Tribune News Service
Faridkot, December 16
To ensure that students do not suffer due to lack of proper infrastructure, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed all colleges and institutes to display information about their facilities on their websites before December 17 and link these sites to the Commission.
Says complete process by today
- NMC has directed all colleges and institutes to display the information on their websites before December 17 and link these sites to that of the commission
- The information must include the number of beds, number of beds for emergency, date of first letter of permission for MBBS, status of recognition and other details
The information must include the number of beds, number of beds for emergency, date of first letter of permission (LoP) for MBBS, status of recognition, number of MBBS and PG broad specialty and super-specialty students admitted in the session, number of indoor patients registered and admitted in 2019, 2020 and 2021, number of outdoor patients registered, number of deaths reported to the municipality/village register and address and pin code of the corporation/village where the death records are reported.
Other details that need to be filled by the medical colleges include name, address with pin code, university address with pin code, official website, dean/principal/director’s mobile number, email ID of the dean and the hospital and date and year of registration of the institute.
It is alleged that after being lured to get admission in private medical institutions, situated in faraway places, many times the students find themselves in a very difficult situation as the colleges lack many necessary facilities.
In 2017, the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Punjab Government had ordered the closure of a Pathankot-based medical college after the MCI’s inspections in view of complaints of students pointing out deplorable state of affairs. The MBBS students were not being imparted education as per the prescribed norms. Indoor and outdoor patients, which are the best learning material for the doctors in-making, were almost missing from this college. The state government had faced a big challenge after the closure of this college as it had to shift 249 students to other institutes in the state.
The NMC has also directed the colleges to give details about the number of rooms in men’s and women’s hostels and the number of students accommodated, name of grievance redressal officer, address with pin code, telephone number, email ID and grievances reported in the last three years. Besides, the colleges have to provide the details of the post-graduation courses offered, and department-wise list of faculty members as well.
Put detailed info in public domain: NMC to colleges
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