250+ seats not included in NEET SS Counselling seat matrix, MCC pauses choice filling as doctors flag issue
New Delhi: Taking note of the fact that more than 250 super specialty seats of medical colleges had not been included earlier to the seat matrix, the Medical Counselling Committee, operative under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has paused the choice filling for the NEET SS counselling for some time.
Issuing notice in this regard, the DGHS stated, "In reference to few super speciality seats of colleges/institution not being added earlier to the seat matrix by them, MCC of DGHS is in the process of adding these colleges/institutes to the seat matrix. Hence the choice filling for Super Specialty will be paused for sometime so that these colleges/institutes may add these seats to the seat matrix."
This comes after the issue was flagged by doctors under the umbrella of Federation of Resident Doctors' Association and Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA).
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Writing to the DGHS, FORDA mentioned yesterday, "Around 250+ seats in several prestigious healthcare institutions viz. SGPGI (Lucknow), Army Hospital R & R (New Delhi), Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (New Delhi), Jaslok Super-Speciality Hospital (Mumbai), etc. have not been included currently. Seats from these institutions are included in the Round 1 of Counselling process every year & are always opted by Top Rankers in various specialities. For the current year, addition of these seats in Round 2 will essentially turn the Round 1 into a "Mock Round" as the Top Rankers will apply for upgradation in Round 2. Other than affecting candidates in the entire Merit List, this will lead to further complications in the already delayed Counselling process."
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