counseling has been postponed till further orders. 

As per the MCI Gazette and as per the Hon'ble Supreme Court directions the counseling runs in tandem with the State Counselling. Since the All India counseling has been postponed till further orders, it is advised to State Counselling authorities to postpone their State counseling as well so that the Hon'ble Supreme Court orders can be complied with and also the students and their parents are not exposed inadvertently to any Corona positive person." Read Also MCC Directs All States To Postpone NEET PG Counselling Amidst Coronavirus Epidemic

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MBBS, PG Medical fee to get regularized in private medical colleges; MOHFW, MCI BOG on the Job

Last Updated on November 7, 2019

New Delhi: Bringing a sense of relief to medical aspirants across the country, MBBS, as well as PG Medical fee at various private medical colleges and deemed universities will be brought under control from the next academic session

In the light of the fact that the formation of National Medical Commission (NMC) to replace the existing Medical Council of India (MCI) may take some more time, the Union Health Ministry has asked the Board of Governors (BoG) to prepare draft guidelines for the fee structure in private medical colleges and deemed universities from the next academic session.

The same will form the base document, once the National Medical Commission (NMC) replaces the MCI

In its letter to the BoG, the Health Ministry said it has initiated the process of formation of the National Medical Commission, Medical Advisory Council and the four autonomous Boards and it is likely to take some time.

“The Commission on its constitution will also frame guidelines for determination of fee which may be enforced from the academic session 2021-22.

“It has been desired that the BoG may prepare draft guidelines for determination of fees and all other charges of 50 per cent of private medical colleges and deemed universities as envisaged under the NMC Act 2019 so that the Commission on its constitution may utilise the same and so that it can be enforced from the next academic session–2020-21 — onwards for both UG and PG medical admissions,” the letter read.

Meanwhile, the ministry has also asked private medical and dental colleges across the country to charge fee for only the first year from students at the time of admission.

The BoG, which is vested with the powers of the MCI, has now initiated consultations with states and sought their suggestions for framing draft guidelines for the fee structure.

The Board of Governors has been requested to prepare draft guidelines for fee regulation so that it can be used as a base document by NMC, a senior Health Ministry official said.

Once the NMC comes into being, the Medical Council of India will automatically get abolished. The president dissolved the Medical Council of India (MCI) in 2018 and a BoG was appointed to perform its functions.

Medical Dialogues has repeatedly reported about the rising fee at private medical colleges.

While earlier capitation fee was an issue, with the advent of NEET, the official MBBS fee at most private medical colleges skyrocketed, with the entire course fee even crossing Rs 1 crore in many cases. This is bound to create some financially burdened doctors, the government has repeatedly worried

Read Also: MCI BOG preparing guidelines for MBBS, PG Medical fee regulation: Health Ministry

Both the Roy Choudhury Committee and the Parliamentary Standing Committee expressed concerns regarding the high cost of medical education for students and gave recommendations in favour of capping the fees.

However, given the fact that IMC Act, 1956 has no provision for the regulation of fees the erstwhile MCI refused to interfere with the MBBS fee structures at private medical colleges citing lack of mandate, which further became a bone of contention between the medical council and the government

With the takeover of the Medical Council of India by the Board of Governors, the government directed the BOG to come up with solutions, to tackle this growing problem.

The document so prepared by the BOG will be base for future policies as well

MBBS Admission – MCI can distinguish between Person with disabilities 

September 3, 2019



Rajasthan High Court held that MCI can distinguish Between Persons with Disabilities In MBBS Admissions

The Rajasthan High Court allowed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to distinguish between persons with disabilities for the purpose of admission in MBBS course.

On February 2, 2019, MCI promulgated the Regulation on Graduate Medical Education (Amendment), 2019 (the Regulation). As per Annexure H of the Regulation, candidates with locomotive disorder of upper limb disability or upper limb deformity are not eligible to pursue MBBS course. 

Based on the Regulation, the Petitioner, Manohar Lal Swami, who had qualified NEET, 2019 Examination in the OBC (NCL) category under PWD quota, was denied admission to MBBS. The Petitioner has congenital left upper limb disability (40% benchmark disability) and does not have the left thumb.

Finding merit in the Respondent’s arguments that it was the duty of MCI to ensure that aspiring students possess minimum functional abilities/ competencies which are required to complete the training programme of MBBS satisfactorily and that the patients are also safe under the care of such medical graduates, the division bench of Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Narendra Singh Dhaddha dismissed the petition. The court concluded that”…the MCI can distinguish between various persons with disabilities for the purpose of admission in MBBS course and such determination by the MCI shall not be in conflict with the provisions of the Act of 2016″.

தொடரும் மருத்துவர்களின் தற்கொலைகள்: அரசு என்ன செய்ய வேண்டும்? 



