NMC slams Medical Colleges for Compelling PG medicos to stay in hostel, warns of strict action
New Delhi: Through a recent notice, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a warning for medical colleges concerning the hostel accommodation for PG Medical students. The notice comes after the NMC received several complaints from students that hostels or medical institutions are compelling them to stay in the hostel and a hefty amount is being charged for the same.
As per the notice, the medical colleges will be penalised as per Regulations 9.1 and 9.2 of the PGMER, 2023 which includes monetary penalty, reduction of seats, stoppage of admission etc if they found 'compelling the PG medicos to stay in the hostel offered by the Medical Colleges/ Institutions and charging a hefty amount.'
According to NMC regulations, hostel accommodation for postgraduate medical students is optional.
The apex medical regulator referred to regulation 5.6 of the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulation (PGMER), 2023, which says "It will be mandatory for the college to provide appropriate residential accommodation to post-graduate students. However, it will not be mandatory for the post-graduate students to stay in the hostel."
However, it was also mentioned in the notice that based on the provisions in the PGMER 2000, hostel facility isn't mandatory to be provided by the college, the NMC pointed out.
"There were no such provisions in the PGMER, 2000 for a mandatory stay of the PG Medical Students in the hostel offered by the college," it added.
"However, a number of complaints have been received from PG students alleging that the Medical Colleges/Institutions are compelling them to stay in the hostel offered by the Medical Colleges/ Institutions and a hefty amount is being charged on this account. This is a violation of Regulation 5.6 of the PGMER, 2023," it reads
As per the notice, if medical colleges fail to adopt regulations, they can be penalized.
"All the Medical Colleges and Institutes are directed to take cognizance of the above-mentioned regulation, failing which NMC may take action as per Regulations 9.1 and 9.2 of the PGMER, 2023 which includes monetary penalty, reduction of seats, stoppage of admission etc," the notice further added.
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