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Tiruchi college students permitted to register with TN medical council

By S. Ganesan

TIRUCHI MAY 6. Amidst continuing suspense over the grant of recognition by the Medical Council of India for the M.B.B.S., programme offered by the Tiruchi K.A.P.Viswanatham Government Medical College here, students who have passed out of the college have been permitted to register themselves with the Tamil Nadu Medical Council.

Passed students are now being issued with provisional certificates-II (on completion of internship) and they would be allowed to register themselves as medical practitioners temporarily with the TN Medical Council. This would also enable them to appear for entrance examinations of postgraduate courses and the selected candidates would be admitted to the programmes, the Director of Medical Education, C. Ravindranath, told The Hindu today.

The issue is one of the demands of the striking medicos, as the first batch has already passed out of the college.

Nevertheless, the students are getting increasingly anxious over the outcome of the inspection conducted by a three-member MCI team in January. The team had conducted a three-day inspection from January 21 for granting final recognition to the undergraduate programme. The college authorities remained non-committal on whether any communication has been received from the MCI and merely stated that they have not received any ``final reply'' so far.

With nearly three months having lapsed since the team's visit, the students are apprehensive, given the track record of the college and the repeated problems it had faced in getting MCI clearance since its inception in 1997. Twice in the past, the fledgling college had been put on the no admission list by the MCI, pointing deficiencies in the Annal Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital attached to the college. Students apprehend that the council could have possibly pointed out some further ``deficiencies'' this time also.

However, the college authorities seek to downplay the issue stating that there was ``nothing unusual'' in the MCI pointing out shortcomings and maintained that it was just a matter of time that recognition was granted. Shortcomings had been pointed out in the past too. Once they were rectified, a compliance report would be submitted to the apex body, which would then intimate its final decision, they said.

Though the Government had expended much on creating the infrastructure, a few more issues are yet to be attended to. But the focus has now shifted to the other new government medical colleges coming up in the State, some of the students observed.

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