Overnight 35 percent MBBS Fee Hike! Mathura's Medical College order sparks controversy

Mathura: Month after the controversy surrounding the college's directive forcing medicos to admit 100 patients in 15 days during their "Outreach Community Residents Posting", Krishna Mohan Medical College has landed in another controversy over its recent notice announcing a 35% fee hike for the MBBS students.

Through an office order dated 15.02.2025, the Mathura-based medical college informed the MBBS students of the 2019 batch that their tuition fees were increased from Rs 8.50 lakh per annum to Rs 11.50 lakh per annum.

Accordingly, all the MBBS students at the medical college were asked to deposit the outstanding fee at the earliest.

"All the students of MBBS batch 2019 are informed that by the letter dated 05.02.2025 of Uttar Pradesh Government, Medical Education Section-4, the tuition fees of your batch has been made permanent/final at Rs 11.50 lakh per annum. Whereas earlier by the Government's letter number 1056/71-4-2019-37/2015 dated 01.07.2019, the temporary/interim tuition fees of your batch was Rs 8.50 lakh per annum," read the office order issued by the medical college on 15.02.2025.

"So all the students must ensure to deposit the outstanding fees immediately," it further added.

Sharing a copy of the order on X (formerly Twitter), Dr. Bhanu Kumar, the National Social Media Secretary of United Doctors' Front (UDF) wrote, "These people are not private medical colleges, they are private mafia. How can a college increase its fees like this? It seems everyone has got their commission, so increasing fees like this has become a common thing now. The number of government medical colleges is not increasing, but private MBBS seats are increasing every day."

Commenting on the matter, Dr. Kumar told Medical Dialogues, "The sudden fee hike in KM medical college, UP is completely unfair to students and their families. Increasing fees from ₹8.5 lakh to ₹11.5 lakh after admission is unacceptable, as MBBS admissions are based on the fee structure displayed on government websites during counseling. No institution should have the right to raise fees after students have secured their seats, as this places an unexpected financial burden on parents. Indian medical education is already leaning towards privatization and corruption, while the government remains silent on these critical issues. Moreover, the number of government medical seats has not increased proportionally to private MBBS seats, further limiting affordable medical education. To ensure that private medical college fees remain under check and accessible to all, every state in India must establish a Fee Regulatory Committee to oversee and regulate MBBS fees fairly."

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that Mathura-based Krishna Mohan Medical College and Hospital was recently facing controversy due to its directive issued to the PG resident doctors asking them to admit 100 patients in 15 days during their 'Outreach Community Residents Posting".

Notifying about this program through a circular dated 14.01.2025, the medical college had informed that "Failure to admit 100 patients within 15 days will result in an extension of the program on a per-day basis. - If a patient leaves against medical advice due to a PG resident doctor's failure to consult with their consultant, the resident doctor must admit 50 patients individually."

This directive resulted in criticism from the doctors and UDF filed an RTI request to NMC seeking clarity and accountability regarding the concerned order. Apart from filing the RTI, the association also wrote to NMC seeking the Commission's urgent intervention regarding the "exploitative practices" at the Mathura-based medical college.

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