New Delhi: Amid a shortage of medical faculty in medical colleges, the National Medical Commission (NMC) plans to fill the vacant positions with retired doctors from the army and railways. This move by India’s apex medical education regulator comes in the backdrop of Economic Survey highlighting faculty shortages, which are affecting the quality of medical…
When it comes to choosing a medical college, high-ranking students in the entrance test overwhelmingly prefer government colleges, especially the older and well-established ones that also happen to have the lowest annual fees.That’s the conclusion from National Medical Commission’s data on over 1 lakh MBBS admissions across India in 2023-24. However, data for admissions to…
PUNE: A 20-year-old student of a medical college in Ahmednagar’s Loni area drowned in the waters of Pavana dam near Thakursai village on Friday evening.Police identified the victim as Manish Shankar Sharma, 20, from Mumbai. Residents of the area managed to save his classmate, Aditya Bundele, 20, of Nagpur, from drowning.“A group of 15 students…
Speaking at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College’s diamond jubilee celebration in Indore, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stated, “The name of the institute is associated with respected Mahatma Gandhi. Inspired by the principles given by respected Bapu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted a new education policy to the country. The government has started…
