MCI to revise its norms for new medical colleges

New Delhi: Medical Council of India (MCI) regulations on minimum standard requirement for medical colleges will be revised for 50/100/150 MBBS admissions as directed by the Government.

As per Mrs. Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, "Repose has been given in the form of land requirement standard for campus, bed strength and indoor occupancy in the states where National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is operational like Northern Eastern states, Hill Stations and Hilly districts in other states for opening of medical colleges."

"The standard bed strength for indoor bed occupancy has been revised to 60% in these areas and in the teaching hospitals the bed strength has been reduced to 250 instead of 300 beds as compared to other parts of the country."

This will lead to opening up of new medical colleges in unprivileged and underprivileged areas of the country apart from producing more doctors in the nation.
Sixty-Eight proposals have been sent by the Ministry for the establishment of new medical colleges in the year of 2009-10, for their technical assessment and suggestions as per the provisions of the MCI regulations.

The last date for grant of permission by Central Government will be 15th July of every year as per the time schedule prescribed in the MCI regulations

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MCI to revise its norms for new medical colleges

New Delhi: Medical Council of India (MCI) regulations on minimum standard requirement for medical colleges will be revised for 50/100/150 MBBS admissions as directed by the Government.

As per Mrs. Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, "Repose has been given in the form of land requirement standard for campus, bed strength and indoor occupancy in the states where National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is operational like Northern Eastern states, Hill Stations and Hilly districts in other states for opening of medical colleges."

"The standard bed strength for indoor bed occupancy has been revised to 60% in these areas and in the teaching hospitals the bed strength has been reduced to 250 instead of 300 beds as compared to other parts of the country."

This will lead to opening up of new medical colleges in unprivileged and underprivileged areas of the country apart from producing more doctors in the nation.
Sixty-Eight proposals have been sent by the Ministry for the establishment of new medical colleges in the year of 2009-10, for their technical assessment and suggestions as per the provisions of the MCI regulations.

The last date for grant of permission by Central Government will be 15th July of every year as per the time schedule prescribed in the MCI regulations

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Centre directs MCI to revise norms for establishing colleges

New Delhi: The Central Government has directed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to revise the norms as prescribed in the MCI regulations for opening of new medical colleges on a minimum standard requirement for 50/10/150 MBBS admissions annually.

This was informed by Mrs. Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

Relaxations have been given in the norms for land requirement criteria for campus, bed strength, indoor occupancy for opening of medical colleges in the states where National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is operational, North Eastern states, hill states and hilly districts in other states.

For opening of new medical colleges in these areas, the total land requirement will be 20 acres in not more than two pieces of land separated by a distance of 15 kms as against 25 acres prescribed for other parts of the country.

The land separated by a road or canal connected with a bridge shall be treated as one piece of land for opening of medical colleges.

The criteria relating to bed strength in the teaching hospitals at the time of starting a medical college has been relaxed to 250 beds as against the 300 beds prescribe for other parts of the country.

The criterion for indoor bed occupancy in these areas has been relaxed to 60 percent. This will help in opening of new medical colleges in unserved and under-served areas of the country and also increase the number of medical colleges as well as production of doctors in the country.

These decisions will take effect only after the Medical Council of India (MCI) issues a notification on the same.

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Medical/Centre_directs_MCI_to_revise_norms_for_establishing_colleges_6858/

Centre directs MCI to revise norms for establishing colleges

New Delhi: The Central Government has directed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to revise the norms as prescribed in the MCI regulations for opening of new medical colleges on a minimum standard requirement for 50/10/150 MBBS admissions annually.

This was informed by Mrs. Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

Relaxations have been given in the norms for land requirement criteria for campus, bed strength, indoor occupancy for opening of medical colleges in the states where National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is operational, North Eastern states, hill states and hilly districts in other states.

For opening of new medical colleges in these areas, the total land requirement will be 20 acres in not more than two pieces of land separated by a distance of 15 kms as against 25 acres prescribed for other parts of the country.

The land separated by a road or canal connected with a bridge shall be treated as one piece of land for opening of medical colleges.

The criteria relating to bed strength in the teaching hospitals at the time of starting a medical college has been relaxed to 250 beds as against the 300 beds prescribe for other parts of the country.

The criterion for indoor bed occupancy in these areas has been relaxed to 60 percent. This will help in opening of new medical colleges in unserved and under-served areas of the country and also increase the number of medical colleges as well as production of doctors in the country.

These decisions will take effect only after the Medical Council of India (MCI) issues a notification on the same.

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Medical/Centre_directs_MCI_to_revise_norms_for_establishing_colleges_6858/

Medical college needs fresh inspection - SC

New Delhi: The Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre may face another inspection by the Medical Council of India (MCI) as the Supreme Court (SC) has directed it to conduct the inspection to ensure that deficiencies pointed out in the earlier inspection are rectified.

