Government service doctors get 54 per cent PG medical seats in Chennai

On the second day of counselling for post graduate medical and dental admissions, government service doctors got 54 per cent medical seats while non-service doctors got 45 per cent seats on Sunday.



Published: 21st May 2018 03:39 AM |
 

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By Express News Service

CHENNAI: On the second day of counselling for postgraduate medical and dental admissions, government service doctors got 54 per cent medical seats while non-service doctors got 45 per cent seats on Sunday.

As per the Selection Committee seat matrix, of the total 443 seats allotted on the day, service doctors managed to get 242 seats, or 54 per cent, while non-service doctors got 201 seats, or 45 per cent.
Counselling got delayed because of the marathon legal battle by service doctors and the government after Medical Council of India abolished 50 per cent reservation for government service candidates in PG medial admissions. Also, incentive marks are allowed only for doctors working in remote, difficult and rural areas. MCI made NEET-based admissions mandatory across the country.

A source said this could be because the State did not allow candidates who got seats under all India quota counselling. “In other States, State counselling was held before second round of all India quota counselling. But, only in Tamil Nadu its delayed. This also in a way benefitted the service candidates, else, most of the seats would have gone to non-service doctors. But, over all, service doctors would be affected this year as MCI abolished 50 per cent reservation for government doctors in PG medical admissions”.
Of the 1,344 candidates called for counselling on Sunday, 775 got seats in all India quota.

Heated arguments, protest mark second day of PG med counselling in Chennai
Candidates, who got admissions under all-India quota, demand seats during State counselling



Published: 21st May 2018 03:25 AM | Last Updated: 21st May 2018 03:25 AM | A+A A-


PG medical and dental counselling being held at Government Omandurar Hospital in the city on Sunday;



By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The second day of counselling for postgraduate medical and dental admissions began with ruckus after over 20 candidates who were allotted seats in all India quota counselling sat in a dharna demanding the Selection Committee to allot them seats in State counselling on Sunday.

The candidates also had a heated argument with officials and police, who were deployed at the venue.

The candidates who got seats through online postgraduate medical and dental seats allotment counselling conducted by the Directorate-General of Health Services also shouted slogans demanding that the State counselling be stopped. “The state should have begun the counselling after the first round of all India quota seats counselling was over. So, the candidates would surrender the taken seats and take part in the State counselling. But, the State conducted the counselling after two rounds of counselling for all India quota seats. Because of this, we could not participate,” said K Malini, a protester.

The NEET-based single window counselling for PG graduate medical and dental admissions for general category began at the Multi Super-Speciality Hospital at Omandurar Estate after being marred by a series of legal hurdles.

As per DGHS rules, candidates who did not vacate the seat within two days of second round of counselling for all India quota seats are not eligible to participate in the State counselling.“Also, as per the Supreme Court, candidates holding PG course MD/MS and MDS seat in round-I and round-2 of All India quota counselling are not eligible for participation in counselling to be conducted by State government,” said G Selvaraj, selection committee secretary.

Four sets of petitioners had moved the Madras High Court. The court gave an interim direction to Director of Medical Education to include the name of the petitioners in the Tamil Nadu State rank list and allow the petitioners to participate in the State counselling.

“As per SC order we cannot allot seats to the candidates. Also, as per the PG medical and dental admissions 2018-2019 prospectus, the candidates did not have original certificates,” said Selvaraj.
“I got a seat in Andhra Pradesh. I don’t want to study outside Tamil Nadu. I would have got a seat here, had I participated in the State counselling. We are made to suffer because the State started the counselling very late,” said another protester.

Sunday’s agenda

1,344 candidates called for counselling
443 seats allotted
414 candidates allotted seats in government colleges
29 candidates allotted seats in self-financing colleges
57 wait listed

Students go on flash protest inside counselling hall 

Special Correspondent 
 
CHENNAI, May 21, 2018 00:00 IST

PG medical students protest at Omandurar Government Medical College in Chennai on Sunday.R. RAGUR_Ragu
They wanted to participate in counselling for State-quota seats

A group of students staged a flash protest and squatted inside the counselling hall at the Omandurar Government Medical College here, the venue of post-graduate medical counselling, on Sunday.

The candidates, who had been allotted seats in the online counselling for All-India Quota (AIQ) seats, were upset that despite getting high marks they were not allowed to participate in the counselling for colleges in their home state.

Usually the State government conducts counselling immediately after the first round of counselling for AIQ seats.