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உலக தற்கொலை தடுப்பு தினம் தொடர்பாகப் பல்வேறு நிகழ்ச்சிகளையும் கருத்தரங்கங்களையும் விழிப்புணர்வு முகாம்களையும் நாம் நடத்திக்கொண்டிருந்த அதே வேளையில், ‘வேலைச் சுமை தாங்க முடியாததால் நான் தற்கொலை செய்துகொள்கிறேன்’ என்று எழுதிவைத்துவிட்டு ஒரு முதுகலை படிப்பு பயிற்சி மருத்துவர் தற்கொலை செய்துகொண்டிருக்கிறார். ‘வேலைச் சுமை தாங்க முடியாததால்’ என்ற வரி நமக்குப் பெரும் அதிர்ச்சியைக் கொடுக்கிறது.

ஒரு தற்கொலை நடக்கும்போது நாம் அதற்கான காரணங்களை வைத்தே அந்தத் தற்கொலையை மதிப்பிடுகிறோம். தற்கொலைகளைத் தடுக்கும் பெரும் பணியில் நாம் இன்னும் தொடங்கிய இடத்திலேயே நிற்பதற்கு நமது இந்த அணுகுமுறைதான் காரணம். ஒன்று, தற்கொலைகளைப் புனிதப்படுத்துகிறோம் அல்லது மட்டம் தட்டுகிறோம். ‘இதெற்கெல்லாம் தற்கொலை செய்துகொள்ளலாமா?’ அல்லது ‘தற்கொலை செய்துகொள்ளும் அளவுக்கு அவளை விரும்பினான்’ என்பதுபோலவே நமது புரிதல்கள் இருக்கின்றன.

தடுக்க என்ன வழி?

உண்மையில், ஒரு தற்கொலை நிகழும்போது தற்கொலைக்கு உண்டான அந்தக் குறிப்பிட்ட மனநிலையையும், அந்தக் குறிப்பிட்ட மனநிலைக்கு அந்த மனிதன் வந்தடைந்த பாதையையும் பார்க்க வேண்டுமே தவிர, அதற்கான காரணங்களையோ, அந்நபரின் ஆளுமையையோ அல்ல. ஒவ்வொரு தற்கொலைக்குப் பின்னாலும் மிக நீண்ட பாதையொன்று இருக்கிறது. அந்தப் பாதையில் நம்மையெல்லாம் கடந்துதான் அந்நபர் நிராதரவாகச் சென்றிருக்கிறார் என்பதை நாம் உணராத வரை தற்கொலைகளைத் தடுக்க முடியாது.

நெருக்கும் அதீதப் பணிச்சுமை மற்றும் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் நிகழும் பாகுபாடுகள், வரம்பற்ற அதிகாரங்களைக் கொண்ட நிர்வாக அமைப்புகள் போன்றவற்றுக்கு எதிராக அண்மைக் காலங்களில் பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்கள் தொடர்ச்சியாகப் போராடிக்கொண்டே வருகிறார்கள். கடந்த இரண்டாண்டுகளில் இந்த நெருக்கடிகளின் விளைவாகப் பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்களின் தற்கொலைகளும் ஆங்காங்கு நடந்துகொண்டே இருக்கின்றன. அந்தப் போராட்டங்களையும் தற்கொலைகளையும் முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்ததாகக் கருதாமல் பொதுச் சமூகமும் கடந்துசெல்வதற்குக் காரணம், இதைப் பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்களின் தனிப்பட்ட பிரச்சினையாகவும், அந்த மருத்துவரின் தனிப்பட்ட பலவீனமாகவும் புரிந்துகொள்வதால்தான். உண்மையில், இது அவர்களது தனிப்பட்ட பிரச்சினை அல்ல. மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் நிகழும் ஆரோக்கியமற்ற சூழலே இதுபோன்ற தொடர் தற்கொலைகளுக்குக் காரணம்.


