Starting of 15 MD, MS courses at Nizamabad Medical College: MCI Team conducts inspection

As per the MCI rules, a team of assessors from the council visit of medical college and its departments to see if the medical college has the requisite infrastructure and manpower to teach the courses

Nizamabad: In a bid to increase PG medical seats, various departments of Nizamabad Government Medical College and Government General Hospital here was recently inspected by the Medical Council of India (MCI) team.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that total 1916 applications have been submitted across all medical colleges in India for enhancement of PG Medical Seats. Government Medical College Nizamabad had also made applications for starting various MD/MS courses at the medical college including MD (Anatomy), MD (Physiology), MD (Biochemistry), MD (Forensic Medicine), MD (Pathology), MD (Microbiology), MD (General Medicine), MD (Paediatrics), MD (Psychiatry), MS (General Surgery), MS (Orthopaedics), MS (Otorhinolaryngology), MS (Ophthalmology) ,MD(Anaesthesiology) as well as MS(Obstetrics & Gynaecology).

As per the MCI rules, a team of assessors from the council visit of medical college and its departments to see if the medical college has the necessary infrastructure and manpower to teach the courses

Hans India reports that the said team of MCI assessors lead by Dr Kapoor Chand Meena included Dr Kapoor Chand Meena, senior Professor at Department of Paediatrics; in-charge Principal Dr Lakshmi Kameshwari; I/C Superintendent Dr PL Srinivas Rao; HOD Paediatrics Dr Preethi; Dr Kavitha; Dr Gopal Singh; and Dr Radhamohan.

MCI team highlighted a few deficiencies and directed to make necessary changes accordingly. The inspection report will be submitted to the senior authorities.

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There seems a probability of allotment of PG medical seats in the medical college after 5 year's wait as the MCI team stated that the situation is better this time than earlier, added the daily .

Nizamabad Medical College began its academic year from 2013-14 after receiving clearance from the MCI with 100 seats for MBBS. It is affiliated to Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS). The college also has DNB Seats in various Broad speciality courses like General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Anesthesia and Paediatrics.

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