The process was delayed this year as a set of candidates, who had graduated from private medical institutions, went to court protesting against the State’s rule to award additional marks to candidates who served in government hospitals.

On May 16, the Madras High Court ruled that candidates from urban health posts cannot be awarded extra marks. Following this, the Directorate of Medical Education released the merit list and counselling dates were announced.

The protest on Sunday was against the merit list which excluded students who had been allotted seats under AIQ. Three groups of such students had sought a court directive to allow them to participate in the counselling for State quota seats.

“The State should have conducted its first round of counselling after the first round of AIQ. They delayed it and we had to go for the second round of AIQ. We have higher scores than those participating in the counselling today but we are studying in other states,” complained a student.

Some candidates with higher scores had been allotted seats in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and even Assam. “We are willing to pay the penalty of Rs. 3 to Rs. 5 lakh that the college has asked,” said a student, who had been admitted to a college in Tirupati.

Selection Committee secretary G. Selvarajan said the students only had bonafide letters but not the original certificates and hence could not be allotted seats under the State quota.

No original certificates

The protesters had surrendered their original certificates to the colleges they had been admitted to.

The protesters squatted in the counselling hall and stalled the admission process. They later left the hall after the police were brought in.

On the first day of the counselling on Sunday, a total of 443 seats were allotted, including 29 in self-financing colleges.

The Selection Committee had called 1,344 candidates for counselling.

As many as 775 candidates have been allotted seats under AIQ.

Of the total 569 candidates eligible for counselling only 500 participated and 57 candidates have been wait-listed.

மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலிங்கில் டாக்டர்கள் ஆர்ப்பாட்டம்

Added : மே 21, 2018 01:55





சென்னை : முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கான கவுன்சிலிங் நடந்த, ஓமந்துாரார் அரசு பல்நோக்கு மருத்துவமனையில், டாக்டர்கள் ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்டனர்.

அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில் உள்ள, முதுநிலை மருத்துவப் படிப்பில், 981 இடங்கள் உள்ளன. இந்த இடங்களுக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை, கவுன்சிலிங், சென்னை, ஓமந்துாரார் மருத்துவமனையில் நடக்கிறது. இதை, தமிழக மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்கம் நடத்துகிறது. நேற்று முன்தினம் நடந்த, சிறப்பு பிரிவினருக்கான கவுன்சிலிங்கில், 14 பேருக்கு இடம் கிடைத்தது. நேற்று நடந்த, பொதுப் பிரிவினருக்கான கவுன்சிலிங்கிற்கு, 1,000க்கும் மேற்பட்டோர் அழைக்கப்பட்டனர்.

இந்நிலையில், அங்கு வந்த டாக்டர்கள் சிலர், அகில இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலிங்கில் பங்கேற்றோரையும், மாநில பொது கவுன்சிலிங்கில் பங்கேற்க அனுமதிக்க வேண்டும் எனக் கோரி, ஆர்ப்பாட்டத் தில் ஈடுபட்டனர். அவர்களிடம், மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்கக அதிகாரிகள் பேச்சு நடத்தினர். பின், டாக்டர்கள் கலைந்து சென்றனர். இதையடுத்து, கவுன்சிலிங் தொடர்ந்து நடந்தது.

443 PG medical aspirants get into govt, self-financing colleges

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: 21.05.2018

As the second day of counselling for PG medical and dental admissions concluded, 775 candidates have been allotted seats under the all-India quota. A total of 1,344 candidates were called for counselling.

Of the 569 candidates eligible in the state to attend the counselling, 69 were absentees.

By the end of the day, 443 seats were allotted across government and self-financing colleges in the state. Of these, 414 were in government institutions and 29 were in self-financing ones. So far, 57 candidates have been waitlisted.

The NEET-based single window counselling for PG medical admissions began on Saturday with the first day being reserved for persons with physical disabilities.

Counselling for general category candidates began on Sunday and will go on till May 22.

14 receive admission on first day of Tamil Nadu PG medical counselling
Tamil Nadu PG, MD and diploma medical counselling started on Saturday and 14 candidates were admitted into various programmes on the first day.



