Indian Medical Education has undergone tremendous changes in the recent
years with revamp in curriculum, no of seats, fee structure etc. The number of
medical colleges which stood at 381 in 2014 has increased to 596 medical
colleges as of 12 January 2022. The number of UG seats have increased from
51,348 before 2014 to 89,875 seats as of March 29, 2022 which is an increase of
75 per cent. The numbers of PG seats have increased by 93 per cent from 31,185
seats before 2014 to 60,202 seats. The Central Government has made huge efforts
to upgrade the existing Medical Education System. In 2020 NMC i.e. National
Medical Commission replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI) paving the way
as a new regulator.
The Government has also relaxed the norms for setting up of medical
colleges in terms of requirement for faculty, staff, bed strength and other
infrastructure. In order to tackle the shortage of faculty, Diplomate of
National Board (DNB) qualification has been recognized for appointment as
faculty members. NMC has made significant efforts in changing the curriculum
the previous edition being that of 1997.
The new curriculum stresses on the importance of ethics and
communication competencies. Also the new standards set by NMC for opening of
medical colleges envisages a skill laboratory in every medical institution. It
provides a facility where students can practice and improve their skills in a
safe environment, mitigating the limitations of learning on live patients.
These skill labs will recreate the clinical environment and provide a much
greater opportunity for learning through mannequins and computerized
simulation.
Despite the government being successful in increasing the number of
medical seats in our country, it is still the shortage of seats and expensive
medical education fees that is driving our youth abroad.
There are 13 lakh one thousand three hundred nineteen allopathic doctors
registered with the State Medical Councils and the National Medical Commission
(NMC) as on November 2021 with Doctor Population ratio of 1:834. Also there are
also two lakh 89 thousand registered dentists, 32 lakh 63 thousand registered
nursing personnel and 13 lakh allied and Healthcare professionals in the
country.
Even with the adequate Doctor to Population ratio, India has an overall
shortfall of 76.1 per cent specialist doctors at the Community Health Centres
(CHCs) in rural areas.
Eligibility to Start a Medical
College
1. A State Govt./Union
Territory;
2. A University;
3. An autonomous Body
promoted by Central or State Government or under a Statute for the purpose of
medical qualification;
4. A society registered
under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 for corresponding Acts in States;
or
5. A public Religious or
Charitable Trust registered under the Trust act, 1882 or the WAKFS Act,
1954.
6. Companies registered
under The Company Act, 1956
Qualifying criteria i.e. conditions to be fulfilled for starting a
medical college
1. Medical education must
be one of the objectives of the applicant in case the applicant is an
autonomous body, registered society, charitable trust & companies registered
under Companies Act.
2. The medical college or
medical institution shall be housed in a unitary campus of not less than 20
acres of land except in mega cities and ‘A’ class cities
3. Further provided that,
in Metropolitan areas, the medical college should have the total built up area
required for adequate infrastructure, including medical college, affiliated
teaching hospital, residential quarters and other infrastructure required as
per the applicable Minimum Standard Requirement Regulations, in the unitary
piece of land owned and possessed by them.
4. The applicant must
submit the Essentiality Certificate from the concerned State Govt./ Union
Territory for establishment of the proposed medical college.
5. The Consent of
Affiliation from the concerned University
6. The hospital owned and
managed by the appropriate Government should be minimum 300 bedded hospital
with necessary infrastructural facilities capable of being developed into a
teaching institution.
7. The minimum 300 bedded
hospital has to be transferred by the Government to the applicant
trust/society/company through an appropriate Memorandum of Understanding of
minimum of 33 years or by way of lease of 99 years preferably but in any case
not less than 33 years.
8. The hospital should have
all the feasibility for it being periodically upgraded including the
augmentation of the number of beds and commensurate teaching units and teaching
compliment as prescribed by the Governing Regulations with respect to the
permitted annual intake for the college of 50/100/150/200/250 as the case may
be.
9. The applicant has not
admitted students in the proposed medical college.
10. The applicant provides
two performances Bank guarantee valid for a period of 5 years in favor of MCI
for the prescribed sums varying according to the number of admissions, one for
the establishment of the medical college and the other for the teaching
hospital. Government Medical Colleges are exempted from submitting performance
Bank guarantees.
11. Hired or rented building shall
not be permitted and the college shall be set up only in the plot earmarked for
that purpose.
SCHEDULE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW MEDICAL
COLLEGES/RENEWAL OF PERMISSION AND PROCESSING OF THE APPLICATIONS BY THE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT & MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA
S.NO STAGE OF PROCESSING
1 Receipt of applications
by the Central Government.
2 Forwarding application
by the Central Government to Medical Council of India.
3 Technical Scrutiny,
assessment and Recommendations for Letter of Permission by the Medical Council
of India.
4 Receipt of
reply/compliance from the applicant by the Central Government and for personal
hearing thereto, if any and
forwarding of compliance by the Central Govt. to the Medical Council of
India.
5 Final recommendations
for the letter of permission by the Medical Council of India
6 Issue of Letter of
Permission by the Central Government.
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