NMC warns against Fake Renewal Permission letter issued to GR Medical College for 2nd MBBS batch, details

New Delhi: Amidst the media reports suggesting that the National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted the renewal permission to GR Medical College, Mangaluru for its second batch (2022-2023) of MBBS Course with 150 seats, NMC has clarified that the letter issued to the medical college in this regard is forged/fake.

Issuing a Public Notice in this regard on Wednesday, the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of NMC addressed the letter of renewal of permission and further mentioned, "It has come to the notice of Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of National Medical Commission (NMC) that a forged/fake letter dated 13.09.2023 has been issued to G R Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Karnataka towards renewal of permission for MBBS course for 2 nd Batch (1 st Renewal) for the AY 2022-23."

NMC through the notice dated 20.09.2023 clarified that the Member/President of MARB of NMC has not issued the concerned letter and therefore it cannot be considered as valid permission.

"lt is clarified that the above said letter has not been issued by the Member/President, MARB of NMC. Hence, this letter is forged/fake and cannot be considered as a valid permission from Medical Assessment and Rating Board, National Medical Commission," read the NMC notice issued by the Under Secretary of MARB.

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Therefore, the Apex Medical Commission warned, "The above facts are brought to the notice of all stakeholders concerned and general public to not take any action based on the fake/forged letter. Appropriate action is being taken in the matter in accordance with the law."

A copy of the NMC notice has also been sent to the Dean/Principal of G.R Medical College Hospital & Research, Director of Medical Education, Karnataka, and the Registrar of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) among others.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that writing to the Health and Family Welfare Department, the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of NMC informed that the college was granted permission for the establishment in 2021-2022 with an annual intake of 150 MBBS seats. However, the Commission reportedly disapproved the proposal seeking permission for a second batch during the academic year 2022-2023.

As per the communication from NMC, the disapproval was issued on the basis of the assessment of the college by MARB on September 5 and September 6, 2022. However, despite NMC's disapproval, the college allegedly admitted students.

Referring to this, NMC mentioned in the letter, "However, the college illegally and arbitrarily admitted 150 MBBS students for 2022-23 without valid permission."