ஒரு அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனைக்கு ஒரு நாளில் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான வெளிநோயாளிகள் வருகின்றனர். ஆனால், அத்தனை பேரையும் எதிர்கொள்ளும் அளவுக்கு மருத்துவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கையும் மருத்துவக் கட்டமைப்பும் அங்கு இல்லை. ஒரு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனைக்கு வருகிற நோயாளிகளின் முதல் தொடர்பே பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்கள்தான். மூத்த மருத்துவர்களுக்கும் நோயாளிகளுக்குமான நேரடி உரையாடல் என்பது மிக மிக அரிது. அப்போது அந்த நோயாளியின் வைத்தியம் தொடர்பாக அந்த மருத்துவமனையில் இருக்கும் போதாமைகளால் அந்தப் பயிற்சி மருத்துவரே நேரடியாகப் பாதிக்கப்படுகிறார். அதனால்தான், மருத்துவர்களுக்கு எதிரானப் பொதுமக்கள் ஈடுபடும் வன்முறைகளில் தாக்கப்படுவது பெரும்பாலான நேரத்தில் பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்களாகவே இருக்கின்றனர். ஒரு அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனையில் இருக்கும் அடிப்படை வசதிகளின் போதாமைகளுக்குப் பயிற்சி மருத்துவரே நேரடியாகப் பலியாகும் சூழல்தான் இங்கு இருக்கிறது. ‘அரசுப் பள்ளி சரியில்லை என்றால், அரசுப் பள்ளியில் பணிபுரியும் ஆசிரியர்தான் காரணம்’ என்ற மேலோட்டமான புரிதல்போலவே ‘அரசு மருத்துவமனை சரியில்லை என்றால், அரசு மருத்துவர்தான் காரணம்’ என்ற புரிதல்தான் இருக்கிறது. இந்த மனப்பான்மையை ஊதிப் பெருக்குவதன் வழியாக அரசு நழுவிக்கொள்கிறது.

அயற்சியூட்டும் பயிற்சி மருத்துவப் பணி


ஒரு பயிற்சி மருத்துவரின் பணி என்பது நிச்சயம் உடலளவிலும் மனதளவிலும் அயற்சியானது. வாரத்துக்கு இருமுறை கிட்டத்தட்ட முப்பத்தாறு மணி நேரத் தொடர் பணி, தூக்கமின்மை, மூத்த மருத்துவர்களின் கேலிப்பேச்சுகள், அதிகாரம், பாரபட்சம், பிற பணியாளர்களின் ஒத்துழையாமை போன்றவற்றுக்கு இடையேதான் அவர்கள் நோயாளிகளுக்கு வைத்தியம் செய்ய வேண்டும். ஓய்வற்ற, நெருக்கடியான மனநிலையில் அவர்கள் செய்யும் சிறு தவறுகள்கூட நோயாளிகளின் உடல்நிலையைப் பாதிக்கக்கூடியது. அப்படி நேரும் தவறுகள் இன்னும் அவர்களது மனநிலையை மோசமாக்கும். 

சமீபத்தில் நிகழ்ந்த ஆய்வுகளின்படி கிட்டத்தட்ட முப்பதிலிருந்து ஐம்பது சதவீதப் பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்கள் தீவிர மனஅழுத்தத்தால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டிருப்பது தெரியவந்திருக்கிறது. அது மட்டுமல்லாமல் ஆறில் ஒரு பயிற்சி மருத்துவருக்குத் தற்கொலை எண்ணம் இருக்கிறது என்பது அதிர்ச்சியூட்டும் விஷயம். அதீதப் பணிச்சுமையும் ஆரோக்கியமற்ற சூழலும்தான் அவர்களின் மனரீதியான பிரச்சினைகளுக்கு முதன்மையான காரணம்.

என்ன செய்ய வேண்டும்?

ஒரு பயிற்சி மருத்துவர் தற்கொலை செய்துகொள்ளும்போது, அதை அவரின் தனிப்பட்ட ஆளுமைக் குறைபாடாகச் சித்தரிப்பதை விட்டுவிட்டு, திறந்த மனதுடன் அதற்கான காரணங்களை ஆராய வேண்டும். பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்களின் பணிகள் முறைப்படுத்தப்பட வேண்டும். அவர்களுக்கான ஓய்வையும் இளைப்பாறும் வழியையும் உறுதிசெய்ய வேண்டும். ஒவ்வொரு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளிலும் பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்களுக்கான சுதந்திரமான, அதிகாரத் தலையீடுகள் எதுவுமற்ற குறைதீர்ப்பு மற்றும் ஆலோசனை அமைப்புகள் ஏற்படுத்த வேண்டும்.

பல்வேறு கலை, இலக்கிய விழாக்கள் கல்லூரி நிர்வாகத்தால் முன்னெடுக்கப்பட வேண்டும். அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மருத்துவமனைகளில் நோயாளிகளின் எண்ணிக்கைக்குத் தகுந்த மருத்துவர்கள் நிரப்பப்பட வேண்டும். மூத்த மருத்துவர்களுக்கும் பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்களுக்குமான உறவை மேம்படுத்தும் சூழலை உருவாக்க வேண்டும். ஒரு மருத்துவமனை எந்த அளவுக்கு அதன் மருத்துவர்களுக்கும் பயிற்சி மருத்துவர்களுக்கும் சாதகமானதாக இருக்கிறதோ அந்த அளவுக்கு அது நோயாளிகளுக்கும் சாதகமானதாக இருக்கும். அப்படி ஒரு ஆரோக்கியமான சூழலை உருவாக்கிக்கொடுப்பதுதான் ஒரு நல்ல அரசுக்கான முதல் கடமை.