Published: 20th May 2018 02:34 AM |  


Counselling for persons-with-disability students aspiring for PG medical college admissions at Government Omandarur Hospital on Saturday | Martin Louis

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu PG, MD and diploma medical counselling started on Saturday and 14 candidates were admitted into various programmes on the first day. The first day of counselling was reserved for people with disabilities. Counselling for general category will start on Monday.“We had called 23 candidates on Saturday. Four were absent and five opted out; 14 students were admitted into various PG courses,” said G Selvaraj, secretary, selection committee. However only candidates with 40 to 70 per cent disability in the lower limb were allowed to participate in the counselling.

“Doctors usually need to have functional upper body and need good vision, hearing and speaking abilities. So, we usually allow only candidates with lower limb disability to participate,” he said adding that candidates whose disability was less than 40 per cent were supposed to contest along with general category. A team of doctors examined the candidates and their certificates on Saturday morning to test them for eligibility.

A majority of the candidates with disabilities chose specialities such as general medicine, dermatology or pediatrics that would require them to move about less, the secretary explained adding that one candidate even opted for orthopedics this year.A total of 1,103 PG seats are available this year. Out of this, 864 seats are for government colleges, 122 seats in private colleges and 117 seats were returned from All India quota. There are 15 PG colleges in the State.

May 18
Last date for online applications
May 19 - 24
Sorting of applications
May 25
Announcement on accepted/ rejected applications on school notice board
May 28
Random selection if number of RTE applicants exceed 25 per cent quota
May 29
List of selected candidates to be released along with list of five
wait-listed candidates for each seat
June 4
Admission of selected candidates

Pondy varsities asked to admit students ‘illegally denied entry’

Bosco.Dominique@timesgroup.com

Puducherry: 20.05.2018

The director general of health sciences (DGHS),NewDelhi,on Saturday directed the four deemed universities in Puducherry to accommodate 28 students who were ‘illegally denied admission’intothe postgraduate medical courses offered by them duetotheir inability to pay ‘exorbitant fees’ demandedby them.

DGHS’ directive came following an order by the Madras high court in favour of the 28 students (petitioners), said counsel of the petitionersVBRMenon.

DGHS member secretary B Srinivas, in an official correspondence dated May 19, directedthefour deemeduniversities — Arupadai Veedu Medical College, Vinayaka Mission Medical College, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute and Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Science in Puducherry – to ‘admit the students against the vacancies in their respective colleges'. He also enclosed copies of the Madras high court order for their perusal.

“After completion of DGHS mop-up round of PG seats 2018, any seat remaining vacant thereafter will be transferred/reverted back to respective deemed/central universities and the allotment against these transferred/reverted seats will be done by the concerned universities at their own level. You are therefore requested to adjust these students (petitioners) against the vacancies at your respective colleges as per the availability under intimation of the undersigned (DGHS member secretary B Srinivas) for further intimation to the Medical Council of India,” said Srinivas in the official correspondence to the four deemeduniversities.

Srinivas also directed Menon to intimate the petitionersto approachthe medical colleges concerned for their admission intothe postgraduate medical courses after the completion of the mop-up counselling by the DGHS.

DGHS also markedcopies of its correspondence to MCI secretary and the Union government’s standing counsel in theMadrashighcourt.

There are widespread complaints that the deemed universitieshavebeen charging exorbitant fees (more than ₹45 lakh per annum) for postgraduate medical courses.

Counselling for PG med and dental courses begins

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: 20.05.2018

After being marred by legal hurdles, the NEET-based single window counselling for post-graduate medical and dental admissions began on Saturday.

The first day of admissions were reserved for people with physical disability. Twenty-three candidates, who had applied under ‘orthopaedically physically disabled quota’ were called for medical examination and counselling at 11am. As per the selection committee, of the 19 people who turned up 14 —including nine service candidates — were allotted seats in various government colleges. “We allotted seats after approval from the medical board. Five of them opted out,” said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

Counselling will go on till Tuesday (Sunday included) for medical courses and on Wednesday and Friday for MDS courses. There are 981 PG degree and diploma medical seats across 15 government colleges This year, 10,576 students applied for counselling. The rank list was released based on PG-NEET scores and incentives were awarded to candidates based on a government order framed on the advice of a sixmember committee. 4% of marks over their NEET score for every year, not exceeding 30%.

21 govt seats in PG med courses vacant

Puducherry:

Twenty-one government seats and 24 management seats in postgraduate medical courses in three private colleges and hospitals in Puducherry remained vacant after the mop-up counselling of the Centralised admission committee (Centac).

