5 TN medical colleges barred from admitting students
Posted on: 17/Jul/2014 2:45:50 PM
Tamil Nadu is set to lose 750 MBBS seats in the academic year 2014-15.
Five private medical colleges in the state have been barred from admitting students by the Medical Council of India (MCI) after they failed to meet the required standards in infrastructure, faculty and research.
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that . The colleges did not meet the MCI-prescribed minimum standard requirements.
Across the country, 3,820 MBBS seats in 45 colleges have been barred this year.
The banned five colleges are:
* Madha Medical College at Thandalam near Chennai.
* Tagore Medical College at Vandalur near Chennai.
* SRM in Trichy.
* Annapurna Medical College in Salem.
* Muthukumaran Medical College at Kundrathur near Chennai.
If MCI finds there are deficiencies as per assessment report, the council recommends that permission to such colleges not be allowed.
These colleges have been barred from admitting students for MBBS course in this academic year. This is a loss for aspiring medical students in the state.
The five colleges could have been given a chance to improve their infrastructure to the levels of MCI standards. Earlier, the colleges used to be given time before the final inspection by MCI.
