The list of free courses includes MD in anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology and pharmacology at MIMS and any of the six MD courses at RVMIMS & RC.
Such a decision has been taken by the medical institutes at an outset when the seats in the non-clinical courses remained vacant for the last few years, adds Deccan Chronicle.
Medical Dialogues had been reporting about the huge fee for medical courses at the private medical institutes in India. While the Government charges a minimal fee, the students need to pay lakhs of rupees for the same courses at the private institutions.
In fact, in order to regulate the fees at the private medical colleges, recently the National Medical Commission (NMC) had ordered that the fee for 50 percent seats at private medical institutes would be at par with the government medical colleges.
However, even though the demands for clinical seats always remain at the top, the scenario is not same for the non-clinical subjects.
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As per the latest media report by Deccan Chronicle, as no student was enrolling for the pre-clinical courses at medical colleges such as MIMS, they have started offering those seats for free along with free accommodation for students.
While MIMS is offering MD in anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology and pharmacology for free, RVMIMS & RC has issued a notice stating that after qualifying NEET PG, students can choose any of six MD courses free of cost.
Speaking to the daily regarding the issue, the president of Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA), Dr. K Mahesh Kumar explained that for the non-clinical courses, the demand is considerably low compared to clinical subjects.
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