Violation of NMC rules- This Delhi's Medical College has no Regular or Contractual Faculty Working in Medicine Dept, reveals RTI
New Delhi: In a shocking revelation in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application, Delhi-based Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Medical College's Medicine Department has neither regular nor contractual faculties.
The said RTI application was filed by a medical student seeking the details of a separate list of contractual and permanent faculty currently working as of date 29.10.2024 in the Department of Medicine at BSA Medical College.
In response to the RTI, the college informed on November 11, 2024, "Neither Regular nor Contractual Doctor/faculty working in the Department of Medicine in Dr. BSA Medical College."
Commenting on the matter, the medical student who filed the RTI query told Edex Live on condition of anonymity, "On November 20, I received the response from the administration."
NMC Rules:
As per the "Establishment of New Medical Institutions, Starting of New Medical Courses, Increase of Seats for Existing Courses & Assessment and Rating Regulations, 2023" (UG-MSR 2023), the faculty requirement for the Medicine Department of a college is as follows:
(1) For 50 MBBS seats, 1 Professor, 1 Associate Professor, 2 Asst. Professor and 2 Senior Residents are required.
(2) For 100 MBBS seats, 1 Professor, 3 Associate Professor, 4 Asst. Professor and 4 Senior Residents are required.
(3) For 150 MBBS seats, 1 Professor, 4 Associate Professor, 5 Asst. Professor and 5 Senior Residents are required.
(4) For 200 MBBS seats, 1 Professor, 6 Associate Professor, 7 Asst. Professor and 7 Senior Residents are required.
(5) For 250 MBBS seats, 1 Professor, 7 Associate Professor, 8 Asst. Professor and 8 Senior Residents are required.
Meanwhile, commenting on the issue of the absence of any faculty in the Medicine Department of BSA Medical College, a senior resident at the institute revealed on the condition of anonymity that the lack of faculty has been adversely affecting the academics of the MBBS and postgraduate (PG) students for a year.
The SR told Edex Live, "We, the senior residents, are managing patient care and taking classes for juniors simultaneously," and alleged that there is only one associate professor in the department.
"Additionally, the sole associate professor who has been designated as a professor for the medical college is from the hospital," alleged the Senior Resident. Referring to other issues, he added, "The BSA medical college was established in 2016, yet a proper college structure, adequate hostels, and proper teaching faculty are not in place. The medicine department is vital among other departments, and it is sad that it is left in such a dire state."
Similar opinions were expressed by another resident who added, "When I joined the college in 2020, there were seven faculty members in the department. In the past year, the department has been understaffed. Currently, one professor and three CMOs (casual medical officers) comprise the medicine department." He further added that the CMOs are from other departments and they have been transferred to the Medicine Department due to a lack of professors.
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