Hyderabad: The Medical Council of India has “disapproved” permission for five new medical colleges, refused to increase seats in five existing medical colleges and denied renewal to five more in Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh.
All these colleges are privately run, some owned by politicians. Meanwhile, certain medical colleges run by the government, which have been granted approval, were only given conditional permission.
Surprise inspections by MCI teams found no faculty and lack of infrastructure, which resulted in disapproval for the medical colleges.
At present, there are 45 medical colleges in both the states with 6,100 MBBS seats available.
Telangana state director of Medical Education and MCI member, Dr Putta Srinivas, said, “Surprise inspections are carried out by teams of MCI drawn from government medical institutions. They have a checklist and if the faculty, infrastructure and class room facilities and other requirements are not in accordance with the rules, they are disapproved.”
According to the MCI, the Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, owned by Malakajgiri TD MP, has been denied renewal permission for all the 150 seats it had applied for. Dr V.R.K. Women’s Medical College in Aziznagar in Hyderabad and Fathima Institute of Medical Sciences in Kadapa were denied renewal for the 100 seats.
Another MCI member and representative of medical colleges said, “This means that this year they can’t admit students into MBBS course and it will be a zero batch year for these colleges. Last year’s batches will continue. If they rectify the lapses and apply next year, they may get renewal if they pass surprise inspection checks.”
Mahavir Institute of Medical Sciences, Vikarabad, Ayaan Institute of Medical Sciences, Moinabad, Gayatri Vidya Parsihat Institution of Health Care, Visakhapatnam, Maheswara Medical College, Patancheru, (owned by former Congress MLA from Nirmal, Maheswara Reddy), and TRR Institute of Medical Sciences, Patancheru, (owned by Congress Parigi MLA T. Rammohan Reddy), were denied permission for setting up medical colleges.
The MCI also disapproved applications for increase of seats by 50 or 100 to Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Deccan College of Medical Sciences Hyderabad, NRI Medical College, Guntur and MNR Medical College, Medak.
“There is a discrimination between government and private medical colleges. When government medical college lack the same facilities they are given conditional permission. It’s not the same in our case,” said a owner of a private medical college.
