Student association condemns NMC penalties on Karnataka medical colleges
Mysuru: Student activists in Mysuru have condemned the recent move of the National Medical Commission (NMC) to impose penalties on medical colleges across Karnataka.
The All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO) Karnataka chapter has criticized the NMC's actions calling it “undemocratic” and urged the state government to promptly allocate sufficient funds to support medical education.
The NMC recently levied fines on several medical institutions in the state due to shortcomings in infrastructure and faculty. This move has sparked outrage among student groups who believe the penalties are unjust and detrimental to the quality of medical education.
In a press release, All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO), Mysuru stated, “NMC has issued notice to several medical colleges in the state, penalizing them for not reaching the prescribed standard required to run a medical college. 13 Government medical colleges and 11 private medical colleges have been penalized in the state with penalized sums ranging from 2 lahk to 15 lakhs!!! Though the medical colleges must maintain prescribed standards, imposing penal sums on them is highly undemocratic.”
Previously Medical Dialogues reported that taking serious cognizance of poor infrastructure and deficiency in facilities, at least 27 medical College as across the state of Karnataka including several government institutions, have been penalised by the National Medical Commission. This came after NMC introduced the provisions of monetary penalty in the maintenance of standards of Medical Education Regulations, 2023.
The commission had mentioned that it may impose several forms of penalty such as issuance warning to medical colleges to rectify or comply, impose monetary penalty up to rupees 1 crore, impose penalty upto rupees 5 lakh to the faculties of the medical colleges for misconduct.
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