'550 govt quota MBBS seats withdrawn!' Complaint filed with NMC
MBBS seats in Telangana
Hyderabad: The representatives of the National Consumer Council recently filed a complaint with the National Medical Commission (NMC), raising concerns over the withdrawal of 550 MBBS seats from the government quota by private and deemed universities in Telangana.
In their complaint to the Commission, the Council representatives S. Chakrapani and M. Sudarshan alleged that the creation of deemed and private medical universities in Telangana has violated regulations and involved fraudulent procedures.
They mentioned in the complaint that two deemed universities and one private university in the State have withdrawn altogether 550 MBBS seats from the government quota and it unfairly put the deserving students in a disadvantageous situation.
As per the latest media report by Deccan Chronicle, the Council also mentioned how the Telangana Government has committed to preserving the medical seats in the State and has pledged not to issue No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to the private deemed universities.
Referring to this, the Council representatives urged the Commission to take immediate action by freezing the allocation of medical seats until the Telangana Lokayukta completes its investigation into the alleged seat scam under the previous administration.
Further, the Council has urged the Commission to ensure prompt compensation for eligible students who have been affected by this issue over the past two years.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that NMC granted its approval to 34 government medical colleges in Telangana for the academic year 2025-2026 after these medical colleges were issued show-cause notices by the Commission earlier this year.
NMC had issued notices to 26 GMCs across the State, citing inadequate infrastructure. The Commission had highlighted deficiencies in infrastructure, clinical materials, and teaching personnel.
The only exceptions were Gandhi Medical College, Osmania Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Adilabad, Government Medical College Nizamabad, Government Medical College Maheshwaram, Government Medical College Yadadri, and Government Medical College Vikarabad.
After getting the show-cause notice from the National Medical Commission (NMC), the Chief Minister of Telangana A. Revanth Reddy directed the Health Department officials to prepare a comprehensive action plan to provide all the amenities to the GMCs across Telangana to ensure their functioning.
CM Reddy issued instructions to the Health Department officials to set up an official committee in this direction to study the situation in each of these medical colleges, identify their needs, work of immediate importance, requirement of funds, and help from the Government.
Consequently, to address the infrastructure and staffing shortages in government medical colleges, the Telangana State Health Department had established 10 Medical College Monitoring Committees (MCMCs). Setting up these committees, the Telangana Health Department had tasked them to ensure that all the government medical colleges in Telangana met the benchmarks set by the the NMC- the Apex Medical Education Regulatory Body in the country- by June 2028. Further, these committees were directed to inspect and assess medical colleges and submit review reports. Apart from this, the Telangana Health Department had also decided to recruit around 1651 faculty members in the government medical colleges.
