32 Medical colleges might get debarred by MCI

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:

1. RKDF Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh – 150 seats
2. Abdul Waheed Educational and Charitable Trust, Mirzapur, Saharanpur with an annual intake of – 150 MBBS
3. Saraswati Educational Charitable Trust, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 150 MBBS
4. Royal Medical Trust, Palakkad, Kerala – 150 seats
5. Advanced Medical Science and Educational Society -150 students
6. Mount Zion Medical College, Pathanamthitta, Kerala-100 seats
7. P.K. Das Institute of Medical Sciences, Palakkad, Kerala – 150 seats
8. Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital – 150 seats
9. Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education and Research, Talegaon – 150 seats
10. K.D Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh – 150 seats
11. Viswabharathi Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh – 150 seats
12. Shridevi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka – 150 seats
13. Kannur Medical College, Kerala – 100 seats
14. Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai – 250 seats
15. Maharashtra Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Latur – 150 seats
16. Karnataka by Akash Education & Development Trust, Karnataka – 150 seats
17. Ananta Charitable Educational Society, Udaipur – 150 seats
18. Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat – 150 seats
19. Al-Ameen Medical College & Hospital, Bijapur – 150 seats
20. Al-Azhar Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital, Thodupuzha, Kerala – 150 seats
21. Malla Reddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad – 150 seats
22. Srinivasa Educational Academy, Chittoor, A.P – 150 seats
23. G.C.R.G Memorial Trust, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 150 seats
24. Sambharam Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bangalore – 150 seats
25. Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada – 150 seats
26. Shri Gangajali Education Society, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh – 150 seats
27. G.C.R.G Memorial Trust, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 150 seats
28. Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Aghroha – 100 seat
29. RVM Charitable Trust, Karimnagar, Telangana – 150 seats
30. Aastha Foundation for Education Society, Indore, MP – 150 seats
31. Shiksha Prachar Evam prasar Samiti, Guna, MP – 150 seats
32. Shanti Devi Charitable Trust, Panipat – 150 seats

Date: Mar 3, 2017

Source: HT & The Hindu