According to sources, the National Medical Commission, which oversees medical education and medical professionals in the nation, is likely to withdraw recognition from 150 of the nations medical colleges because of insufficient faculty and rule-breaking. 40 medical colleges throughout the nation have already lost their accreditation and are now required to demonstrate to the NMC that they are abiding by the rules.As per information, the NMC is keeping an eye on medical institutions in the states of Gujarat, Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, and West Bengal.The discrepancies were revealed during the inspection carried out by the Undergraduate Medical Education Board of the Commission for over a month, in which they looked into the loopholes in the system followed by the collages, CCTV cameras not working, lapses in Aadhar linked biometric attendance procedures and the vacant seats of the faculty.Notably, the medical colleges can appeal within 30 days, and if in case the appeal gets rejected, they can approach the Union Ministry of Health. Also, in December, the Union Ministry warned the colleges to follow the guidelines or else, they will have to face the action. The report also confirms that the medical colleges are doubled in numbers since 2014.There were 387 medical colleges in the nation in 2014. The number has climbed to 660 as of 2023. The number of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences has increased from seven in 2014 to twenty-two.Additionally increased was the quantity of post-graduation places. A total of 65,335 post-graduate seats are available, which is more than twice as many as there were in 2014. In 2014, there were 31,185 seats available for medical school. 1,01,043 seats are available for MBBS students, up from 51,348 in 2014.But after the cancellation of the recognition of the colleges, the number will come down by almost a quarter.In March, the Gujarat government informed the legislative assembly of the state that over 1,900 posts were lying vacant at the states run government colleges and hospitals.The derecognition of the medical colleges in the country can trigger a crisis, where the number of medical seats and colleges are inadequate for decades.