The medical college is run by the Karpaga Vinayaga Educational Trust, represented by its managing trustee Saroja Regupathy, wife of Union Minister S. Regupathy.

A bench of Justices headed by Altamas Kabir and Markandey Katju passed the order on an application filed by the college after hearing MCI counsel Maninder Singh and Counsel Altaf Ahmed and K.K. Mani for the college.

On June 30, the apex court had dismissed a special leave petition from the MCI against the Madras High Court's order dated June 20, directing inspection of the college.

Earlier, the MCI inspected the college but rejected approval citing the deficiencies. The present application is directed against this order.

"The net result is that today although an inspection had been conducted and the deficiencies pointed out and since removed on July 25, no further action has been taken, purportedly on the ground that the time period for granting permission had already expired for the year 2008-2009", the Bench said.

"We direct that following the time schedule as indicated in the judgment of 'Mridul Dhar', the process as far as the applicant institute is concerned, should begin from the stage of rectification of the deficiencies said to have been effected by the institute", it further said.

The order said, "The MCI will be entitled to make a re-inspection or further inspection for the purpose of satisfying itself that the deficiencies have been removed."

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Tamil_Nadu/Medical_college_needs_fresh_inspection_-_SC_6776/

Medical college needs fresh inspection - SC

New Delhi: The Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre may face another inspection by the Medical Council of India (MCI) as the Supreme Court (SC) has directed it to conduct the inspection to ensure that deficiencies pointed out in the earlier inspection are rectified.

The medical college is run by the Karpaga Vinayaga Educational Trust, represented by its managing trustee Saroja Regupathy, wife of Union Minister S. Regupathy.

A bench of Justices headed by Altamas Kabir and Markandey Katju passed the order on an application filed by the college after hearing MCI counsel Maninder Singh and Counsel Altaf Ahmed and K.K. Mani for the college.

On June 30, the apex court had dismissed a special leave petition from the MCI against the Madras High Court's order dated June 20, directing inspection of the college.

Earlier, the MCI inspected the college but rejected approval citing the deficiencies. The present application is directed against this order.

"The net result is that today although an inspection had been conducted and the deficiencies pointed out and since removed on July 25, no further action has been taken, purportedly on the ground that the time period for granting permission had already expired for the year 2008-2009", the Bench said.

"We direct that following the time schedule as indicated in the judgment of 'Mridul Dhar', the process as far as the applicant institute is concerned, should begin from the stage of rectification of the deficiencies said to have been effected by the institute", it further said.

The order said, "The MCI will be entitled to make a re-inspection or further inspection for the purpose of satisfying itself that the deficiencies have been removed."

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Tamil_Nadu/Medical_college_needs_fresh_inspection_-_SC_6776/

MCI recognizes 17 medical colleges in Maharashtra

Mumbai: The Medical Council of India (MCI) has recognized 17 medical colleges including the MGM Medical College at Navi Mumbai; Government Medical College (GMC) at Latur and Miraj; NDMVPS Medical College at Nashik and four other undergraduate colleges across the state.

PDMMC, Amravati is the only college which has not been approved for reasons of shortage of teaching staff of up to 15 percent and shortage of residents of up to 10 percent.

MCI member Dr. Vasant Pawar who is also a representative of Maharashtra Medical Graduates' Constituency and MLC, said, "We have tried to simplify procedures and have taken efforts to see that colleges comply with the required criteria to be recognized. I have done my duty in a hope that now the immense shortage of teaching staff will be filled up."

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Maharashtra/MCI_recognizes_17_medical_colleges_in_Maharashtra_6664/

MCI recognizes 17 medical colleges in Maharashtra

Mumbai: The Medical Council of India (MCI) has recognized 17 medical colleges including the MGM Medical College at Navi Mumbai; Government Medical College (GMC) at Latur and Miraj; NDMVPS Medical College at Nashik and four other undergraduate colleges across the state.

PDMMC, Amravati is the only college which has not been approved for reasons of shortage of teaching staff of up to 15 percent and shortage of residents of up to 10 percent.

MCI member Dr. Vasant Pawar who is also a representative of Maharashtra Medical Graduates' Constituency and MLC, said, "We have tried to simplify procedures and have taken efforts to see that colleges comply with the required criteria to be recognized. I have done my duty in a hope that now the immense shortage of teaching staff will be filled up."

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Maharashtra/MCI_recognizes_17_medical_colleges_in_Maharashtra_6664/

End animal experiments in medical colleges - PETA

New Delhi: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged the Medical Council of India (MCI) to re-evaluate and amend regulations allowing medical colleges to end the use of animals in their curricula and opt for alternatives to animal experimentation.

