Telangana Private Medical Colleges warned over stipend irregularities, ghost faculty
Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha
Hyderabad: Amid the concerns over ghost faculty and stipend irregularities at private medical colleges in Telangana, the Telangana Health Minister, Damodar Rajanarsimha, has warned the institutes. The medical colleges have now been told to regularly pay the stipends to the medical students
Apart from this, the Minister also stressed the implementation of the Clinical Establishment Act in all medical colleges and warned of taking strict action against those colleges that fail to comply with the quality standards of medical education. He also clarfied that the harassment of students for additional fees will also viewed strictly.
These directions were issued by the Minister while holding a review meeting with the management, dean and principals of the private medical colleges at the Secretariat on Monday i.e. April 21.
During the meeting, the Minister reviewed the quality standards of medical education, regulations introduced by the National Medical Commission (NMC), faculty, attendance, fees, and so on, Edex Live has reported.
Addressing the issue of quality of medical education, the Minister was quoted as saying by the Times of India, "If the quality standards in medical education decline, it will endanger the lives of the people. The govt will be very strict in this matter. We will take strict action against colleges that do not comply with the quality standards."
TOI has reported that the Health Minister also warned to take serious action against ghost faculties in private medical colleges in the State. Noting that the doctors of Telangana have a good reputation globally, he stated that such actions would lead to the deterioration of the standards of medical education in the State.
Further, he said that the provisions of the Clinical Establishment Act must be followed in teaching hospitals affiliated with colleges and assured colleges to resolve the issues raised by them regarding the NMC regulations.
The Minister's directions asking the private medical colleges to pay stipends to the medical students comes when allegations were raised in this regard by the MBBS interns and resident doctors at the private medical colleges of the State.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported about the allegations made by the house surgeons and resident doctors at the private medical colleges in Telangana, who alleged that most of the institutes do not pay any stipends to them. There were also allegations stating that several colleges take stipend amounts from the students and show transfer of amounts to students using illicit means. The students claimed that either they do not receive stipends at all or get nominal amounts, such as Rs 10,000 for the resident doctors and Rs 2,000 for the MBBS interns.
Recently, a complaint was filed with the National Medical Commission's (NMC) Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) seeking disciplinary action against Bhaskar Medical College (BMC), Moinabad, for allegedly underpaying stipend to the MBBS interns.
The college had also been accused of deliberately misrepresenting the government orders. Allegedly, despite multiple reminders from the NMC to the Telangana DME since February 2025 and even after a follow-up directive was issued on March 3, 2025, no corrective steps were taken.
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