NO MCI Recognition: Rajasthan directed to Scrap certificate course for MBBS doctors
Jaipur: The certificate course for skill development for MBBS doctors initiated by the Rajasthan Health Department under Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS), for in-service doctors in the state has been done away with by an order of the Rajasthan High Court on Friday.
The certificate course was launched in 2014 to upgrade the skills of in-service MBBS doctors posted in rural areas and address paucity of specialized doctors.The course that was run for a year initially had its tenure increased to 21 months later.
Facing with the acute shortage of specialised manpower, the certificate courses were started in Seven specialities including Gynecology and Obstetrics, paediatrics, Anaesthesia, Orthopaedics, Radio- diagnosis, general medicine and general surgery. As per the order of the government, the one year certificate course duration would be treated as departmental inservice training. (Read here)
Declaring the course to be illegal, the single bench of Justice M N Bhandari in his order said the RUHS cannot conduct such courses without the approval of the Medical Council of India (MCI)
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