IMA Opposes Draft Bill Proposing 100% Central Allotment For State Medical Seats – Education Today
The IMA on Monday opposed the draft Postgraduate Medical Education Regulation Bill that proposes a 100 per cent central allotment for state medical seats, stating that it is “against the autonomy and envisioned role of the states in working towards public health as the right of the citizens”.
According to the bill, all seats will be filled by the Centre and the states will have no role in it, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) pointed out. “India being a federal state, leaving the role of states in medical education will be disastrous,” it said, demanding that the existing system of admission and selection criteria must continue for the PG seats.
It also demanded that the National Medical Commission (NMC) withdraw the “anti-federal, anti-student, anti-democratic, anti-patient care and anti-public health draft bill”, try to initiate a dialogue with the stakeholders to understand the ground reality and do course correction to ensure uniform standards of education and a uniform pattern of the scale of pay, stipend and facilities provided to the interns, faculties and residents too.
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