Kerala likely to lose 250 medical seats after MCI inspection

Biggest concern over this scenario is the future of students admitted, especially to Manjeri and Idukki medical colleges. Both these colleges have a high proportion of students from the backward communities.

Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association state president and MCI member Dr K Mohanan said there was a possibility of the state losing about 250 seats. “Though the state government had given an undertaking to the MCI twice, nothing has been done. The government has not taken any steps to create new posts or improve the infrastructure. No deficiency as pointed out by the MCI has been corrected,” he said. He also doubted if a third undertaking would be accepted, as reported by

Express.

Kerala Government Post Graduate Medical Teachers Association state president Dr Ajith Prasad J S raised concern over the students admitted to Medical Colleges in unrecognised seats. “Once the course is completed, they will find it difficult to register with the authorities concerned and practice as doctors,” he said.

Though the government has started new medical colleges, it has done nothing to provide the  infrastructure or recruit the needed faculty, he alleged.