- சிவபாலன் இளங்கோவன்,

மனநல மருத்துவர், எழுத்தாளர்.

தொடர்புக்கு: sivabalanela@gmail.com

Medical Council of India secretary general re-employed till 2020: Government order

Rakesh Kumar Vats, a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been re-employed on contract basis till September 25, 2020.

Published: 18th July 2019 12:08 AM

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the re-employment of Secretary General of Medical Council of India Rakesh Kumar Vats for over one year, according to a government order.

Vats (now retired), a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been re-employed on contract basis till September 25, 2020, it stated.

"The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the re-employment of Rakesh Kumar Vats...as Secretary General, Board of Governors, Medical Council of India on contract basis beyond the date of his superannuation June 30, 2019 up to September 25, 2020 or until further orders, whichever is earlier," the order stated.

The MCI acts as regulator of medical education in India for establishing "uniform standards of higher qualifications" in medicine and recognition of medical qualifications in India and abroad.

நாடு முழுமைக்கும் எத்தனை எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். இடங்கள் தேவை? ஆய்வு செய்ய மத்திய அரசு முடிவு

By DIN | Published on : 14th July 2019 03:34 AM

நாடு முழுமைக்கும் எத்தனை எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். மற்றும் எம்.டி., எம்.எஸ். இடங்கள் தேவைப்படுகின்றன என்பது குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்ய மத்திய அரசு முடிவு செய்துள்ளது.

நாடு முழுவதும் 535 மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகள் உள்ளன. இக்கல்லூரிகளில் 79,500 எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். இடங்களும், 28,295 எம்.டி., எம்.எஸ். இடங்களும் உள்ளன. இந்நிலையில், நாட்டில் மருத்துவர்கள் எண்ணிக்கையில் நிலவும் பற்றாக்குறையை போக்குவதற்கு, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். மற்றும் எம்.டி., எம்.எஸ். இடங்களின் எண்ணிக்கையை அதிகரிக்க வேண்டிய சூழ்நிலைக்கு மத்திய அரசை தள்ளியுள்ளது.

இதனால் அடுத்த 5 ஆண்டுகளில் எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். இடங்களின் எண்ணிக்கையை 1 லட்சமாகவும், எம்.டி., எம்.எஸ். இடங்களின் எண்ணிக்கையை 60 ஆயிரமாகவும் உயர்த்துவதற்கு மத்திய அரசு இலக்கு நிர்ணயித்துள்ளது.

இதுகுறித்து மத்திய சுகாதாரத் துறை அமைச்சக மூத்த அதிகாரி ஒருவர் கூறியதாவது:

நாட்டில் முன்பு பொறியாளர்கள் எண்ணிக்கையில் நிலவிய பற்றாக்குறையை போக்குவதற்கு, அதிக அளவு இடங்களை ஏற்படுத்த அரசு ஒப்புதல் கொடுத்தது. இதனால், அளவுக்கு அதிகமான பேர் பொறியியல் படிப்பில் சேர்ந்தனர். இதன்விளைவாக, நாட்டில் தற்போது லட்சக்கணக்கான பொறியாளர்கள் வேலையில்லாமல் இருக்கும் நிலை நேரிட்டுள்ளது. அதுபோன்ற நிலை, மருத்துவர்கள் விவகாரத்தில் ஏற்படுவதை தவிர்க்கும் வகையில், புதிய மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகள் தொடங்குவதற்கும், ஏற்கெனவே இருக்கும் மருத்துவ கல்லூரிகளில் இடங்களின் எண்ணிக்கையை அதிகரிப்பதற்கும் ஒப்புதல் கொடுக்கும் முன்பு, நாடு முழுமைக்கும் எத்தனை எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., எம்.டி., எம்.எஸ். இடங்கள் தேவைப்படுகின்றன என்பது குறித்து ஆய்வு செய்ய மத்திய அரசு முடிவு செய்துள்ளது. இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் நிர்வாகக் குழுவால் நியமிக்கப்பட இருக்கும் சுதந்திரமான அமைப்பு, இந்த ஆய்வை மேற்கொள்ள உள்ளது என்றார் அவர்.

முன்னதாக, நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் மத்திய சுகாதாரத் துறை அமைச்சர் ஹர்ஷ்வர்தன் கடந்த வெள்ளிக்கிழமை பேசியபோது, உலக சுகாதார நிறுவனம் நிர்ணயித்த சராசரி அளவைக் காட்டிலும், இந்தியாவில் மருத்துவர்கள்-நோயாளிகள் இடையேயான விகிதம் மிகவும் குறைவாக இருப்பதாக குறிப்பிட்டிருந்தார்.

