- Home
- Medical news & Guidelines
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology and CTVS
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- ENT
- Gastroenterology
- Medicine
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Obstretics-Gynaecology
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics-Neonatology
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Urology
- Laboratory Medicine
- Diet
- Nursing
- Paramedical
- Physiotherapy
- Health news
- AYUSH
- State News
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Chattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Delhi
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Puducherry
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttrakhand
- West Bengal
- Medical Education
- Industry
Petition in Supreme Court against Lodha Committee for giving permission to medical colleges
appointed Oversight Committee headed by retired Chief Justice RM Lodha to oversee the operations of MCI. The petition claims that the oversight committee has been over-stepping its job of monitoring the work of MCI.The petition has been filed by Anand Rai, Vyapam Whistle blower, alleging that the Committee overshot MCI and the Health Ministry's disapproval of hundreds of applications made...
The petition has been filed by Anand Rai, Vyapam Whistle blower, alleging that the Committee overshot MCI and the Health Ministry's disapproval of hundreds of applications made by medical colleges without conducting any "fresh" inspection or assessment reports the Hindu.
The petition pointed out that MCI had processed several proposals from medical colleges - varying from establishment of new medical colleges to renewal of permissions to increase in seats to grant of recognition to medicine courses for 2016-17.Of this, around 150 proposals for new undergraduate courses and 118 for super-specialty courses for 2016-17 were disapproved by the ministry on the recommendations of MCI after independent verifications had found several deficiencies in the colleges.
In the month of June, the three member committee, headed by retired Chief Justice, Justice Lodha howoever, granted amnesty to many private medical colleges, giving them a chance to submit their representations to the health ministry on their disapproval by MCI.
It is reported that the same were again scrutinised by the Medical Council Of India which reiterated its decision not to grant approval to these medical colleges However, in the month of August, the panel, overturning MCI's decision, is reported to have given permission to 26 medical colleges.
Read Also : Lodha Panel overturns MCI decision, gives permission to 26 medical colleges
This decision of the Lodha panel has been opposed by the petitioner, who has alleged that Committee overshot MCI and the Health Ministry's disapproval of hundreds of applications made by medical colleges without conducting any "fresh" inspection or assessment.
"The impugned decisions of Respondent No 3 (Lodha Committee) have the effect of compromising the standards in medical education and training in India and shall have an adverse influence on the career interests of students undertaking the undergraduate and post-graduate courses in the field of health and medicine," the petition alleged.
Meghna A Singhania is the founder and Editor-in-Chief at Medical Dialogues. An Economics graduate from Delhi University and a post graduate from London School of Economics and Political Science, her key research interest lies in health economics, and policy making in health and medical sector in the country.She is a member of the Association of Healthcare Journalists. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751