Drawing the attention of MCI, a government body that regulates medical colleges in the country, to the fact that majority of medical schools in USA, Canada and the UK have ended the use of animals in their curricula, PETA said prominent medical associations now encourage medical schools to replace the use of animals with non-animal teaching methods.

In its October 15 letter to the MCI president, Dharmesh Solanki, PETA's Senior Vivisection (the practice of experimenting on live animals) Campaign Coordinator said many colleges have expressed their inability to end the practice because of MCI requirements.

"We respectfully ask your office to re-evaluate the position on this issue and to amend the Graduate Medical Education Regulations 1997, to allow medical colleges to prohibit the use of animals in their curricula," Solanki said.

He said: "Prominent medical associations now encourage medical schools to replace the use of animals in curricula with non-animal teaching methods."

"Leading medical professors and researchers in India support ending the use of animals for medical education," he added.

"Prominent government agencies are now urging a paradigm shift to using cutting-edge, non-animal research methodologies because numerous recent studies have shown that animal experiments often waste lives - both animal and human - and precious resources by trying to infect animals with diseases that they would never normally contract," Solanki said.

"As the world moves forward with newer and safer technologies, India should take a lead - not lag behind," he added. IANS

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End animal experiments in medical colleges - PETA

New Delhi: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged the Medical Council of India (MCI) to re-evaluate and amend regulations allowing medical colleges to end the use of animals in their curricula and opt for alternatives to animal experimentation.

Drawing the attention of MCI, a government body that regulates medical colleges in the country, to the fact that majority of medical schools in USA, Canada and the UK have ended the use of animals in their curricula, PETA said prominent medical associations now encourage medical schools to replace the use of animals with non-animal teaching methods.

In its October 15 letter to the MCI president, Dharmesh Solanki, PETA's Senior Vivisection (the practice of experimenting on live animals) Campaign Coordinator said many colleges have expressed their inability to end the practice because of MCI requirements.

"We respectfully ask your office to re-evaluate the position on this issue and to amend the Graduate Medical Education Regulations 1997, to allow medical colleges to prohibit the use of animals in their curricula," Solanki said.

He said: "Prominent medical associations now encourage medical schools to replace the use of animals in curricula with non-animal teaching methods."

"Leading medical professors and researchers in India support ending the use of animals for medical education," he added.

"Prominent government agencies are now urging a paradigm shift to using cutting-edge, non-animal research methodologies because numerous recent studies have shown that animal experiments often waste lives - both animal and human - and precious resources by trying to infect animals with diseases that they would never normally contract," Solanki said.

"As the world moves forward with newer and safer technologies, India should take a lead - not lag behind," he added. IANS

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Today/

AMU to start Airway Training School

Aligarh: Dr. S. Moied Ahmad from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will start and develop an Airway Training School under the aegis of the Indo-US Academic Council for Emergency and Trauma, a body comprising University of South Florida (USA), All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Medical Council of India (MCI) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).The Airway Training School will be organized once a year at the J.N. Medical College (AMU) and on a demand-itinerary will be organized at other medical colleges recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The main purpose of the school is to educate the doctors about anatomy and physiology of basic and advanced airway management in pediatrics, adult and geriatric age groups specially to manage airway in difficult and tricky situations. The trainee doctors would be informed about recent advances in airway management and settings of ventilators in patients with different diseases. This training would help the doctors of different specialities to combat the difficulties encountered in their day to day practice while managing patient with difficult airways. Dr. Ahmad, a reader and incharge of Intensive Care Unit of J.N. Medical College, was recently invited as a coordinator of the Workshop on Airway Management and Instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Critical Care Support in the International Congress of Critical Care Medicine held at Bhopal.

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AMU to start Airway Training School

Aligarh: Dr. S. Moied Ahmad from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will start and develop an Airway Training School under the aegis of the Indo-US Academic Council for Emergency and Trauma, a body comprising University of South Florida (USA), All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Medical Council of India (MCI) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).The Airway Training School will be organized once a year at the J.N. Medical College (AMU) and on a demand-itinerary will be organized at other medical colleges recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The main purpose of the school is to educate the doctors about anatomy and physiology of basic and advanced airway management in pediatrics, adult and geriatric age groups specially to manage airway in difficult and tricky situations. The trainee doctors would be informed about recent advances in airway management and settings of ventilators in patients with different diseases. This training would help the doctors of different specialities to combat the difficulties encountered in their day to day practice while managing patient with difficult airways. Dr. Ahmad, a reader and incharge of Intensive Care Unit of J.N. Medical College, was recently invited as a coordinator of the Workshop on Airway Management and Instructor of Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Critical Care Support in the International Congress of Critical Care Medicine held at Bhopal.

Source: http://indiaedunews.net/Uttar_Pradesh/AMU_to_start_Airway_Training_School_5067/