Medical colleges must have ART, MDR-TB management centres

Afshan Yasmeen

BENGALURU, JULY 14, 2019 00:00 IST

This is to ensure rapid diagnosis and early initiation of treatment for patients

Determined to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, the Union Health Ministry has now made it mandatory for all medical colleges to have a facility for management of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB and Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) centres. A gazette notification in this regard has been issued on June 27.

The Board of Governors appointed in super-session of the Medical Council of India (MCI) by the Union government has amended the ‘Minimum Standard Requirement for 150 MBBS Admissions Annually Regulation, 1999’ to include this rule.

“Every medical college should have ART Centre and facility for management of MDR-TB at the time of 4th renewal for admission of 5th batch of MBBS students,” the gazette notification stated.

Following this, K.S Sachdeva, Head of Central TB Division and Project Director Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) wrote to all State TB officers that there is an urgent need to decentralise MDR-TB services so that rapid diagnosis and early initiation of treatment is possible for patients.

This is especially in the context of RNTCP’s ambitious target to eliminate TB by 2025, stated his letter dated July 11.

“Actively involving the medical colleges would present an added opportunity for decentralisation of services and also the availability of the essential MDR-TB services at tertiary level health facilities.

The National Strategic Plan (2017-2025) of RNTCP also outlines the active involvement of medical colleges for the provision of diagnostic and treatment services for TB,” Dr. Sachdeva said in the letter.

Goes undiagnosed

Despite the best efforts of health systems, about 40% of people who develop TB in India are either not diagnosed or the cases are not reported.

Even among those reported and/or diagnosed, many are lost to a follow-up, both with drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB.

While the patients who are being treated in the private sector do not get adequate treatment support, most TB patients are affected by social and political factors such as stigma and discrimination.

Availability and access to services at a convenient time and in their social context like work, migration, gender etc. and economic barriers (for example, the cost of transport, ancillary medicines, and investigations in private sector) are also issues.

To put an end to this through community engagement, the State Health and Family Welfare Department has set up State and district TB forums.

Last year, the Union Ministry had also directed all States to expand TB diagnostics services in all Primary Health Centres (PHCs).

To cut doc shortage, govt adds over 10,500 MBBS seats this year

TNN | Jul 13, 2019, 04.54 AM IST

NEW DELHI: In an attempt to address shortage of doctors in the country, the government has ramped up MBBS seats by more than 26% over last two years, taking the total number of MBBS seats to around 75000. Besides, nearly 8900 seats have been added to PG medical seats during the period to bolster the number of specialists.

In 2017-18 and 2018-19, a total of 5250 MBBS seats were added, whereas 10,565 — more than double of what was added in last two years — have been added in 2019-20 so far, health minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha on Friday. Of this, around 4,800 MBBS seats have been reserved for students from economically weaker sections in the current year.

Currently, there are nearly 11.60 lakh registered Allopathy doctors in the country as on March, resulting in a doctor-population ratio of 1:1456 as per current population estimate of 1.35 billion, which is lower than the WHO norm of one doctor per 1000 persons.

However, there are an additional 7.88 lakh Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy doctors, which when clubbed with allopathy practitioners, makes the overall doctor-population ratio of 1:867—a shade better than WHO norms. The health ministry is trying to utilise this cadre of alternative medicines to meet demand for primary and secondary health care services, mainly in remote areas where there is a severe dearth of doctors.

4 institutions seek nod for med college

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:12.07.2019

Four private institutions have sought permission from the state health department to start medical colleges in Tamil Nadu from 2020, even as the directorate of medical education is working towards increasing seats in government colleges in Coimbatore and Kanyakumari.

Among the private colleges, the directorate of medical education has completed inspection of Panimalar Medical College in Nazarethpet, Priyadarshini Medical College in Tiruvallur, Barath Medical College in Chennai and St Peters Medical College in Krishnagiri, and has submitted reports to the state health department.

While deficiencies have been pointed out in Barath Medical College, decks have been cleared for the others. If all these colleges get the state’s nod, they will have to apply to the Medical Council of India (MCI) for letter of permission to admit students in 2020. “They will add at least 600 seats to the state pool,” said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe.

In addition, the state is planning to increase seats to 100 in Coimbatore Medical College and 50 in the college in Kanyakumari, which will take the total number of seats in the state to 3,400. This will also take the total number of seats in Coimbatore to 250 and Kanyakumari to 150. “The state has a policy to have at least one medical college in each district. Besides, we are increasing the number of seats in each of the districts,” he said.

Now, four colleges – Madras Medical College, Stanley Medical College Hospital, Madurai Medical College and Tirunelveli Medical College – have 250 seats each, the maximum permitted by the MCI. “We are increasing the seats in colleges with 100 seats to

150. In the next phase we will increase these to 250,” he said.

Medical aspirants too may not get new quota  

Tamil Nadu government is unlikely to implement the 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections of forward communities in medical and dental college admissions this academic year.

