Vid likely to lose 15 PG med seats, including Mayo’s 9

Nagpur: Three medical colleges in Vidarbha are set to lose 15 postgraduate (PG) medical seats (MD/MS) for the upcoming academic year 2021-22 as the National Medical Commission (formerly Medical Council of India) has pointed out ‘deficiencies’ in their compliance reports.
City’s Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) has been asked not to fill up six PG seats in medicine department (MD medicine) out of 12 allotted last year and three seats of ophthalmology department (MS ophthalmology) out of five allotted last year. On the same line, Akola GMCH lost two seats in community medicine, while Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Medical College in Amravati has lost four seats in surgery (MS surgery department).
“The NMC has deliberately reduced the available postgraduate seats in Maharashtra for 2021 for students who are working day and night in hospitals to save lives in these difficult times,” alleged former deputy mayor of Nagpur Shekhar Sawarbandhe.
“Losing PG seats means losing specialist doctors in this Covid pandemic time. We appeal central government to restore these seats before admission process starts,” he added.
The authorities at all the three medical colleges claimed they have sent compliance reports and waiting for reply from the NMC. Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), which prepares the seat matrix for PG admissions in the state, has written to the state department of medical education to raise this issue with NMC. Sources at the NMC told TOI that the compliance reports have been received from Maharashtra colleges, but there still are some deficiencies.
“The central government has postponed the PG-NEET to August 31. These seats are to be filled up through this entrance test only. So, the colleges have enough time to fulfil the compliances before the admission process begins,” said an NMC official.
PG Seats Lost Due To NMC Diktat
IGGMCH, Nagpur | 6 seats of medicine department and 3 of ophthalmology
GMCH, Akola | 2 seats of community medicine department
PDMMC, Amravati | 4 seats of surgery department
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What Can Happen
LOSS | Losing PG seats means losing specialist doctors in medical colleges
CLAIM | Colleges have already submitted compliance reports to NMC and awaiting reply
COUNTER | NMC sources said compliances filed are not enough
RAY OF HOPE | As PG-NEET is postponed till August 31, colleges can meet deficiencies before admission process begins