Is Pune's Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College at Risk of Losing NMC Recognition?
Inadequate Faculties, Lack of Forensic Medicine Department: NMC Issues Show-Cause to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College, Warns of Derecognition;
Show Cause Notice
Pune: Highlighting serious deficiencies in infrastructure, staffing, and facilities at the institute, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a show-cause notice to Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College, which is run by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).
In the show-cause notice, NMC has questioned why the recognition of the medical college should not be revoked and a fine of Rs 1 crore should not be imposed.
NMC has mentioned in the show-cause letter that the college lacked a sufficient number of professors, it does not have a forensic medicine department, and it does not provide hostel facilities for students.
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As per the latest media report by Punekar News, NMC's show-cause letter mentioned that these violations have continued for over four years since the college was established.
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