KUHS seeks permission from centre, state to reopen medical colleges
Kerala: The Kerala University of Health Sciences has sought permission from the central and state government to reopen the medical colleges which remained closed for a long time due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The medical institutions of many states remained closed after the pandemic hit the country during March.
The Vice-Chancellor of KUHS Dr. Mohanan Kunnummal informed TOI that the association of State health University VCs arranged a webinar to discuss the current situation of Medical education where it was found that institution heads of most of the states are kin to reopen their institutions.
There are more than 300 institutions including medical, dental colleges and homeopathy institutions, College of nursing, and pharmacy colleges under KUHS across the state which remained closed during the long period of a pandemic. Hence authorities are seeking permission for starting the classes again.
According to TOI report, Haryana is most likely to open their institutions on November 1 while Maharashtra colleges may resume their classes from November 16th. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have reportedly scheduled reopening on December 1.
Dr. Kunnummal stated that most of the VCs agreed that the pandemic might remain for some more time. However, they have considered that despite the constant risk of exposure, industrial and agricultural sectors have started their activities hence they are all of the views that the health sector which is no less essential should start operating as well.
Due to the increasing number of COVID victims, there has been a lot of pressure on the healthcare sectors and there is often a scarcity of manpower, hence educational institutions need to reopen to meet the demand of the health care services.
He also added that the meeting of the governing council which was held two days ago also passed a resolution regarding the same. He said that KUHS has decided to start a placement guidance centre and to begin 28 new courses so that it can contribute in developing manpower which is essential to address the new issues and challenges aroused in the healthcare sector due to the pandemic
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