Medical Colleges

Regarding the Indian medical students, the Deputy FM mentioned that Ukraine will allow foreign medical students to take the Unified State Qualification Exam in their country of domicile

The development came even as a medical students' association moved the Supreme Court on Thursday for postponement of the examination citing its clash with the ongoing counselling for NEET PG 2021

The dean of a Tamil Nadu medical college was relieved of his post and put on waiting list as 'Maharshi Charak Shapath' instead of the Hippocratic oath was administered to new students, the govt said

The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the Tamil Nadu government to provide 50 per cent reservation in super speciality courses (DM/M.Ch.) for in-service candidates

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said Indian students were positively discouraged by universities in Ukraine from leaving.

Several Ukrainian medical universities have started online classes, giving a ray of hope to the Indian students who feared a bleak future after fleeing the war-torn country

Higher education centres say multidisciplinary learning could aid research, resolve faculty crunch

IMA has recommended that all evacuated medical students who are Indian citizens to be "adjusted as a one time measure in existing medical schools" in India for the remainder of their MBBS course.

Returnees from medical colleges in Ukraine want Centre and NMC intervention to continue studies in India

Mahindra suggested that state governments frame good policies for land allotment so that India could produce a large number of doctors and paramedics.

China and smaller countries like Ukraine, the Philippines and Kyrgyzstan offer far more affordable options, while not requiring Indian merit standards

As informed by the National Medical Commission (NMC), a total of 1,425 post-graduate seats 1,365 broad-specialty and 60 diploma remained vacant in the 2020-21 academic year

In 2014-15, while there were 3.4 registered nurses per operational doctors in the country, this declined to 3.1 in 2020-21

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated 11 medical colleges in Tamil Nadu via video conferencing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 11 medical colleges in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday via video conferencing.According to Prime Minister's Office (PMO), MBBS seats have been increased by 79.60 per cent (from 51,348 seats to 92,222 seats) and the number of PG seats increased by 80.70 per cent (from 31,185 seats to 56,374 seats) during the last seven years.So, the total medical seats before 2014 were around 82,500. And in the last seven years, a jump of around 80 per cent or 66,000 seats has taken place.The total number of medical colleges (both government and private) has increased from 387 to 596, a jump of around 54 per cent, the PMO informed.

In order to strengthen health infrastructure in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 11 medical colleges in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday via video conferencing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 11 new government medical colleges across Tamil Nadu and the new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai on Wednesday, his office said.

The Centre has decided to set up 157 new medical colleges in the country but in some states, these projects are hit by issues like the availability of land, Union minister Bharati Pawar said.

Due to legal impediments, the counselling is withheld resulting in a shortage of 45,000 doctors in the frontline, the IMA said

At least 43 students of Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences in Bommakal village of Telangana's Karimnagar has tested positive for COVID-19, said District Medical Health Officer on Sunday."43 students of the institute had been tested positive for COVID-19. The college is yet to update us with further details," said DMHO.The number of active cases of COVID-19 in the Telangana stood at 3,787, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.The cumulative recoveries so far recorded are 6,69,157 in Telangana while the cumulative death toll so far stood at 3,999.