Ranchi: Chief minister Hemant Soren has urged the in a letter to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to reconsider its decision to stop fresh admissions at the three new medical colleges in Palamu, Hazaribag and Dumka in view of lack of necessary infrastructure and faculty.
In a letter, Hemant assured NMC chairman Dr Suresh Chandra Sharma that the state government will fulfil all requirements by November 30. NMC is India’s new medical education regulator that replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI) recently
The letter read, “The NEET 2020-21 results are out and the admission process has commenced. But as NMC has not allowed fresh admissions citing infrastructure and faculty deficiencies, aspiring medical students are in a shock in this poor, backward tribal state. The aspiring students were hopeful and excited after the inauguration of these colleges by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year.” The medical colleges were a part of the centrally-sponsored scheme of the ministry of health and family welfare rolled out in 2019.
Assuring a resolution of the problems, the letter further read, “The vacant positions of senior and junior resident doctors and other paramedical staff will also be filled by the end of this month. The state government faced some difficulties in filling the positions of associate professors and professors as eligible candidates weren’t willing to work in these districts. However, we are in the process of making certain amendments to the recruitment policy and will be filling up the vacancies at the earliest.”
State health secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni said, “We are committed to fulfil all the deficiencies by the end of this month and we would like them to allow fresh admissions for MBBS in 100 seats at each of the three colleges for the 2020-21 session.”
The medical colleges were started in 2019 and 100 seats each were allocated by the Medical Council Of India (MCI) for the inaugural batch after Modi inaugurated the colleges in February 2019 after the chief secretary of the state had submitted an affidavit at the Supreme Court of India for making necessary arrangements required for running medical colleges in the state.