Leave hostel for new MBBS batch,med college house surgeons told

Hyderabad: In a move highlighting the issue of inadequate infrastructure in medical colleges set up in the last few years, the govt medical college in Nalgonda has asked house surgeons to vacate hostels to accommodate the new MBBS batch.
In a written circular, the college principal has asked 18 house surgeons to move out. These house surgeons, who are among the 142 students from the first batch of the college set up in 2019, have been told to vacate by Oct 13.
" We have spent our entire MBBS and internship in poor conditions ," said a house surgeon, adding that a salary of 25,600 salary is too little.
The hostel accommodation, on the other hand, costs only 600 per month, which the authorities have offered to return in case the fee had been paid in advance.
A new hostel building for boys and a new college building has come up in the meantime but is not being inaugurated, said Junior Doctors Association Nalgonda Branch.
"As per NMC rule, 80% of house surgeons should be accommodated, but it is not being done," said Abdul Samad, president of TJUDA Nalgonda.
"There is some work pending. Moreover, it is for new MBBS students. The current hostel facility is a rented one, which is why it is difficult to accommodate house surgeons any more," said principal Dr N Srivani.