There are 84 government seats and 81 management seats in a government medical college and three private medical colleges in Puducherry. All the seats in the government medical college including the all-India seats surrenderedtothestate quota had been filled.

The committee had earlier reserved a government seat (general medicine) in a private college following a direction from the Madras High Court. It furnished the merit lists of students in the ratio of 1:10 to the three private colleges to enable them to fill the vacant government and management seats. TNN

முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கு இன்று கவுன்சிலிங்

Added : மே 19, 2018 05:36



சென்னை: முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கான கவுன்சிலிங், இன்று(மே 19) துவங்குகிறது.

தமிழகத்தில், அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில், எம்.டி., - எம்.எஸ்., - எம்.டி.எஸ்., ஆகிய முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை கவுன்சிலிங், சென்னை, ஓமந்துாரார் அரசு பல்நோக்கு மருத்துவமனை வளாகத்தில், இன்று துவங்கி, 23ம் தேதி வரை நடக்கிறது. இன்று, சிறப்பு பிரிவினருக்கான கவுன்சிலிங்கும், நாளை முதல், பொதுப் பிரிவினருக்கான கவுன்சிலிங்கும் நடக்கிறது.

மருத்துவ கல்வி இயக்ககம் வெளியிட்ட தரவரிசை பட்டியலில், 10 ஆயிரத்து, 108 பேர் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளனர்.

Madras HC okays PG medical course admissions with clauses

No weightage (incentive marks) shall be given to candidates coming under the A3 category (doctors who had done specialisation, working in emergency and critical care units), the bench made it clear.



Published: 18th May 2018 03:56 AM

Madras HC (File | PTI)

By Express News Service

CHENNAI : A vacation bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to complete the process of selection of candidates for PG degree/diploma courses in medicine and proceed with the admission for 2018-19 before May 31 on the basis of the Supreme Court directions and orders of the government. No weightage (incentive marks) shall be given to candidates coming under the A3 category (doctors who had done specialisation, working in emergency and critical care units), the bench made it clear.

“Although it appears that the committee, which had recommended the categorisation, might not have considered certain parameters laid down by the Supreme Court, the basis adopted by it cannot completely be held as wholly extraneous and uncalled for. In the above circumstances, we hold that in order to complete the admission process of the PG degree/diploma courses, the categorisation, as provided in the impugned GOs, sans A(3) shall be construed to be valid for the purpose of admission for the academic year 2018-19,” the bench said.

The bench was partly allowing a writ appeal from the State government challenging the single judge order dated April 18 last and disposing of the writ petitions on the issue, on Thursday.
The bench also directed the government to include a retired judge of the High Court in the expert committee, which was constituted to identify the categorisation of difficult, remote and rural areas, as directed by the Supreme Court.

Each time such an identification and categorisation takes place, it is always put to challenge by the aggrieved sections, who were omitted to be included or sections which are held not entitled and thereby the admission process gets completely derailed every academic year. In such an event, the courts are forced to pass orders more on the basis of expediency only to protect the interest of the public at large. 

To avoid such recurrence in future towards categorisation of doctors who are employed in the remote, difficult and rural areas for the purpose of benefit of additional weightage, as envisaged in proviso to sub-clause IV of Regulation 9 of the Medical Council of India, the committee may be headed by a retired judge of the High Court.

This is more so, when repeatedly such an identification or categorisation is challenged in the legal forum so that the experts, who are part of the committee, will have the benefit of legal acumen from the judge concerned while making the recommendations for identifying the areas in tune with the provisions of the MCI and the directions of the apex court, the bench said and hoped that the government would bear this in mind while constituting any further committee/s for future academic years in respect of admissions to PG degree/diploma courses.

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To avoid such recurrence in future towards categorisation of doctors who are employed in the remote areas for the purpose of benefit of weightage, as envisaged in proviso to sub-clause IV of Regulation 9 of the Medical Council of India
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HC permits grant of marks to government doctors 

Special Correspondent 
 
CHENNAI, May 18, 2018 00:00 IST

‘Don’t give the benefit to those working in urban hospitals’

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday permitted the State government to go ahead with postgraduate medical admissions for 2018-19 by providing incentive marks to government doctors working in rural, remote and hilly areas. It, however, held such marks should not be granted to those working in urban government hospitals just because they had been posted in trauma, accident, emergency or neonatal intensive care units.

