NMC De-Recognises 40 Medical Colleges; 100 More Colleges to be Reviewed

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National Medical Commission (NMC) has de-recognised 40 medical colleges on the grounds of non-compliance with the norms set by the commission.

NMC De-Recognises 40 Medical Colleges

New Delhi: National Medical Commission (NMC) has de-recognised 40 medical colleges on the grounds of non-compliance with the norms set by the commission.

100 more medical colleges are going to face similar actions. The agency cited sources and said the colleges that may lose recognition are located in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Assam, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, and West Bengal, as reported by The Indian Awaaz.

NMC had started reviewing colleges based on the norms set by the commission. During the inspection, the 40 colleges had discrepancies related to Aadhaar-linked biometric attendance procedures, CCTV cameras, and faculty rolls. The colleges to lose their NMC recognition are mostly in Puducherry, Gujarat, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, West Bengal, and Assam, a college in Arunachal Pradesh that was over a century old also lost recognition, along with Tamil Nadu’s reputed Stanley Medical College.

MoS Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar had informed the Rajya Sabha that since 2014, the total number of medical colleges in the country increased by 69% and the country has witnessed an increase of 94% in MBBS seats. The government is encouraging the setting up of new medical colleges in the country.

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.

The MoS Health said in Parliament that the government opened more medical colleges and increased medical seats in a bid to tackle the issue of the shortage of doctors in the country, thus improving the medical system.

Reacting to the derecognition of medical colleges, experts from the medical field said the NMC is largely relying on the Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system for which it considers only the faculty who are on duty during the daytime from 8 am to 2 pm.

Another expert said, "The NMC is derecognising medical colleges believing there are deficiencies. At the same time, it has also allowed the registration of students in such colleges, which is a contradiction. Moreover, such an experiment is tarnishing the country's image at the global level because India is the largest supplier of doctors and with such instances coming to light, the world will lose confidence in Indian doctors."

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