Medical education in India has been a source of concern for decades, due to the country’s growing demand for healthcare professionals. By raising the number of MBBS seats at Sagar Medical College from 100 to 250, the Madhya Pradesh government has taken an important step towards improving medical education in the state. Following its order on enhancing seats for the Medical Education Regulations 2023, the National Medical Commission (NMC) allotted 150 MBBS seats to new medical colleges around the country. This action would allow more medical students to study in the state and would help address India’s existing shortage of healthcare experts.

Increased MBBS Seats at Sagar Medical College

The six historic medical institutions in Madhya Pradesh have a limited number of MBBS seats, with Sagar Medical College having the fewest. According to a media article in Naidunia, the college is grappling with a low number of seats and limited resources, making it difficult for medical aspirants in the surrounding area to gain admission. The Madhya Pradesh government’s decision to enhance the number of MBBS seats at Sagar Medical College is likely to benefit the state’s medical students.

Proposal to Increase the Number of MBBS Seats at Sagar Medical College

The concerned authorities have submitted a proposal to the cabinet about the expansion of MBBS seats at Sagar Medical College, and a response is expected soon. According to Medical Education Department officials, the institution has sufficient resources to meet the requirements set for raising the number of seats. If the plan is adopted, the college will be able to increase the number of MBBS seats from 100 to 250, which will be cause for celebration among the city’s medical students.

NMC Draft Regulations for Medical Education Regulations 2023

For the Medical Education Regulations 2023, the NMC has released a draft regulation for the establishment of new medical colleges, assessment, rating, and seat increase. The proposed draft regulations clearly spelled out the general scheme, eligibility requirements, evaluation procedure, assessment and rating procedures, and seat intake growth for the founding of medical colleges. It also established procedures for punishments and penalties for medical college administration in the event of noncompliance with NMC regulations. Medical colleges may also file appeals in accordance with the rules outlined in the proposed draft.

The expansion of MBBS seats at Sagar Medical College is a step in the right direction for improving medical education in Madhya Pradesh. The action will benefit medical students in the state and alleviate India’s present dearth of healthcare experts. The state government’s initiatives to improve medical education in the state will assist in meeting the growing demand for healthcare professionals and ensuring a better healthcare system for the people.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted permission to the Government Medical College in Telangana’s Rajanna Sircilla district to admit students for the academic year 2023–2024. The new medical college will accept 100 MBBS students and operate under the auspices of Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, Warangal. As part of the college’s expansion plans, the district hospital in Sircilla will also be enlarged to a 300-bed facility.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has finally given the Government Medical College in Telangana’s Rajanna Sircilla district permission to admit students for the 2023–2024 academic year. With 100 MBBS students, the new medical institution will be affiliated with the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences in Warangal. For state residents applying to medical colleges, this is excellent news.

The Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the NMC has reportedly given the Sircilla Medical College permission to start taking new students, according to a recent media article by Times of India. This year, the college will accept its first group of MBBS students. The Telangana government has been planning to hasten the development of the remaining six medical colleges throughout the state as three medical colleges already have 100 MBBS seats sanctioned by the NMC.

As part of the college’s growth plans, the district hospital in Sircilla will be upgraded to a 300-bed facility in compliance with state government directives. The approval of the Government Medical College Rajanna Sircilla was announced by Harish Rao Thanneeru, minister for finance, health, and family welfare, who said: “Extremely delighted to share that Rajanna Sircilla district has got the approval for the Government Medical College with 100 MBBS seats.”

Completion of The Other Medical Colleges

The state government’s goal of constructing six new medical colleges is on track, according to health minister Harish Rao. Rao had already ordered officials to expedite construction on nine forthcoming medical colleges in the State, of which three have already received approval to open this year.

CM’s Vision

According to Harish Rao Thanneeru, the chief minister’s dream of having one district medical college take part in “Arogya Telangana” will come true after there are 24 government medical colleges. The Telangana government is constructing nine medical institutions in time for the academic year 2023–2024. The NMC approval process for two medical institutions in Karimnagar and Nirmal is almost complete.

The NMC’s clearance of the Government Medical College in the Rajanna Sircilla area is excellent news for students in the state who are vying for spots in medical schools. Better healthcare facilities will be available to the local population thanks to the college’s expansion plans, which include growing Sircilla’s district hospital to a 300-bed facility. There will be more options for students to pursue a medical education thanks to the Telangana government’s plans to build six additional medical institutions.

