Health Bulletin 20/ November/ 2024
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In August this year, the 'National Task Force on Mental Health and Well-being of Medical Students', set up by the National Medical Commission (NMC) opined in its report that seat-leaving bonds and compulsory rural service bonds should be abolished. As an alternative to the seat-leaving bond, the Task Force has suggested prohibiting such students from applying to medical colleges for twenty-four months from the date of leaving.
Doctors taking admission to postgraduate medical courses in Rajasthan government medical colleges will have to execute a service bond of Rs 25 lakh at the time of admission with an assurance of serving the government for two years after completion of the courses. Moreover, the doctors will also have to execute a surety bond of Rs 10 lakh assuring not to leave the seats midway.
These conditions have been specified in the Instruction Booklet for admission to State Medical PG Seats (MD/MS/Post MBBS DNB/Post MBBS Diploma) Allotments 2024.
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Seeking an increase in the MBBS course fees for the 2022-2025 academic years, the private medical colleges in Tamil Nadu have filed a plea before the Madras High Court bench.
While considering the plea by TN Self-Financing Medical Colleges Association, the HC bench of Justices D Krishnakumar and PB Balaji has issued notice to the State Government and the Committee for Fixation of Fee for the private medical colleges. The association prayed that an order passed in this regard by the fee panel be revoked, TNIE has reported.
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The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is going to conduct the National Eligibility and Entrance Test-Graduate (NEET UG) Special Stray Vacancy Round online as some seats are still lying vacant due to non-joining/non-reporting after the completion of the stray vacancy round of UG counselling 2024.
As per the notice in this regard, all the NEET UG eligible candidates who are registered with MCC with payment of fees are hereby informed that some seats are still lying vacant due to Non-Joining/Non-Reporting after the completion of Stray Vacancy Round of UG counselling 2024. Therefore, the competent authority has decided to conduct a Special Stray Vacancy Round for the vacant seats in an online mode so that the precious medical seats do not go to waste.
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