Justices V. Parthiban and P.D. Audikesavalu passed the order while partly allowing a writ appeal preferred by the State government against a judgment passed by a single judge who had quashed two Government Orders, related to the provision of incentive marks, on the ground that almost the entire State had been classified as either rural, remote or hilly area in an attempt to give an edge to in-service candidates as opposed to other meritorious candidates.

Authoring the judgment for the Bench, Mr. Justice Parthiban said the categorisation adopted by the State government on the basis of the recommendations made by an expert committee did not appear to be strictly falling in line with Regulation 9 (iv) of the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, issued by the Medical Council of India and the directions issued by the Supreme Court with respect to giving weightage to government doctors. The judge pointed out that the MCI regulations provided for giving incentive marks at the rate of 10% of the marks obtained by in-service candidates in the NEET for each year of service in remote or difficult areas up to maximum of 30% of the marks obtained by them in the test.

The regulations permit the State government concerned to define the remote and difficult areas from time to time.

The Bench suggested that the committee could be headed by a retired High Court judge.

The regulations permit the State government to define the remote and difficult areas from time to time

HC bars incentive marks for govt docs in critical care units

Sureshkumar.K@timesgroup.com

Chennai:  18.05.2018

The Madras high court has permitted the state government to go ahead with admission to PG medical courses but made it clear that incentive marks for in-service candidates could notbeextendedtodoctors working in emergency andcritical care units. Though many other states have completed the process well ahead of the SCmandated May 31 deadline, the process remains stuck in Tamil Naduover the government’sdecision to extend incentive marks benefits to doctors serving in emergency and critical careunitsin cities aswell.

“The government is directed to complete the selection process and proceed with the admission as indicated in the schedule for the academic year 2018-19. It is made clear that the weightage(incentive)by wayof additional marks ought not to beextendedtoA3category (doctors working in emergency and criticalcareunits)which, as per theearlier conclusion,is notentitledtosuchbenefit,” ruled a division bench of Justice V Parthiban andJusticePDAudikesavaluon Thursday.

The court also mooted appointmentof a retiredjudgeof the high court to head the expert committee mandated to identify ‘remote’ and‘difficult’ service stations entitled to claim incentive marks for serving government doctors aspiring to join PG medicalcourses.

As per PG medical admission norms, government doctors serving in remote and difficult areas areentitledtoincentive marks, to the maximum of 10% of their PG-NEET marks with30% asceiling.

A batch of pleas moved by a group of in-service candidates assailed the government orders on remote and difficult service areas. Allowing their pleas, a single judge quashed the GOs and directed the government to redocategorisation basedon geographical factors only. Aggrieved, the state filed the present appeal.

