Doctors contend that current system limits growth opportunities & drive fellow colleagues to private sector. They have set 15 August deadline to implement the policy.
The decision was made in light of an acute shortage of trained technical staff in various health institutions that has been impacting delivery of healthcare services for a long time.
Norms unveiled 5 July are a major step towards unlocking existing human resource potential within govt health systems & optimising medical education infra, says Commission.
In Februray 2024, junior doctors staged protests and boycotted classes after the government proposed to increase admissions to medical schools to meet shortfall in healthcare.
The document published Friday noted Indian students were seeking cheaper options in foreign countries where education and clinical training were subpar.
This noble profession has lost its sheen and appeal as a career path of choice for India’s brightest students. We need to analyse and understand the reasons for this decline
Many private medical colleges, run by politicians, would invariably wish for the NEET exam to be abolished and for a return to the old system where they could earn huge amounts of money.
In Independence Day speech, PM said these new seats will be created over next 5 yrs. India has 731 medical colleges offering 1.12 lakh MBBS & 72,627 PG or PG- equivalent seats.
Seats have been permitted based on MSR-UG 2020 and not MSR-UG 2023 that nearly doubled hospital beds, faculty & patients required to set up new colleges or increase seats in existing ones.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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