Over 1100 medical students dropped out, 119 committed suicides in 5 years, reveals RTI data
Altogether 1166 medical students dropped out of their undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses, and 119 medical students committed suicide in the last five years, revealed the data obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application.
The data in this regard was shared by the National Medical Commission (NMC) while responding to an RTI application filed by a member of the United Doctors' Front (UDF).
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