In a major move, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced that 33% seats in state's medical and engineering colleges will be reserved for female students. The decision was taken in a virtual meeting chaired by the chief minister.
The Income Tax Department has detected an alleged cash-for-seat scam running in some Karnataka-based medical colleges, as the CBDT said over Rs 400 crore blackmoney has been generated in the name of capitation fee by these institutions.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath plans to construct a medical college in each of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Delhi on Thursday ordered the re-opening of medical colleges under the UT government with immediate effect, citing a reduction in the number of coronavirus cases and assessment of the current situation in the national capital.
According to the new guidelines, all medical colleges across the state are allowed to reopen from December 1.
According to an official statement, Chief Secretary AK Tripathy, at a high-level meeting on Thursday had reviewed the progress made in three projects, following which the direction was issued.
Medical and paramedical colleges affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (ARGUHS) would resume regular classes from December 1, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Friday.
Tamil Nadu government on Thursday passed an order to provide 7.5 percent reservation in medical colleges to students studied from the state government schools and have cleared the NEET examination.
"We worked hard to clear NEET and now we don't even know if we will ever be able to become a doctor," said one of 50 students of the debarred Glocal Medical College, Saharanpur who are uncertain about their future. These 50 students are continuously asking for help and demanding to get transferred to another institution – for the past four years.
Students studying at few government medical colleges in Uttarakhand have complained of being burdened with an unusual fee structure. Thousands of students enrolled with government medical colleges in Uttarakhand, particularly in Haldwani have taken the social media by storm and have come forward claiming the medical colleges are charging an annual fee of ₹4.26 lakh.
Students in medical colleges studying in MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, nursing, paramedicals across the country have raised their demand and are appealing to the government for general promotion only during pandemic.
Krishna Mohan Medical College and Hospital, Mathura has announced a 7 percent fee hike in the current fee structure amid coronavirus pandemic, students have said. The students and their parents told indiatvnews.com that the college is demanding the updated fees by July 30, otherwise, they will have to pay the penalty fee.
The Department of Health and Family Welfare here has alleged that some private medical colleges not extending cooperation to set up COVID-19 Care Centres (CCCs) on their premises.
Medical colleges can now appoint private doctors, including overseas citizens, on part-time basis to teach MBBS and post-graduate students, according to a government notification.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved on Wednesday setting up of 75 government medical colleges, to be attached with existing district or referral hospitals, by 2021-22. The establishment of these medical colleges will add at least 15,700 MBBS seats in the country.
Ashutosh Tandon said 1,000 medical seats will also be increased in the state this year from the present 1,990.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday informed the Supreme Court on Monday of its inability to "amicably" resolve the "stray vacancies" issue in connection with postgraduate medical courses in private medical colleges across the country. Nearly 450 seats are yet to be filled.
"The proposal to convert 75 district hospitals into medical colleges in the third phase of the scheme has been sent for approval to the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC), after which it will be sent to the Cabinet," a source said.
The move comes days after Doctor Payal Tadvi, 26, allegedly committed suicide after facing harassment by her seniors at a state-run hospital in Mumbai.
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has allowed corporate companies as well as “for profit” institutions to run medical colleges in the country. The decision by the apex council came two months after a Niti
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