அவசர சிகிச்சை ஊக்க மதிப்பெண் இல்லை: ஐகோர்ட் உத்தரவு

Added : மே 17, 2018 23:04

சென்னை, அவசர சிகிச்சை பிரிவில் பணியாற்றும் மருத்துவர்களுக்கு, முதுநிலை படிப்புக்கான ஊக்க மதிப்பெண் வழங்கும் அரசாணையை ரத்து செய்து, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.மருத்துவ முதுநிலை படிப்புக்கான சேர்க்கையின் போது, தொலைதுாரம் மற்றும் எளிதில் செல்ல முடியாத பகுதியில் பணிபுரியும் மருத்துவர்களுக்கு, 10 முதல், 30 சதவீதம் வரை, ஊக்க மதிப்பெண் வழங்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது.இதில், தொலைதுாரம், செல்ல முடியாத பகுதி, கடினமான பகுதி எது என்பதை வரையறை செய்து, மார்ச், 23ல், தமிழக அரசு ஆணை பிறப்பித்தது.இதில், உண்மையிலேயே தொலைதுாரப் பகுதிகளில் பணியாற்றும் மருத்துவர்களுக்கு, பலன் கிடைக்கவில்லை எனக் கூறி, அரசு மருத்துவர்கள் பிரவீன், மகேஷ், ரமேஷ்குமார் உட்பட சிலர், சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் வழக்கு தொடர்ந்தனர்.விசாரித்த தனி நீதிபதி, தமிழக அரசு பிறப்பித்த ஆணையை, ரத்து செய்து உத்தரவிட்டார்.தனி நீதிபதி உத்தரவை எதிர்த்து, சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில், தமிழக அரசு மேல்முறையீடு செய்தது. இந்த வழக்கு, நீதிபதிகள் பார்த்திபன், ஆதிகேசவலு முன் விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது.அரசு தரப்பில், கூடுதல் தலைமை வழக்கறிஞர் மணிசங்கர், அரசு வழக்கறிஞர் ராஜகோபாலன் ஆஜராகினர். மனுதாரர்கள் தரப்பில், மூத்த வழக்கறிஞர் வில்சன் ஆஜரானார்.நீதிபதிகள் பிறப்பித்த உத்தரவு:தொலைதுார பகுதிகள் மற்றும் எளிதில் செல்ல முடியாத பகுதிகளில் பணியாற்றும், அரசு மருத்துவர்களுக்கு, முதுநிலை படிப்பில் சேர்வதற்கான ஊக்க மதிப்பெண் வழங்கும் விதிகள் செல்லும்.மேலும், மாவட்ட அரசு தலைமை மருத்துவமனை, தாலுகா மருத்துவமனைகளின் அவசர சிகிச்சை பிரிவு, பச்சிளம் குழந்தைப் பிரிவுகளில் பணியாற்றும் அரசு மருத்துவர்கள், இந்த ஊக்க மதிப்பெண்களை பெற முடியாது. இந்த சலுகை, உச்ச நீதிமன்ற உத்தரவுக்கு எதிராக உள்ளது.இது தொடர்பாக வெளியிட்ட அரசாணையில், குறிப்பிட்ட இந்தப் பகுதியை மட்டும் ரத்து செய்கிறோம்.எதிர்காலத்தில், இதுபோன்ற பிரச்னைகளை தவிர்க்க, ஊக்க மதிப்பெண் வழங்கும் பகுதிகளை கண்டறிய, உயர் நீதிமன்ற ஓய்வு பெற்ற நீதிபதி தலைமையில் குழு அமைக்க வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு நீதிபதிகள் உத்தரவிட்டனர்.

PG counselling Mop up round 2018

PG NEET aspirants wary of seat blockers and 'seats sale' scams

The seat-blockers opt for seats during the centralised counselling process but relinquish the seat at the last moment.

Published: 06th May 2018 04:52 AM | 
 
By Sadaf Aman
Express News Service

HYDERABAD: Ahead of the second round of counseling for Post Graduate NEET seats is scheduled, aspirants fear that their chances of getting any good seats will be marred by the clandestine attempts to manipulate PG medical seat allotments.

The practice, in common parlance termed as seat-blocking, prevents deserving candidates from gaining admission to good colleges. The seat-blockers opt for seats during the centralised counselling process but relinquish the seat at the last moment.

With the first round of counselling for management quota seats over on May 2, and the second round happening on May 8, aspirants suspect, candidates with high ranks from other states in collusion with agents, block seats under management quota in private medical colleges and post the second round leave them. Often, the seat blocking is a part of undercover financial deals.

As per the rulebook, since there are only two rounds of counselling in the management quota, the seats that are not taken the post the second round of counselling get converted into NRI quota. These seats can be sold to any candidate at a price decided by the private college managements which often runs into crores.

Junior doctors also alleged the role of the private institution in such scams, which eventually stand to make big bucks from the conversion of seats. "In the absence of a mop-up round, all seats that not taken are converted into NRI quota and deserving candidates lose out on seats that they otherwise would have got. On each NRI seat private colleges make three times the money on each seat they otherwise make under management quota," explained Dr K Srinivas, member, Telangana Junior Doctors Joint Action Committee.

A candidate, who wished to remain anonymous said, "Such cartels between agents, students and private colleges not only take a toll on the genuine claims for seats of their choice, in worst cases, force some aspirants have to wait for another year to score a seat."

Another aspirant said that while some seats genuinely are left vacant, the agents and colleges plan it in a way that it is not very visible. "Why would an 8,000 or 9,000 ranker want to take a seat in lower grade college and in not so popular stream when they can get better? Students can often make out which seat are not going taken by genuine candidates but we don't have proof," said the aspirant.

As per rules, a total of 50 per-cent of seats are earmarked for all India quota and the remaining for the State quota.

‘Delhi student blocking seat in TS, AP’

Meanwhile, Dr K. Mahesh Kumar, president, Healthcare Reforms Doctors Associations (HRDA) told Express that a PG aspirant from Delhi who has secured 9,098 rank has been found to be blocking seats in both AP and Telangana. While he submitted his certificates for verification to Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences by 30 April, he also participated in first round counselling by KNRUHS.