Published: 25th June 2019 04:45 AM |

By Sinduja Jane

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government is unlikely to implement the 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections of forward communities in medical and dental college admissions this academic year. It is reliably learnt that the government is yet to take a clear stand on the issue.

A precondition for implementation of the new quota system is a proportionate increase in the number of seats so that the quantum of seats reserved for the other castes does not get reduced.

However, sources said the government is yet to forward the proposal to the Medical Council of India (MCI) to increase the number of seats in the medical colleges in the state. With the rank list for the admission likely to be released on July 2, there is little time to implement the new quota system.

Higher Education Minister K P Anbalagan recently announced that the 10 per cent quota for forward communities would not be implemented in the engineering admissions this year. He cited the ‘lack of proper communication’ from the Centre as the reason.


Speaking to Express, a government medical college official said, “Last month, we were asked to send proposals to increase the number of seats by 10 per cent. Later we were told to send proposals to increase the number of seats by 25 per cent.”

THE medical college official added, "We have sent the proposals to the Directorate of Medical Education which should, in turn, forward them to the Board of Governors of the MCI."
Asked by Express about the status of proposals sent by government medical colleges, Dr A Edwin Joe, Director of Medical Education, said, "It is true that all colleges have sent proposals to increase number of seats. But we have not sent them to the MCI since the state government is yet to give its approval."

Another senior official in the Health department explained that four colleges in the state had reached the maximum capacity of 250 seats. To increase the number of seats in these colleges, the overall infrastructure and faculty strength should be increased. "Implementing the new quota this year is impossible and we are yet to apply to increase the number of seats."

The official said that the process of granting MCI approval to increase the number of seats involves many technical issues and hence would not be possible immediately. "We don't have that much time as the selection committee is likely to release rank list on July 2 and begin the first phase of counselling on July 4," the official said, justifying why the implementation of the quota for forward castes is not possible this year.

There are 24 medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, one of the States having higher number of government-run medical education institutions in the country.

கூடுதல் மருத்துவ இடங்கள் விண்ணப்பிக்க அவகாசம்

Added : ஜூன் 09, 2019 22:26 |

கோவை: பொருளாதாரத்தில் நலிந்தோருக்கான கூடுதல் மருத்துவ இடங்களுக்கு விண்ணப்பிக்க, மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரிகளுக்கு, இந்திய மருத்துவக் கவுன்சில், கூடுதல் அவகாசம் வழங்கியுள்ளது.மத்திய அரசின் புதிய சட்டப்படி, பொருளாதாரத்தில் நலிந்த பிரிவினருக்கு கல்வி, வேலைவாய்ப்பில், 10 சதவீத இடஒதுக்கீடு வழங்க வேண்டும். இதன்மூலம், முன்னேறிய பிரிவினருக்கு கூடுதல் இடங்கள் கிடைக்கும்.மருத்துவ படிப்பில் மட்டும், 10 சதவீத இடஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்துவதற்காக, ஒவ்வொரு மாநிலத்துக்கும், கூடுதலாக, 25 சதவீத இடங்கள் வழங்கப்படுகின்றன. இதற்காக, நாட்டில் உள்ள அனைத்து மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரிகளும், அதற்கான விண்ணப்பங்களை, ஜூன், 7ம் தேதிக்குள் அனுப்ப, இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் உத்தரவிட்டிருந்தது.இதையடுத்து, அனைத்து மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரிகளும், இதற்கான நடவடிக்கைகளை மேற்கொண்டு வந்தன. இந்நிலையில், பல மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரிகளும், காலக்கெடுவை நீட்டிக்க கோரிக்கை விடுத்தன. இதை ஏற்றுக்கொண்ட கவுன்சில், நாளை வரை அவகாசத்தை நீட்டித்துள்ளது.

வெளிநாட்டில் எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., 'நீட்' தேர்வு கட்டாயம்

Added : ஜூன் 07, 2019 23:53


சென்னை : வெளிநாடுகளில் மருத்துவ படிப்பில் சேரவும், 'நீட்' தேர்வு கட்டாயமாகி உள்ளது. இந்த ஆண்டு முதல், இது, நடைமுறைக்கு வருகிறது.

எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - பி.டி.எஸ்., போன்ற மருத்துவ படிப்புகள் மற்றும், இந்திய மருத்துவ படிப்புகளில் சேர, 'நீட்' நுழைவு தேர்வில் கட்டாயம் தேர்ச்சி பெற வேண்டும். இந்த கல்வி ஆண்டுக்கான, நீட் தேர்வு, மே, 5ல் நடத்தப்பட்டது.

