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| 10th
February 2010 / Times of India / Ahmedabad Edition |
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11 med colleges face MCI axe
Watchdog Gives Institutes Two-Month’s Time To
Rectify Shortcomings
New Delhi: The fate of 11 medical colleges is now hanging
in the balance. On Saturday, the Medical Council of India
issued showcause notices to the college authorities, threatening
them with derecognition for failing to adhere to MCI norms
despite repeated warnings.
These 11 colleges, which have two months to rectify their
shortcoming or else get de-recognized, have among them
over 1,300 MBBS seats. Confirming this to TOI, MCI president
Dr Ketan Desai said, “It is true that these colleges
are facing de-recognition. When we carried out inspections,
several deficiencies were noticed in these colleges in
terms of teaching staff, number of resident doctors, patient
load of the resident hospital and infrastructure.”
Explaining the circumstances, Dr Desai said once medical
colleges get recognition, they are reviewed by MCI every
five years on whether the colleges are maintaining standards
as stipulated by the MCI and upgrading their facilities.
If found lacking, the colleges are given a maximum of
two years to rectify the shortcomings. A final showcause
notice is issued when colleges don’t adhere to the
norms even at the end of the two years. “In the
next two months, if the 11 colleges don’t put in
place the required norms, we will recommend the withdrawal
of recognition of the MBBS degree of these colleges to
the Union health ministry,” Dr Desai said. The list
of colleges under fire include GSVM Medical College (Kanpur),
SN Medical College (Agra), MLN Medical College (Allahabad),
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College (Faridkot), LLRM Medical
College (Meerut), Maharashtra Institute of Medical Sciences
(Latur), J N Medical College (Aligarh), BM Patil Medical
College (Bijapur) and Vinayaka Missions Medical College
Hospital (Pondicherry). Meanwhile, MCI has also sent reminders
to 30 other medical colleges across India for renewal
of permission to run an MBBS course, failing which they
will not be able to admit students in the 2010-2011 academic
session. Under MCI norms, till a medical college gets
recognized, it has to take permission every year for five
years to admit MBBS students. MCI, after inspection, recommends
to Centre to allow continuance of MBBS courses in such
colleges.
“Around 30 medical colleges have been sent letters
to apply for renewal of permission immediately or else
they will not be able to admit students in the coming
academic year,” Dr Desai told TOI.
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