"When his name did not feature in the list of candidates who did not report to NTRUHS, it was confirmed. The same person can not submit original certificates at both places. Either college authorities colluded with him or he fooled the universities with fake certificates. In either case, a formal complaint will be sent to KNRUHS and MCI," said Dr Kumar.

If found guilty, as per the MCI rules, the candidates would be barred from counselling for three years and may also be booked for criminal cases amounting to cheating.

முதுநிலை மருத்துவம் : நாளை இறுதி கவுன்சிலிங்

Added : மே 15, 2018 22:37

சென்னை: முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கான, அகில இந்திய கவுன்சிலிங் நாளை நடக்க உள்ளது. நாடு முழுவதும் உள்ள, அரசு மற்றும் தனியார் மருத்துவ கல்லுாரிகளில், அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டில் உள்ள, முதுநிலை மருத்துவ இடங்களுக்கானகான கவுன்சிலிங், மார்ச், 27ல் துவங்கியது. இரண்டு கட்டங்களாக கவுன்சிலிங் நடந்தது. இதில், நிரம்பாத இடங்கள், மாநில ஒதுக்கீட்டிற்கு திரும்பின.இந்நிலையில், சுயநிதி கல்லுாரிகளில் உள்ள, அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டு இடங்களுக்கான இறுதி கட்ட கவுன்சிலிங், 'ஆன்லைன்' வழியே, நாளை நடக்க உள்ளது.

இதற்கான முடிவுகள், நாளை மறுநாள் வெளியிடப்படுகிறது. இதில் நிரம்பாத இடங்கள், கல்லுாரிகளிடம் சமர்ப்பிக்கப்படும்.

117 PG medical seats returned to Tamil Nadu

TNN | Updated: May 9, 2018, 09:44 IST

CHENNAI: Out of 823 post-graduate medical seats that Tamil Nadu had surrendered to the Centre’s Director-General of Health Services (DGHS), a total of 117 have found no takers and hence returned to the state pool.

The number of seats returned to the state this year is much lower than those returned in 2017, when DGHS returned 335 out of 760 seats.

Tamil Nadu has a total of 1,646 PG medical seats at government-run medical colleges, and 823 seats were surrendered to the DGHS in March 2018 for centralised online counselling. At the end of two rounds of counselling and mop up counselling conducted by the DGHS, these 117 PG medical seats in different specialities found no takers, and hence returned to the state pool on April 23.

Now, there will be 940 PG medical seats available under the state quota in government colleges. In addition to these 940, there will seats from self-financing colleges, said state selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

While the DGHS has completed the procedure and some other states are in different stages of counselling, Tamil Nadu is yet to announce the date for counselling, as a government order detailing state policy on incentive marks for inservice candidates was struck down by Madras high court. The state is now waiting for a certified copy of the order so as to go on appeal to the Supreme Court.

In 2017, the postgraduate admission process was entangled in a legal battle at the high court. Admissions had to be cancelled and the process was stalled twice. The state government had given 50% of the seats to the all-India quota and reserved half of the remaining seats to doctors working with the government.

This year, a six-member committee under Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporationchairman P Umanath used “hybrid” methods to work out difficult and remote areas based on terrain, doctor-patient ratio and vacancies in the government hospitals. It prescribed two groups that will receive benefits. The category A will receive 100% of the maximum permissible incentive marks – 10% of marks over and above their NEET score for every year, not exceeding 30%. The second group, category B, will receive 40% of the maximum permissible incentive marks – 4% of marks over and above their NEET score for every year, not exceeding 30%.

The court said the apex court had already said categories should be based on geographical locations and that the government policy was not in line with the Medical Council of India guidelines.

The state health officials said they would once again move the Supreme Court to admit students based on the government order. However, if apex court also strikes it down, the state may have to redo the order and complete admission process before the May 31 deadline. “We are racing against time because we have been told getting deadline extended is difficult, but we want to ensure the state policy is not harmed,” said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe.

