Govt forms High-level Committee after NMC cancels MBBS, PG Medical admissions at private institutes

Hyderabad: Following the National Medical Commission's (NMC) decision of cancelling UG and PG medical seats in 3 private medical colleges in Telangana, now the State Government has come forward to solve the matter and it has appointed a high-level committee in this regard.

The three-member High-level committee includes Director Medical Education (DME), secretary health department and vice-chancellor of the Kalolji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), reports TOI.

Apart from this, after receiving a representation from the affected students, the State Health Minister has decided to write to the Apex Medical body to find a solution at the earliest.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that following a surprise inspection, the National Medical Commission (NMC) recently cancelled MBBS and PG medical admissions in three private medical colleges in the State resulting in a huge decrease in the total number of seats.

While MBBS and postgraduate courses has been cancelled at MNR Medical College and Hospital, Sangareddy, in the case of Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences, Vikarabad, the Apex Medical Regulator has cancelled the PG medical seats.

Speaking to the daily, the VC has clarified that he has not received any communication from NMC in this regard and stated, "There are no directions or orders to us. The students need not worry about their careers. If at all the seats get cancelled, the State government would take care of the students' interests."

Meanwhile, after the students met the State Health Minister on Tuesday, the State Government has come forward and it has appointed a high level committee to oversee the matter. Apart from this, the State Health Minister has further decided to write to the NMC in an attempt to reach a solution for the 520 students, whose admissions are at stake, adds the Times of India.

The daily adds that in case the cancellation of admission is not revoked, the State Health Department will urge the Apex Medical Body to allow relocating the students in the same location, so that they are not given an alternative seat in a different district.

Mentioning that the State Health authorities have been in touch with NMC even before the announcement of the decision, a highly placed source told TOI, "The government feels that t would not make sense to withdraw MBBS and PG Medical seats in the first year after admissions are complete and classes have started. If admissions are cancelled now, adjusting 450 MBBS students and 70 PG students is not going to be easy. It might mean that students have to go to different places, which needs to be prevented. In addition, students enrolled in the B, NRI quota have also paid the full course fee."

Apart from questioning the future of the students, the decision of NMC has put a big question mark regarding the fees already spent by the students. Around half the students have paid 11 lakh to 20 lakh in fees, having secured admissions.

Although the State Health Department assured NMC that it will give directions to the medical colleges in question to rectify the deficiencies, even the admitted students now want to shift somewhere else since NMC has questioned the lack of faculty and infrastructure in the medical colleges.

Meanwhile, Telangana Junior Doctors' Association (T-JUDA) president N Karthik has questioned the cancellation of seats after the completion of the admission process. He said, "I don't understand how the NMC could cancel admissions without first issuing notices to the colleges and the university," he said and demanded that the State government should resolve the issue."

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