Final-year MD/MS exams postponed in Maharashtra
Representative Image. MUMBAI: Final year postgraduate medical exams (MD/MS) in the state, scheduled to start on June 24, have been postponed till further notice. The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) issued a circular to this effect on Friday evening.
After the central government issued an advisory asking states to utilise the services of the resident doctors (who are in their final year) for Covid work till the first-year batch joins, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research recommended postponing the exams. The conduct of NEET-PG has been postponed till August 31 and therefore there is no clarity on when the first-year students will be able to join college.
As resident doctors require at least 45-day study leave before their exams, it is impossible to relieve them now, when Covid cases across state are yet to drop significantly. Though Mumbai is doing better, the situation is not the same in other regions in Maharashtra and relieving the final-year doctors now could lead to a shortage of manpower, said a government official.
After the central government issued an advisory asking states to utilise the services of the resident doctors (who are in their final year) for Covid work till the first-year batch joins, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research recommended postponing the exams. The conduct of NEET-PG has been postponed till August 31 and therefore there is no clarity on when the first-year students will be able to join college.
As resident doctors require at least 45-day study leave before their exams, it is impossible to relieve them now, when Covid cases across state are yet to drop significantly. Though Mumbai is doing better, the situation is not the same in other regions in Maharashtra and relieving the final-year doctors now could lead to a shortage of manpower, said a government official.
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