Mysore/Mysuru: Medical Education Minister Dr. Sharanprakash R. Patil has said “The new guidelines of National Medical Commission (NMC) has turned into a hurdle to realise the plans of establishing one Medical College in each district.” “Our Government’s policy is to establish one Medical College in each district and 23 such colleges have been already established….
Ukraine-returned medical students face uncertainty
July 27, 2022Future of 30 students from Mysuru hangs in balance Governments, Medical Council not helping after initial assurances Mysore/Mysuru: Over 30 medical students who returned to Mysuru due to the ongoing war in Ukraine are ruing about their uncertain future. These students returned to India in March and have been attending their classes online, even completing…
State to get 160 more medical seats this year
January 24, 2022Bengaluru: In some good news for medical aspirants, the State will get 160 more MBBS seats under Government quota this academic year (2022). The National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted approval for admission to new courses at Chikkaballapur Government Medical College. This apart, the NMC, has also approved admission of 150 students for MBBS course…
MBBS seats in MMC&RI may go up by 100 seats next year
November 13, 2021Institute seeking an increase from the current 150 to 250 seats Mysore/Mysuru: The number of Under-Graduate Medical seats (MBBS) in Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), the first one in the State and among the oldest Medical Colleges in the country, is expected to go up by 100 from the next academic year (2022-23),…
National Medical Commission replaces Medical Council of India
September 26, 2020New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC), in place of the Medical Council of India (MCI), for development and regulation of all aspects of Medical Education and Profession, has been constituted and came into existence from yesterday, a gazette notification said. With NMC coming into being, the Board of Governors (BoG), which superseded the MCI…
Doctors Stage Protest: Medical services in city not affected
January 2, 2018Mysuru: Doctors of many private hospitals in city wore black badges and attended to patients, protesting against the proposed law that aims to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) with National Medical Commission (NMC), here today. Hospitals were seen functioning normally as all the departments including Out-Patient Department (OPD) and surgery departments. Meanwhile, many…
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