Pune's Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College faces Shortage of Faculty, Infrastructure Gaps

Despite enrolling its first batch of MBBS students four years ago, the hospital still lacks essential facilities such as an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and functioning operating theatres (OTs), both of which are critical for patient care and hands-on student learning. Adding to the burden, the hospital also faces a deficiency of nursing and sanitation personnel, while the college itself lacks sufficient laboratory facilities and medical equipment necessary for standard teaching, reports the Daily.

Since January this year, both the National Medical Commission (NMC), India's medical education regulatory authority and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) have served multiple notices to the institution. These communications questioned the college's compliance with regulatory norms and warned of potential withdrawal of approval and cancellation of affiliation.