Govt plans body to regulate medical courses
Govt is considering setting up a unified body for regulating post-graduate medical courses in the country.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Government is considering setting up a unified body for regulating post-graduate medical courses in the country, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Friday.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, he said while Medical Council of India was responsible for under-graduate medical courses in the country, post-graduate courses are conducted by National Board of Examination and MCI.
The MCI regulated post-graudate education has not been recognised in many countries while National Board of Education courses are widely accepted including in Middle-East and UK.
To harmonise these, Dr Ranjid Roy Choudhary committee was constituted which has suggested a unified body for conducting post-grduate medical courses. "We have not yet taken any view," he said.
Ramadoss said with two-third of medical colleges in the country being concentrated in six states including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra, the Government is planning to change regulations to allow government hospitals to start medical colleges.
Uttar Pradesh has only 16 medical colleges while Bihar and Madhya Pradesh have just eight each. "There is a big lacuna for which we are going to change the regulations," he said.
The Minister said of the 700,000 modern system doctors in the country, only 10 per cent are serving in rural areas.
On vacancies in MCI, he said on High Court direction, 110 out of 130 vacandies of members of MCI have been filled up.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, he said while Medical Council of India was responsible for under-graduate medical courses in the country, post-graduate courses are conducted by National Board of Examination and MCI.
The MCI regulated post-graudate education has not been recognised in many countries while National Board of Education courses are widely accepted including in Middle-East and UK.
To harmonise these, Dr Ranjid Roy Choudhary committee was constituted which has suggested a unified body for conducting post-grduate medical courses. "We have not yet taken any view," he said.
Ramadoss said with two-third of medical colleges in the country being concentrated in six states including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra, the Government is planning to change regulations to allow government hospitals to start medical colleges.
Uttar Pradesh has only 16 medical colleges while Bihar and Madhya Pradesh have just eight each. "There is a big lacuna for which we are going to change the regulations," he said.
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The Minister said of the 700,000 modern system doctors in the country, only 10 per cent are serving in rural areas.
On vacancies in MCI, he said on High Court direction, 110 out of 130 vacandies of members of MCI have been filled up.
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