தேர்வு முடிவுகள், ஜூன், 5ல் வெளியாகியுள்ளன. விரைவில், தரவரிசை பட்டியல் வெளியிடப்பட்டு, மருத்துவ மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடத்தப்பட உள்ளது. இந்த ஆண்டு முதல், வெளிநாட்டுக்கு சென்று, மருத்துவம் படிக்கும், இந்திய மாணவர்களுக்கும், நீட் தேர்வு தேர்ச்சி கட்டாயம் ஆகியுள்ளது. இதற்கான உத்தரவை, இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலின் நிர்வாக குழு பிறப்பித்துள்ளது.

இந்த உத்தரவின்படி, மத்திய அரசின், வெளிநாட்டு மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கான சட்டத்திலும் திருத்தம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. இந்த கல்வி ஆண்டு முதல், நீட் தேர்ச்சி பெற்றவர்கள் மட்டுமே, மத்திய சுகாதார துறையில் தகுதி சான்றிதழ் பெற்று, வெளிநாடுகளுக்கு சென்று, மருத்துவம் படிக்கலாம்.

மருத்துவ படிப்பை முடித்து, இந்தியாவுக்கு வரும்போது, இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் நடத்தும், சோதனை தேர்வில் தேர்ச்சி பெற வேண்டும் என்றும், அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

CMC Vellore exempt from the rules
Only 12 Seats Offered For Open List

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:08.06.2019

The Tamil Nadu health department has accorded special status to Christian Medical College Vellore in the MBBS admission process for the coming academic year.

Besides marking the 100 MBBS seats in the college as a special category, the prospectus has said that “the allotment of MBBS seats at CMC is according to the rules and regulation of CMC”.

Counselling for all other self-financing colleges affiliated to the state medical university is done under single window counselling. The colleges surrender 35%-50% of the seats for admission under government quota and the students are admitted to the remaining seats under management quota.

The state follows the NEET-based rank list and applies 69% reservation. CMC Vellore has been exempted from the process this year.

The government prospectus for management quota says, “For admission to MBBS/ BDS courses under management quota including NRI seats in self-financing medical/ dental colleges in Tamil Nadu and Christian Medical College, Vellore.”

State selection secretary Dr G Selvarajan said the state had decided to make a clear demarcation this year as there was chaos and arguments during counselling last year. In 2017, the century-old college took part in the single-window counselling and admitted only one student to the MBBS course.

In 2018, during counselling, all 100 seats in the college were declared management quota seats.

“In 2019, the college will admit 12 meritorious students under the open category. Two seats will be reserved for students from scheduled caste and one for a student from the scheduled tribe. One seat will be a central government quota. In addition, 10 seats will be reserved for children of staff members of CMC Vellore,” he said.

For the remaining 74 seats, admissions will be given based on a recommendation from the missionaries attached to the institution across the country.

A senior official from CMC Vellore said that the Madras high court had directed the state not to ask private institutions to surrender seats. “We take the recommendations of the missionaries because our students serve in rural areas,” the official said.

Parents of several students in the top 1,200 ranks told TOI that they were disappointed for the second year in a row. Students say they would opt for CMC Vellore as the college charged low fees compared to most self-financing colleges. “It was on top of the list of choices as the college has good clinical material, faculty and library. But with just 12 seats, even a score above 625 in NEET is not adequate,” said Ramesh R, a parent.

While the fee structure for all self-financing colleges is fixed by the state fee fixation committee constituted by the government, fee structure for CMC will be adopted as fixed by the institution, it said. There is no fee mentioned against the government quota. Fee for management quota is ₹48,530.

“Any change in the fee will be intimated on the official website,” it said. Fee for other colleges in the management quota is ₹12.5 lakh.

Health minister C Vijayabaskar said that the state government would do its best to get the government quota seats from CMC Vellore. “We will do our best to sort this out before counselling,” he said.

In 2017, the century-old college took part in the single-window counselling and admitted only one student to MBBS course. In 2018, during counselling, all 100 seats in the college were declared management quota seats

MMC to admit 250 students

STAFF REPORTER

MADURAI, JUNE 04, 2019 00:00 IST

The increase in student intake at Madurai Medical College comes after several inspections by the MCI in the last four years.File photo

Approval for 100 additional seats to be renewed next year

Madurai Medical College (MMC) will admit 250 students from academic year 2019-20 upon receiving approval from the Medical Council of India (MCI).

The approval would be renewed for the next academic year with the enhancement of infrastructure and expansion of hospital facilities, said a Letter of Permission from the Board of Governors of the MCI.

