Around 4,000 medical students in 32 new private colleges might find their institutes disqualified as these have failed to pass standard checks.
These are among 34 colleges approved by a Supreme Court-appointed oversight committee in May 2016, but debarred by the country’s medical education regulator for failing to meet required standards.
The committee, headed by retired judge RM Lodha, had overruled the Medical Council of India’s (MCI) decision with the condition that if these colleges fail another inspection, they cannot admit students for two years.
Subsequently these colleges admitted their first batch — 3,957 students — last summer. These students had cleared the national eligibility cum entrance test (NEET). Rules stipulate that these students — studying for their bachelors of medicine (MBBS) — should be moved to other medical colleges if their institutes get disqualified. But experts feel such an effort will be challenging.
“You can’t stretch facilities to accommodate so many students in other approved colleges. This will hamper studies of the students,” said KK Aggarwal, national president of the Indian Medical Association.
“If the oversight committee accepts the MCI report, it will have to address the concerns of students admitted to these colleges.”
The list includes:
- RKDF Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh – 150 seats
- Abdul Waheed Educational and Charitable Trust, Mirzapur, Saharanpur with an annual intake of – 150 MBBS
- Saraswati Educational Charitable Trust, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 150 MBBS
- Royal Medical Trust, Palakkad, Kerala – 150 seats
- Advanced Medical Science and Educational Society -150 students
- Mount Zion Medical College, Pathanamthitta, Kerala-100 seats
- P.K. Das Institute of Medical Sciences, Palakkad, Kerala – 150 seats
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital – 150 seats
- Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education and Research, Talegaon – 150 seats
- K.D Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh – 150 seats
- Viswabharathi Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh – 150 seats
- Shridevi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka – 150 seats
- Kannur Medical College, Kerala – 100 seats
- Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai – 250 seats
- Maharashtra Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Latur – 150 seats
- Karnataka by Akash Education & Development Trust, Karnataka – 150 seats
- Ananta Charitable Educational Society, Udaipur – 150 seats
- Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat – 150 seats
- Al-Ameen Medical College & Hospital, Bijapur – 150 seats
- Al-Azhar Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital, Thodupuzha, Kerala – 150 seats
- Malla Reddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad – 150 seats
- Srinivasa Educational Academy, Chittoor, A.P – 150 seats
- G.C.R.G Memorial Trust, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 150 seats
- Sambharam Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bangalore – 150 seats
- Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada – 150 seats
- Shri Gangajali Education Society, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh – 150 seats
- G.C.R.G Memorial Trust, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 150 seats
- Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Aghroha – 100 seat
- RVM Charitable Trust, Karimnagar, Telangana – 150 seats
- Aastha Foundation for Education Society, Indore, MP – 150 seats
- Shiksha Prachar Evam prasar Samiti, Guna, MP – 150 seats
- Shanti Devi Charitable Trust, Panipat – 150 seats
Date: Mar 3, 2017
Respected Sir,
I am from Pramukhswami Medical College.I humbly wish to know when will be inspection at our college..We have taken leaves for our children’s vacations from 1st May…I humbly request that Please conduct inspections after vacations i.e after May & June .
Regards
Are these colleges new colleges. What about old colleges like Chintpurni Medical College Pathankot Punjab who has failed MCI inspection and MCI has recommended not to give new batch.
Dear Sirs,
If these barred medical colleges are unfit, what is the future of students who have already been admitted for the first year. Without proper faculty or infrastructure is it fair to continue in such colleges. MCI should take steps to admit such unfortunate students in colleges which are fit according to their guidelines.
6th June 2017
This is the best news that I have read in the past few months. Many of these institutions do not have even the basic infrastructure, patient intake and qualified teachers to conduct undergraduate classes. These’bogus’ institutions must be penalized in crores for false promises. They are churning out poor quality doctors who will be a hazard to patients and to our country.
In fact many more institutions need to come under the hammer.