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PG medical course admissions date extended to Jan 14: DGHS informs HC
Recently, the Director General of Health Services informed the Madras High Court about its decision of extending the deadline for Post-graduate medical admissions through NEET PG exam until January 14, 2023.
Previously the apex medical body, National Medical Commission had fixed that PG medical admission process should be completed within December 2, 2022.
The submission from DGHS has come while the HC bench comprising Justice CV Karthikeyan was considering petitions filed by two private medical colleges who sought directions to the Selection Committee for sending a list of meritorious candidates from the State rank for filling up the vacant seats.
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NEET PG Admissions Deadline Extended Till January 14, 2023, DGHS Informs Madras HC
UGC asks universities to let students pursue dual-degree programmes at the same time
Universities across the country have been asked by the UGC to prepare a mechanism that will help students in pursuing two full-time academic programmes concurrently.
In April 2022, the commission unveiled the guidelines for pursuing dual-degree programmes.
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Andhra Pradesh govt aims to provide quality free medical treatment to all, says health minister
Andhra Pradesh Government and CM Jagan Mohan Reddy aim to give access to quality free medical treatment to everyone, Medical and health minister Vidadala Rajani.
She interacted with the kidney patients at Haripuram Dialysis Center, after inspecting the construction work of the Kidney Research Centre.
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Strict checking of documents to be sought at early stage
Medical aspirants have demanded that there is an urgent need to strengthen checking system to detect mischiefs that uses illegal ways to get admission in the medical colleges. This came after the inclident of Atal Medical Research University (AMRU), Mandi where the university failed to detect forged documents produced by students during counselling to secure admission in MBBS course.
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Bihar doctors challenge lateral entry in super- speciality departments
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