The medical college had been admitting 150 students till this academic year. The increase of 100 seats comes after several inspections by the MCI in the last four years. A source at the MMC said doctors and students actively began seeking more seats in 2014 and the demand gained momentum in 2015. MMC Dean K. Vanitha said the State government, Health Secretary, doctors and some other bodies worked towards effecting the increase in number of seats. However, permission from the MCI comes with several undertakings.

A senior doctor, seeking anonymity, said the MMC had only one large lecture hall to accommodate 250 students. “Several classrooms and at least one additional lecture hall must be built to accommodate all students by 2020,” he said.

The Dean said they were in the process of constructing classrooms, libraries, laboratories and more lecture halls.

Medical council puts 11,000 doctors in ‘dormant’ mode

Slaps Notices On 78 Medicos for Online Ads

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:02.06.2019

Nearly 11,000 doctors over 70 years of age have been placed in the “dormant and inaccessible” mode in the state medical registry after they failed to update their credentials before the March 31 deadline.

These doctors will not be eligible to practice medicine until they update the council about their status.

In 2018, Tamil Nadu Medical Council had asked doctors over the age of 70 to update their credentials by January 31 and extended the deadline until the end of March. The move was as a part of efforts to revise the state medical registry, council president Dr K Senthil said.

Of the 1.38 lakh members in the state, more than 15,000 were senior doctors — those aged 70 or older as of June 1, 2018. Some doctors are aged more than 90 and the council does not know if they actively practice.

A notification from the council published in the Tamil Nadu gazette said these doctors must send in their registration certificates, Aadhaar cards and proof of practice as prescribed on the council website.

“For now they are delisted from the active registry and will not be able to practice medicine. Some 300 families have sent death reports. Others have to furnish details to get back into the registry,” he said.

“To make it convenient for the seniors, we have asked them to send the details by post,” Dr Senthil said.

The council has also issued showcause notices to 78 doctors who had advertised themselves online. Online directories, which had earlier listed names of doctors on their web pages, are now entering into contracts so that their names and profiles can be “enhanced” online.

The council says besides violating the code of conduct, which prohibits advertisements, doctors’ consultation fee has gone up by at least ₹300 and patients are forced to pay money for needless procedures and therapy.

A circular dated May 21 from the council asked medical college deans and medical associations to direct doctors registered with it to refrain from online advertisements. It said it is a violation of the Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics Regulations notification clause 6.1.1 of the Medical Council of India to solicit patients for professional gain (except for formal announcement for a short period as exempted in the said clause), the circular said.

“We have sent notices to some doctors and initiate action against them,” Dr Senthil said.

Salem-based gynaecologist prohibited from practice
Chennai:

The Tamil Nadu Medical Council has asked a Salem-based gynaecologist not to practise gynaecology or obstetric medicine until an inquiry into a case filed against her is completed.

In February, a woman under the doctor’s care died following labour in February, a week after the Tamil Nadu Medical Council revoked the doctor’s suspension for “negligence and misconduct” that led to a similar death in 2016. The decision to issue prohibitory orders was taken after the state health department — commissioner of maternal and child health — complaint to the council about the doctor’s negligence.

On February 28, Durga Damodharan was admitted to Arokya Hospital in Salem. She died on March 1. Durga delivered a girl, but she suffered from severe bleeding after labour. The doctors removed her uterus but could not stop the bleeding. Senior health officials who conducted the maternal audit said the hospital did not have facilities to deal with such cases and she did not refer Damodharan to a centre with better facilities on time. On October 10, 2018, the debarred Dr Arivukkarasu for six months for similar reasons. On February 18, while she was four months into the punishment period, the council decided to revoke the suspension based on her appeal. It warned her over displaying her unrecognised degree in her appeal application – a violation of the code of medical ethics, but allowed her to restart practice. “We have told her to stop practicing obstetrics and gynecology until the case against her is investigated,” said council president Dr K Senthil.

Public Notice 29.05.2019

T.N. confident of getting 100 more MBBS seats

STAFF REPORTER

CHENNAI, MAY 23, 2019 00:00 IST

The Tamil Nadu government has submitted an undertaking to the Medical Council of India (MCI) to obtain its nod for an additional 100 MBBS seats in the Madurai Medical College.

A Health Department official said they were confident of obtaining the additional 100 seats this year as the undertaking meant that the State government has assured to rectify all deficiencies raised by the MCI. Health Secretary Beela Rajesh and Director of Medical Education A. Edwin Joe had met the MCI officials. “We have submitted the undertaking to the Board of Governors of MCI. We have convinced them that all deficiencies are being rectified at the Madurai Medical College. A building is being constructed at the college. We are confident of getting the 100 additional seats this year,” Dr. Edwin Joe said.

Already, T.N. has got MCI’s nod for increasing the seats at Tirunelveli Medical College from 150 to 250, and for another 150 seats at the new medical college in Karur this year, he said.