Medical Council against renewing permission to four colleges to admit students.
FARIDKOT – Colleges in the region are set to lose 400 MBBS seats this year. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has recommended to the Central Government not to renew permission to four medical colleges in Punjab and Chandigarh for admitting new MBBS students during the forthcoming academic session (2015-16).
Citing deficiencies at Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital, Gurdaspur, and the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Jalandhar, the MCI has recommended against renewing the permission for taking admissions for 150 MBBS seats each in these colleges.
On the basis of assessors’ report, the MCI, during a meeting on January 13, 2015, observed that both these colleges did not meet the requirements as per the minimum standard regulation.
The MCI has also recommended to the Central Government not to allow increased intake of 50 MBBS students each at Government Medical College, Patiala, and Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh. The MCI said both these government colleges also did not fulfil various requirements for allowing them extra intake of students.