The students at Government Medical College have received significant aid from the Rajasthan Medical Education Department. The Medical Education Department has issued directives to waive the tuition costs for medical students who fall within the MBC, OBC, SC, and ST categories after receiving cabinet approval.

Over 60 Thousand to Benefit from Waiver of Medical Tuition Fees in Rajasthan  

The Gehlot government’s decision will exclude candidates for these classes from paying the approximately 60,000 rupee tuition charge. The government medical colleges in Rajasthan will provide their students with the option of tuition waivers. Students in the MBC and OBC categories who don’t have a creamy layer will feel very relieved by this.

The Medical Department has now issued directives addressing the waiver of tuition fees after the Medical Education Department’s cabinet proposal was approved in a meeting of the cabinet. As of now, the state has implemented the cost waiver for women seeking medical degrees as well as ST, SC, and EBC individuals.

Budget Allocations Translate into Action on the Ground

The request to raise the number of beneficiaries under the Chief Minister Anuprati Coaching Program from 15 000 to 30 000 has been approved by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

A budget of Rs 56.40 crore has been approved by Gehlot for this programme. Economically disadvantaged students in the state will now have the chance to receive top-notch coaching for nothing in order to prepare for a variety of professional courses and competitive tests, according to the Chief Minister’s decision.

This programme was created with the intention of giving state students from low-income backgrounds free preparation for professional courses and competitive examinations; the number of programme beneficiaries was raised in the budget for 2023–24.

The thirty thousand recipients of this programme have been enhanced. The budget announcement made by CM Gehlot has been implemented.

Chandigarh: The Health, Medical Education, and Research Minister, Dr. Balbir Singh, clarified before the State Assembly that newly graduated specialist doctors will offer their services in the government hospitals after completing the postgraduate medical courses. He was referring to the state’s shortage of specialists.

The state’s health minister further emphasised how the previous administration failed to ensure that PG medical graduates from government medical colleges offered their services to government-run hospitals for a period of time and that the bond penalty amount was not collected from them.

The Health Minister also revealed that from 2020 until the present, a total of 701 MD graduates had worked in government institutions after sharing statistics on medical students who received their MD and MBBS degrees.

The State Health Minister also disclosed that 57 doctors had to pay back Rs 6,47,17140 for failing to provide services to the government.

The Health Minister made these pronouncements at a time when some hospitals in the state are experiencing a speciality doctor shortage. Of the 119 authorised positions, 50 vacancies in Phagwara civil hospitals were previously reported by Medical Dialogues. In the instance of the doctor positions, 14 of the 36 authorised positions remained unfilled.

A lack of specialised physicians was also present at Nakodar Civil Hospital in Punjab, where open positions included those for a surgeon, an ENT specialist, a radiology expert, an anaesthetist, a pathologist, and two medical officer positions.

According to the most recent media report by Amar Ujala, the Health Minister acknowledged that there is a shortage of health providers in various hospitals throughout the province and stated that the government is compiling information on the hospitals in every area during the question period in the House on Monday during the Punjab Legislative Assembly’s budget session. He added that doctors would soon be hired for all government hospitals in accordance with their needs.

The Health Minister also told the House that 380 students finish their post-graduate medical studies each year. These PG medical graduates sign the bond at the time of admission, but they don’t follow the terms of the bond; thus, after receiving their degree, they go to private hospitals. In reference to this, Dinesh Chadha, an AAP MLA from Ropar, highlighted how, in the previous ten years, the government authorities had failed to ensure that the PG medical graduates from the state’s government medical colleges provided their services to government-run hospitals for a short period of time. He further said that the state should take action against the government officials who helped these doctors transfer to private hospitals and receive lucrative salaries.

The Health Minister was quoted by Indian Express as saying, “In reference to the fact that the PG medical graduates must serve the government for two years or pay Rs 15 lakh, the previous administrations failed to ensure that these doctors performed their services in state-run hospitals and failed to collect the money owed to them. Negligence in a criminal matter “From 57 doctors who did not work for the government, we have recovered Rs 6.47 crore, and we will continue to recover money from other doctors as well.”

