The colleges were not found to be complying with the set norms and several lapses related to CCTV cameras, Aadhaar-linked biometric attendance procedures and faculty rolls were found during inspections carried out by the Commission.
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As many as 40 medical colleges across the country have lost recognition allegedly for not following standard NORMS set by the National Medical Commission (NMC). According to a report about 100 more medical colleges may face similar actions. The agency citing sources said the colleges that may lose recognition are located in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Assam, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, and West Bengal.
Several medical colleges in the country were not found to be complying with the set norms, the agency wrote.
NMC found lapses related to Aadhaar-linked biometric attendance procedures, CCTV cameras, and faculty rolls during the inspection.
According to the government data, medical colleges in the country are prolific. Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar in Rajya Sabha said that there is an increase of 69% in the medical colleges from 387 before 2014 to 654 as of now.
Further, there’s also a surge in MBBS seats- from 51,348 before 2014 to 99,763.
Their MBBS seats have increased by a whopping 94% in the past decade. Further an increase of 107% in PG seats from 31,185 before 2014 to 64,559 as of now.
This comes at a time when the government has been undertaking several steps to increase the number of medical seats in the country include a centrally-sponsored scheme for establishment of new medical colleges by upgrading district/referral hospitals, under which 94 new medical colleges are already functional out of 157 approved.
As per the government data, the number of medical colleges has increased significantly since 2014.
Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar had told the Rajya Sabha that there is an increase of 69 per cent in the medical colleges from 387 before 2014 to 654 as of now.
Further, there is an increase of 94 per cent in MBBS seats from 51,348 before 2014 to 99,763 as of now and an increase of 107 per cent in PG seats from 31,185 before 2014 to 64,559 as of now.
However, the derecognition of these colleges will bring down the number significantly and could trigger a crisis in the country.
Earlier, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya had also warned of action against medical colleges that do not stick to rules or maintain proper faculty. “We have to give quality education to students, we have to produce good doctors,” he had said.