Top NMC posts still lying vacant! Here's what Health Ministry said

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that as per the data available on the NMC website, apart from the PG Board of the Commission, the other Boards of the Commission currently do not have a President as all these posts are lying vacant.

Currently, the UG Board of NMC only has two part-time members. Similarly, the posts of whole-time members of NMC PGMEB are lying vacant, according to the data on the Commission's website. Similarly, the Medical Assessment and Rating Board and the Ethics Board of the Commission have only two and one part-time members respectively.

TNIE has reported that two of the five positions of PGMEB, three out of five positions of UGMEB are lying vacant. The Ethics Board of NMC also has three vacant posts.

Earlier, the Union Health Ministry had invited applications to fill up the vacant posts in the four Autonomous Boards of NMC. Applications were invited for the posts of President, Secretary, and members of the Commission, along with the key positions in the four boards under the NMC.

On this, Dr. Babu from Kerala pointed out that the Health Ministry took more than a year to make appointments to these posts. Vacant positions that had to be filled in 2023 were filled this year," Dr. Babu mentioned, adding that the Ministry invited applications for several posts in August even though the terms of many members were about to end on September 25.

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