New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has held a meeting with representatives of 62 leading private hospitals/chains, urging them to start undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses. The move aims to stem the tide of Indian students going abroad to study medicine.
Health ministry sources say it is expected that around 1,500 additional medical seats will be available This year by way of private hospital.
“I recently held a meeting with 62 private hospitals including Lilavati, Amrita Hospital, Medanta, Breach Candy and Kokilaben and urged them to start undergraduate medical courses. I expect at least 15-20 of them to start from some seats this year. I am personally in favor of training our doctors in India instead of abroad, Mandaviya told reporters on Monday.
Ministry of Health did in 2016 put an end to A non-profit clause in the eligibility rules for medical colleges to encourage private hospitals to enter the field of medical education. However, even after the changes have been made, the uptake remains minimal. While major chains such as Apollo have graduate courses in select specialties, they have avoided entering the undergraduate field.
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According to health ministry officials, hospitals have been asked to keep affordability in mind while launching the programme, and a strict process to weed out substandard institutions will be put in place to maintain quality.
“Private hospitals have some of the best infrastructure, but their presence in medical education is very limited. We are trying to change that.’
Bringing in private hospitals to provide medical education has been a policy priority for some years, but the matter has gained urgency in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, leaving hundreds of Indian medical students studying abroad in limbo.
Current regulations require Indians studying medicine abroad to pass an exam – the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination or FMGE, which is an exam to be passed. poor pass rate – To be eligible to practice medicine in this country. Only those who have medical degree from US, UK, New Zealand, Australia or Canada set free From this.
(Edited by Rohan Manoj)
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