முதுநிலை மருத்துவம்: 117 இடங்கள் தமிழகத்துக்கு ஒப்படைப்பு

By DIN  |   Published on : 12th May 2018 02:14 AM  | 

முதுநிலை மருத்துவப் படிப்புகளுக்கான அகில இந்திய கலந்தாய்வில் நிரம்பாத 117 இடங்கள் தமிழக ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்காக மீண்டும் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
எம்.டி., எம்.எஸ்., எம்.டி.எஸ் ஆகிய முதுநிலைப் படிப்புகளுக்கும், முதுநிலை டிப்ளமோ படிப்புகளுக்குமான அகில இந்தியக் கலந்தாய்வு மார்ச் 27-இம் தேதி முதல் நடைபெற்று வருகிறது. 
இறுதிக்கட்டக் கலந்தாய்வு மே 17-ஆம் தேதி நடைபெற உள்ள நிலையில், அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டில் நிரம்பாத இடங்கள் மீண்டும் தமிழக ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்காக ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
தமிழகத்தில் 1,646 முதுநிலை இடங்கள் உள்ளன. அவற்றில் 50 சதவீத இடங்கள், அதாவது 823 இடங்கள் அகில இந்திய ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்காகச் சமர்ப்பிக்கப்பட்டது. கலந்தாய்வு முடிவில் 117 இடங்கள் மீண்டும் தமிழகத்துக்கு ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. இது கடந்த ஆண்டைக் காட்டிலும் குறைவாகும். கடந்த ஆண்டு 335 இடங்கள் தமிழகத்துக்கு மீண்டும் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
கலந்தாய்வு தாமதம்: முதுநிலை மருத்துவக் கலந்தாய்வில் அரசு மருத்துவர்களுக்குச் சலுகை மதிப்பெண் வழங்கும் வகையில் தமிழக அரசு வெளியிட்ட அரசாணையைச் சென்னை உயர்நீதிமன்றம் ரத்து செய்தது. அரசு மருத்துவர்களுக்கு 50 சதவீதம் இடஒதுக்கீடு வழங்க முடியாது என்று உச்சநீதிமன்றமும் தீர்ப்பளித்தது. இந்த வழக்குகள் காரணமாக மார்ச் மாதம் தொடங்க வேண்டிய தமிழக இடங்களுக்கான முதுநிலை கலந்தாய்வு இதுவரை தொடங்கவில்லை. 
ஆனால், உச்சநீதிமன்ற உத்தரவின்படி முதுநிலை மருத்துவப் படிப்புக்கான அகில இந்திய மற்றும் மாநிலங்களின் கலந்தாய்வு மே 30-ஆம் தேதிக்குள் நிறைவடைய வேண்டும்.
இந்நிலையில், அரசு மருத்துவர்களுக்கு கூடுதல் இடங்களை வழங்கும் நோக்கில் சலுகை மதிப்பெண் வழங்கும் விவகாரம் தொடர்பாக உச்சநீதிமன்றத்தை அணுக தமிழக அரசு முடிவு செய்துள்ளதாக மருத்துவக் கல்வி இயக்கக அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்தனர்.

HC reserves verdict in PG admissions case 

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


State appealed against quashing of orders on incentive marks

The Madras High Court on Friday reserved its judgment on a writ appeal preferred by the State government against a single judge’s order declaring as illegal two government orders issued on March 9 and 23 with respect to classification of work places of government doctors as remote and hilly areas and consequently giving preference to them in postgraduate admissions.

A Division Bench of Justices V. Parthiban and P.D. Audikesavalu deferred their verdict after hearing marathon arguments advanced till 7 pm by a battery of lawyers, including Additional Advocate General C. Manishankar representing the government and senior counsel P. Wilson, Nalini Chidambaram and advocate G. Sankaran representing the candidates.

At the fag end of the arguments, Ms. Chidambaram brought to the notice of the court that her client had filed a case in the Supreme Court too to ensure that the government did not give undue weightage to medical officers in government service in PG admissions much to the disadvantage of private doctors who would otherwise get seats on merit.

She said that her client had planned to file an additional affidavit in the apex court stating that another Division Bench of the High Court had heard the State government’s writ appeal last week and stated that it would dismiss the appeal. Nevertheless, to his surprise the appeal had got listed once again for hearing before the present Division Bench, she added.

However, after perusing the docket of the case bundles, the judges pointed out that there was no such mention by the previous Division Bench, which had simply adjourned the hearing by a week.

Immediately, the AAG told the court that Ms. Chidambaram’s client might have gone by wrong news reports carried in the media regarding orders having been reserved in the case.

To this, she said that her client was present in the court last week and he was witness to the judges having said that they would dismiss the appeal.

But the judges said that it would not be wise to go by the statement of a litigant when so many advocates had conducted the case and the docket did not show any sign of the previous Bench having made any such an observation.

It would not be wise to go by the statement of a litigant

Judges