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| 19th
February 2010 / Times of India / Ahmedabad Edition |
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Centre gives nod for 5,000 more PG medical seats
New Delhi/Ahmedabad: India will now produce 5,000 more
specialized doctors every year. The Cabinet Committee
on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved health
ministry’s proposal to add more postgraduate seats
in 148 state government medical colleges.
Gujarat has got 250 more PG seats in six medical colleges.
“The Union government’s approval for more
PG medical seats in the country will result in availability
of more specialist doctors to the country. Gujarat will
get 250 PG seats in six medical colleges, including BJ
Medical College, NHL Municipal Medical College in Ahmedabad
and government medical college in Surat, Jamnagar, Vadodara
and Rajkot,” president of Medical Council of India
(MCI) Dr Ketan Desai told TOI.
The Rs 1,350-crore scheme will see a cost-sharing ratio
of 75:25 between the Centre and states. Though still far
short of the numbers needed, the decision is being viewed
as a positive step for a country that has a shortfall
of six lakh doctors, 10 lakh nurses and two lakh dental
surgeons.
Ironically, Indian doctors who have migrated to the developed
world form nearly 5% of the medical workforce of their
respective countries. Thursday’s decision will see
more doctors specializing in clinical disciplines like
anatomy, microbiology, physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry,
forensic medicine and community medicine. The country
will also have more gynaecologists, paediatricians and
general surgeons.
But where will India find teachers to teach these extra
students? Ministry officials said they have recently amended
the PG regulations wherein the student teacher ratio has
been revised from 1:1 to 2:1 to enable medical colleges
to increase seats in PG courses.
“The ratio of number of students to postgraduate
teachers like a professor in the subjects of broad specialties
has been increased to 2:1 in all our 146 government medical
colleges from the 2010-11 academic session. This will
help create 4,000 additional seats in different PG courses.
For super-specialty courses too, the ratio will become
2:1 for both professors and associate professors. This
will increase availability of nearly 700 seats,’’
the official added.
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6 MEDICAL COLLEGES:
BJ Medical College, NHL Municipal Medical College in Ahmedabad
and government medical colleges in Surat, Jamnagar, Vadodara
and Rajkot
250 PG seats in Gujarat
13505 PG seats nationwide.
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