The Union Health Minister has asked 62 top charity private hospitals to start offering MBBS and PG medical courses in light of the resources private hospitals can contribute to improving the nation's medical education system. If all goes as planned by the Center, this academic year's courses will probably start at about 20 of these hospitals.
This proposed action is intended to increase the number of seats, which will aid in offering high-quality, reasonably-priced medical education in India by allowing medical students to take advantage of the extensive health infrastructure currently present at these prestigious institutions.
The Center has therefore committed to simplify paperwork and loosen some rules in order to appease these private establishments throughout the entire process.
Mansukh Mandaviya, the union health minister, reportedly recently met with 62 renowned charitable private hospitals that have not yet started medical education and requested that they begin undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses.
In the meeting, representatives from various hospitals, including Apollo Hospitals, Amrita Hospitals, Anandamayi, Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai, and Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, discussed the necessary paperwork and government requirements regarding land, beds, infrastructure, rules, and much more.
"We have advised these widely regarded institutions to create medical colleges for medical education to Indian students so that they do not go abroad for medical studies," Mandaviya remarked.
Many hospitals have already submitted their applications, and those that pass inspections will admit students for the current academic year, according to the officials. Yet, despite the Minister's assurances of relaxation, there remains resistance from the hospitals on the heavy administrative requirements and infrastructure-related rules.
"With the hospitals having specialized services, most would start by training PG students. Nonetheless, some will offer both UG and PG programs, according to a government official with knowledge of the situation.
"In the past, large hospitals were reluctant to launch medical colleges because they did not want to deal with the arduous paperwork involved. The standards for seat and land allocation were both strict. We have changed a number of these requirements to encourage more participation from nonprofit and private organizations," he added, as reported by The Hindu.
Since the hospital was their primary business, reputable private hospitals had no interest in training students. Every city has four or five of these hospitals. They have now consented to begin the training, the Minister said.
According to ANI, the Minister has met with hospitals once and it is anticipated that 12 to 13 hospitals will begin offering medical education this year.
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