MCI denies IGMCRI to admit students for coming session

The Medical Council of India has decided that it will not allow Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (IGMCRI) to enroll students in its second batch for 2011-12. This decision was given by the MCI at a 'Super-Session' of the Board of the Governors recently.

According to the recent order sent to the Health Secretary, the MCI has indicated various deficiencies in the college system which also includes inadequate infrastructure and teaching faculty and deficiency in equipment' as reasons for not renewing the permission to admit students. As per this order, the decision was taken on the report submitted to Board by the team that inspected the college in February this year.

However, the council, in the order, has asked the secretary to respond within two weeks of the receipt of the order as to why the MCI has rejected the renewal of the second batch. The same kind of instructions has given to four other medical colleges in state. One special team who visited these colleges for inspection found that these colleges lack staff, infrastructure and other basic facilities. Due to this notice there is a situation of dilemma over the 430 medical seats.

MCI has not given permission to Vadodara Medical College to increase the number of seats from 180 to 250 and Jamnagar Medical College also did not get green signal to admit more students from this year. In Rajkot Medical College, the seats have been reduced from 100 to 50. A senior official of the college said, "The MCI is being exceptionally harsh on the state colleges. Colleges in other states have much inferior infrastructure but they have not been harassed like this."