80 MD seats remain vacant after BFUHS conducts 5th round
Punjab: Seats remain vacant for PG Medical and UG Dental courses across Punjab. Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) recently conducted the 5th round of counselling schedule to fill the vacant seats.
The media report from Hindusthan Times suggest that PG Medical 5th round was conducted to fill up 80 vacant seats, and for UG Dental 5th round was conducted to fill up 601 vacant seats. However, most of the non-clinical seats in PG Medical are still left vacant. Whereas in UG Dental, most seats are vacant at private colleges. None of the eligible PG Medical candidates turned up for the counselling process, and only 8 candidates turned up for UG Dental counselling.
Expert suggests that the demand for non-clinical medical courses has reduced over a period of time. Non-clinical courses include anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology and community medicine. The private BDS colleges in the state have not been able to fulfil all the seats allotted to them. For the past 10 years, seats have remained vacant in private colleges, adds Hindustan Times.
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