Odisha HRD

Center plans to ease MCI conditions for opening medical colleges in NRHM states

July 6th, 2007

Following is an excerpt from Indiaedunews on this topic.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently decided to amend the Medical Council of India (MCI) Act for giving relaxation in opening more medical colleges in the country.

In this context, the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said in Srinagar that the Ministry proposed to amend the Medical Council of India (MCI) Act that would help in categorising the States into three types: North East, NRHM and general category. Dr. Ramadoss said this in a review meeting for the implementation of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Jammu & Kashmir.

As per the amendment the District Hospitals in the NRHM States with more than 250 beds would be allowed to be upgraded to the status of medical colleges. Nursing colleges and training institutions for paramedical staff could also be attached to the district hospitals.

As per the document from the NRHM site Orissa is among the 18 NRHM states. (The others are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, J & K, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, MP, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, UP, and Uttaranchal.)

In this regard one must note that the current requirement for a medical college with 50 seats is 400 beds (see page 13), 100 seats is 500 beds, and 150 seats is 750 ; although one can apply when one has 300 beds and one makes a deposit for the remaining number of beds.

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