Baramulla Medical College gets MCI permission for 100 MBBS seats

Baramulla: The Government Medical College (GMC) has recently received permission from the Medical Council of India (MCI) to start functioning from the academic year 2019-20 with an allotment of 100 MBBS seats.

The Medical Dialogues Team had earlier reported that the state government had a new medical college with 100 MBBS which was being constructed by the state government in Baramulla district.

Proper steps were taken to provide infrastructure, equipment and human resource in these colleges as per the Medical Council of India (MCI) guidelines to start the first batch of

MBBS course.

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The MCI had visited the medical college for inspection. The MCI issued a letter of permission to the medical obtaining certain essential documents in order to formally issue the letter of permission.

The letter stated, "After careful consideration of the scheme and taking into consideration the compliance verification assessment report along with the summary/ observations of the member of the undergraduate expert group appointed by the Board of Governors and an undertaking of the Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education…the Board of Governors has come to conclusion that a letter may be issued for obtaining certain essential documents in connection with issuance of letter of permission for establishment of new Medical College at Baramulla, with annual intake of 100 students," quotes the

Daily Excelsior.

"The applicant should provide all infrastructural facilities in terms of teaching and non-teaching staff building. Equipments hospital facilities as per Medical Council of India norms," it further stated.

"No students should be admitted in the course till the formal permission of the Board of Governors in supersession of Medical Council of India is granted," the letter added.

The letter had mentioned the point 3 as the basis of the grant of letter of permission which is; "Medical colleges/ institutions governed by the State Govt are required to furnish an undertaking to provide funds in their budget till the facilities are fully provided as per time bound programme indicated by them," quotes the daily.

The letter has mentioned that the action to grant formal permission of the Board of Governors in supersession of Medical Council of India for establishment of new Medical College at Baramulla, "will be initiated on the receipt of a compliance report fulfilling the conditions enumerated in paragraph three above," which is the point regarding budget.

"The Government Medical College (s) except those located in J&K should give an undertaking authorizing Medical Counseling Committee (MCC), Directorate General of health services, ministry of health and family welfare, Government of India to include 15 per cent of MBBS seats in all India quota seats for the year 2019-20," the letter further added.