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Hindustan Times
28-05-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Bond service on hold for medical PG admissions
MUMBAI: MBBS graduates in Maharashtra are no longer required to complete a year's bond service to enroll in post-graduate (PG) medical courses. The requirement has been stayed by the state medical education department, which issued an order on Tuesday. 'The 2017 state government resolution requiring MBBS graduates to complete their bond service before joining PG courses had been put on hold till further orders,' it said. The Association of State Medical Interns (ASMI) had written to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER), flagging serious concerns on the feasibility of this rule, which took effect in 2019-20. HT had also highlighted the issue. The rule had also mandated the bond service for candidates taking the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for PG courses, for the third time. These candidates will have to complete the mandatory bond service. In its letter to the chief minister and medical education minister early this month, ASMI had pointed out that around 4,150 students graduate with an MBBS degree every year in Maharashtra, but the DMER does not have an equal number of seats available for bond service placements. As a result, many students are left waiting indefinitely, delaying their academic and professional progression. While welcoming Tuesday's decision, ASMI regional coordinator Dr Zeeshan Bagwan said, 'This is a welcome move but we urge the government to discuss the issue with ASMI before issuing a final government resolution on the matter.'
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
DMER launches recruitment drive to fill faculty & dean posts in state med colleges
Nagpur: The Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) has initiated a massive recruitment drive to fill up 792 faculty and 10 dean posts across medical colleges in Maharashtra. The medical colleges, especially the newer ones, are without regular or full-time faculty teachers, and the DMER has been paying penalties to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to retain the sanctioned MBBS medical colleges in Vidarbha have also been reeling under an acute shortage of faculty. Over the years, the DMER strategically reshuffled senior teachers or showed one faculty member at two colleges during NMC year, the NMC permitted the renewal of MBBS seats for the academic year 2024-25, subject to the deposit of penalties in view of teaching staff deficiencies. At least 10 medical colleges, including Akola, Chandrapur, and Gondia in Maharashtra, were asked to deposit the Class II recruitments for assistant professors mainly include Anesthesiology, radiology, anatomy, general medicine, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology, microbiology, forensic medicine, pathology, community medicine, and general officials said the drive might not help avoid penalties levied by the NMC over the staff crunch this year too. "Recruitment is being done through MPSC. The application process stretches until late May. Then the final shortlisting and selection process will take another four months. So this has come late," they posts being filled upAnesthesiology | 67Radiology | 78Anatomy | 46General Medicine | 50Ophthalmology | 26Obstetrics & gynaecology | 83Microbiology | 23Forensic medicine | 29Pathology | 48Community medicine | 31General surgery | 64Nagpur: The Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) has initiated a massive recruitment drive to fill up 792 faculty and 10 dean posts across medical colleges in Maharashtra. The medical colleges, especially the newer ones, are without regular or full-time faculty teachers, and the DMER has been paying penalties to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to retain the sanctioned MBBS medical colleges in Vidarbha have also been reeling under an acute shortage of faculty. Over the years, the DMER strategically reshuffled senior teachers or showed one faculty member at two colleges during NMC year, the NMC permitted the renewal of MBBS seats for the academic year 2024-25, subject to the deposit of penalties in view of teaching staff deficiencies. At least 10 medical colleges, including Akola, Chandrapur, and Gondia in Maharashtra, were asked to deposit the Class II recruitments for assistant professors mainly include Anesthesiology, radiology, anatomy, general medicine, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology, microbiology, forensic medicine, pathology, community medicine, and general officials said the drive might not help avoid penalties levied by the NMC over the staff crunch this year too. "Recruitment is being done through MPSC. The application process stretches until late May. Then the final shortlisting and selection process will take another four months. So this has come late," they posts being filled upAnesthesiology | 67Radiology | 78Anatomy | 46General Medicine | 50Ophthalmology | 26Obstetrics & gynaecology | 83Microbiology | 23Forensic medicine | 29Pathology | 48Community medicine | 31General surgery | 64
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
HC regularises admn of 93 non-CET homeopathy pupils
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Tuesday regularised admissions of 93 non-CET students admitted to ' Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery ' courses in the state in academic years 2013-14 and 2014-15 after the first round of CET, based on vacant seats, holding that it was a 'peculiar case'.In 2013-14, DMER first opposed admission to students who did not take the said its decision in a petition filed by Association of Management of Homoeopathic Medical Colleges of Maharashtra in 2014 and others on behalf of these students cannot be cited as a precedent by other division bench of Justices AS Chandurkar and MM Sathaye pronounced its ruling and accepted the association's plea to regularise admission of the 93 students governed by norms as permissible at the after hearing counsel Pooja Thorat for the petitioners, and opposing counsel R V Govilkar for MUHS and Rui Rodrigues for the Centre, recorded that the Central Council for Homeopathy has taken a clear stand that minimum qualification for admission in a homeopathic college is passing Std 12 or HSC exam.
Hindustan Times
07-05-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
PMC medical college gets recognised for bonded service
In a move expected to alleviate the acute shortage of doctors and experts at Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-run hospitals and healthcare facilities, the Maharashtra government has recognised Bharatratna Atalbihari Vajpayee Medical College (BAVMC) Pune as a centre where MBBS and postgraduate (PG) doctors from government colleges can work as part of the mandatory social service, officials said on Tuesday. The state government has also authorised the DMER to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the PMC's medical education trust to ensure proper implementation of these conditions. (HT FILE) The recognition was granted after thorough evaluation by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) based on letters issued on October 4, 2024 and April 4, 2025. As per the order issued on April 28, MBBS and PG doctors in government colleges can work for a year at BAVMC as part of the mandatory social service after which they can go for higher education. 'Doctors serving at BAVMC will also be able to complete their one-year compulsory bond service at PMC-run BAVMC,' said Dr Nina Borade, health chief of the PMC. The state government has also authorised the DMER to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the PMC's medical education trust to ensure proper implementation of these conditions. Authorities have been directed to ensure that this decision does not reduce the availability of doctors in government hospitals or primary health centres under the state's health directorate. Dr Shilpa Pratinidhi, dean of BAVMC, said that the exact number of bonded doctors that they will get has not yet been finalised. 'We will soon complete the MoU process with the DMER. Once the bonded doctors start working at our institute, it will help improve the quality of services provided by the PMC at Kamala Nehru Hospital (KNH),' she said. Currently, the BAVMC has four MBBS batches with 100 students in each batch. The first batch, which started in 2021-2022, will complete its course mid-2026 and begin its internship at KNH. Dr Borade said, 'This recognition is expected not only to benefit medical graduates but also improve healthcare services in Pune city. It a positive step toward strengthening the partnership between municipal and government healthcare services. Besides, we are also working to fill vacant doctors' posts in PMC hospitals on a priority basis.'