According to The Times of India, the minister promised that the AAP government will make sure that there is never a shortage of specialists in the state. In order to address the physician shortage, he further guaranteed that these expert doctors would provide their services at government hospitals after completing their postgraduate medical training. He continued by pointing out that not a single medical college had opened in the state in the previous 40 years, but that the state government was now building four such institutions.

The Congress MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warding, meanwhile, made reference to the lack of a doctor at the government hospital in Gidderbaha and emphasised that the facility had seven approved doctor roles. The Health Minister took note of this and promised that he would demonstrate the situation so that doctors would soon be hired at the hospital.

NEET 2023 Registrations Open

The National Testing Agency (NTA) in India administers the NEET UG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate), a national-level medical entrance examination. On the official website, https://neet.nta.nic.in/, applicants can start their NEET 2023 registration online.

Candidates can register for the NEET 2023 by going to the NTA’s official website, filling out the necessary information, uploading a photo of themselves and their signature, and paying the registration fee.

For admission to UG medical programmes in all medical institutions, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued an online call for entries as the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test NEET 2023 registration.

Those who are willing and qualified can sign up online as of right now. On April 6, 2023, registration will be accepted until 9 p.m. Up until 11:50 p.m. on the final day for filing an application, the entrance fee can be paid. The applicant is responsible for covering all fees and charges and Goods and Services Tax (GST), if necessary.

The candidates can check below the NEET 2023 Exam Important Dates. –

Fee For NEET 2023 Application

Enrollment for NEET (UG) – 2023: Where you can Register

Applicants may only use the “Online” mode to enrol for NEET (UG)-2023 at https://neet.nta.nic.in/. You can register your online form by visiting https://neet.nta.nic.in/, which is the NTA portal. It should be remembered that the registration form cannot be filed in any other way. N All correspondence and information will be sent by the NTA via email to the registered email address or SMS to the registered mobile number only, so applicants must make sure that the contact details provided in the online application form belong to them or their parents or guardians.

All registrants must upload address verification (both their current and permanent locations) while initiating the NEET (UG) 2023 online application.AADHAAR cards, domicile certificates, passports, voter identification cards, etc. are examples of address evidence. If necessary, combine the two documents into one PDF file before uploading it. The same document will be sufficient if the current and permanent addresses match.

Check the NEET-UG 2023 application notification by clicking here.

Download NEET-UG 2023 Information Bulletin

Steps to Follow for NEET-2023 Registration?

1: Go to the NTA NEET UG official website (https://neet.nta.nic.in/).

2: On the homepage, click the “Apply Online” button.

3: After carefully reading the instructions, press the “Proceed to Apply Online for NEET (UG)       2023” button.

4: Complete the NEET UG 2023 application form with the necessary information, including personal and academic data, contact information, and other necessary information.

5: Submit scanned copies of your photo and signature in the format required.

6: Carefully read the application form to ensure that all the information is accurate.

7: Make an online payment for the application fee using a debit card, credit card, net banking, UPI, or PayTM.

8: Download the file upon successful payment.

Direct link to apply online for NEET-UG 2023

Jhajjar: In a ragging incident reported from the World College of Medical Sciences and Research in Jhajjar, six MBBS students were expelled for three months after a junior complained of ragging from seniors, which resulted in injuries.

The complainant, a second-year MBBS student from Faridabad, claimed that on the night of March 1 and 2, six seniors hit him with an iron rod and assaulted his friends.

This incident took place in front of the hostel warden and a guard. The senior students were in a drunken state.

He stated, “After we spoke out against the ragging, my friends were assaulted by seniors. My head was stitched up six times. When the incident occurred at midnight, the senior students were intoxicated. They barged into my room and thrashed me for opposing ragging.” In addition, he told Tribune India, “A hostel warden also supported the seniors instead of helping us.”

Also, the complainant’s brother also claimed that the college authorities had previously received a complaint about ragging but had taken no action. According to the TOI, the police registered the case under Sections 147 (rioting), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of the offence committed in prosecution of a common object), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.

The college dean, Dr.JC Passey, told HT that four of the six accused students had been expelled for three months and two for 45 days. Suraj Bhan, SHO of the Jhajjar police station, stated that the six students and the hostel warden had been arrested and that the case is being investigated.