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Contemplating a solution for faculty shortage, the Union Health Ministry is open to faculty sharing between medical colleges as it plans to add 10,000 new medical seats in the upcoming academic year i.e. 2025-2026, Business Standard has reported.
While speaking about this possibility, the Union Health Secretary Punya Salia Srivastava said that several experts had given recommendations to expand the faculty pool by permitting the sharing of the faculties between the medical colleges, especially in non-clinical subjects.
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Taking cognizance of the several allegations raised concerning medical students, their training and the functioning of the institute, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed the DY Patil Medical College, Pune to look into the matter and furnish an action taken report within a week.
This comes after the Commission received a complaint alleging several deficiencies in the medical college including infrastructure and space constraints, irregularities and financial concerns, stipend deductions, issues with the district residency programme, deficiencies in medical training and patient care, and concerns regarding surgical training.
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Submitting a progress report on the regulations under the Graduate Medical Education Regulations (Amendment), 2019 on March 3, 2025, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has informed the Apex Court that the Commission has engaged in discussions around various concept related to the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in the medical profession, Education Times has reported.
As per the Daily, these discussions held by NMC focused on balancing the competencies required for medical practice with accommodations required for individuals with disabilities.
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Through a recent circular, the Maharashtra Public Health Department has declared that biometric attendance will be mandatory for all medical officers and staff at government medical colleges and hospitals starting from April 1, 2025.
Additionally, they are also required to complete their online biometric registration on the official portal by March 31, 2025, as salary payments will only be disbursed based on biometric or face-reading attendance records.
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