Make all admissions, establishment details public: NMC gives deadline to Medical Colleges

"The Medical Assessment & Rating Board of National Medical Commission has decided to request the medical colleges/institutes to display the information of the college/institution on their website linked to National Medical Commission."

The circular has a Pro-forma attached to it with all the details that the institutions need to provide. On the deadline, NMC has stated, "All colleges are requested to upload the information before 17.12.2021."

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As per the pro-forma which has been attached with the circular, the details that the necessary to be filled up by the Medical Colleges include- name, address with pin code, university address with pin code, official website, dean/principal/director, mobile number, Email ID of Dean, hospital, date and year of registration of the hospital, number of beds, number of beds for emergency, date of first letter of permission (LoP) of MBBS, Status of recognition, number of MBBS and PG broad specialty and super specialty students admitted in this session, Inpatients registered and admitted in the years 2019, 2020, and 2021, number of outpatients registered, number of deaths reported to the municipality/ village register, address and pin code of the corporation/ village where the Death records are reported etc.

Apart from these, MARB has also sought to know about the number of rooms in Men's and women's hostels and the number of students accommodated, name of grievance redressal officer, address with pin code, telephone number, email ID, grievances reported in the last three years etc.

Besides, the pro-forma also seeks to know the details of the Post-graduation courses offered, and department-wise list of faculty members as well.

NMC, the apex medical education regulatory body has further clarified in the circular that it is a must for the medical colleges to display the information and after entering the information, it shall not be changed or removed.

"It is mandatory for every college to display the above information on the public domain for the information. Once the information is entered and shall not be changed or removed. The information can be updated and also any important information can be added," stated NMC.