Jharkhand Min Asks Harsh Vardhan to Lift Ban on 3 Medical Colleges

National Medical Commission had prohibited admissions to these colleges citing inadequate basic infrastructure.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.

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Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta on Wednesday, 30 December, requested Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to lift a ban on admission of students in three medical colleges of the state in Dumka, Hazaribagh and Palamu.

The National Medical Commission (NMC) had prohibited the admission process of these medical colleges citing the inadequate basic infrastructure.

”Jharkhand is a poor and backward state. Report of the Medical Council of India suggests that there’s a crisis of medical staff in the state. Thus, our human resource development needs to be shaped. For this, it is necessary these medical colleges start having admissions. The chief minister too had written on this matter,” reported ANI, quoting Gupta.

“The discussion was fruitful and the Union Health Minister has forwarded my concern to the NMC for consideration. Hopefully, the ban will be lifted. When students will be enrolled in our medical college, after due time we will be able to overcome the shortage of doctors and medical staff,” he added.

The permission was granted to admit 100 students each in three colleges. The admission process for the academic year 2020-21 had started after the NEET examination results was announced, but the NMC had barred these colleges to admit new students due infrastructural deficiencies.