In a relief of sorts to aspirants of PG medical seats, Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) Vice-Chancellor B. Karunakar Reddy on Tuesday has requested private medical colleges not to insist on bank guarantee for second and third-year course.
After the first round of counselling, which is held in three rounds and one mop-up round, PG medical seats were allotted to students on April 10 and they were asked to submit academic certificates, pay first-year fee of ₹3.5 lakh in the form of a Demand Draft and submit a bank guarantee for second and third-year course, which totals to ₹7 lakh.
According to Government Orders (GO) 41 and 43 issued by the State Health and Family Welfare Department in May 2017, the management of private unaided minority and non-minority medical colleges may seek bank guarantee for tuition fee for the entire course. However, the GOs do not specify the duration within which the guarantee has to be submitted.
The aspirants from financially weaker backgrounds have sought time till the mop-up round to submit the bank guarantee.
The members of Telangana Junior Doctors’ Association (TJUDA) on Tuesday submitted a representation to State Health Minister Eatala Rajender citing a High Court order in which the counsels representing the Telangana Private Medical and Dental Colleges’ Management Association and Andhra Pradesh Medical and Dental Colleges’ Management Association had submitted to the High Court that no student would be prevented from attending the college solely on the ground that he or she has not furnished a bank guarantee.
TJUDA chairman P.S. Vijayender requested the Health Minister to pass directions to private medical colleges not to harass the PG seat aspirants and their parents during the admission process, and to ensure that no student is denied admission on the basis of bank guarantee.
“Based on the Health Minister’s directions, we have requested the managements of all the private medical colleges not to insist on the bank guarantee,” Dr. Karunakar said.