Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi has admitted 213 students in the MBBS course after a long-pending inspection by the National Medical Commission (NMC) was finally conducted on July 27. The college had previously received a notice from the regulatory authority, stating that admissions in the MBBS course should be stopped due to non-compliance with deficiencies pointed out by the erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI) during an assessment in 2008.
The recent notice is part of a series of issues that the college has been facing for the past 15 years. However, after the inspection was completed, the college complied with the showcause notice sent by the NMC, and the admission process is now underway. So far, 213 admissions for the MBBS course have been completed in the first phase, out of a total of 240 available seats since 2020.
In a letter dated June 27, the NMC informed the Union health ministry that Lady Hardinge Medical College lacks the necessary infrastructure facilities to train MBBS students. The college was requested to submit compliance after rectifying the deficiencies, but the last compliance submitted was in March 2009.
The number of MBBS seats at the college was increased from 150 to 200 in the academic year 2011-12 to implement the OBC reservation. Subsequent inspections were scheduled by the Medical Council of India to verify the facilities at the college, but the college did not allow or agree to conduct these assessments. The college also failed to respond to most of the communications from the council and commission.
In the academic session 2019-20, the college was permitted to further increase the number of MBBS seats from 200 to 240 annually to implement the EWS quota in educational institutions. Despite the doubling of the number of seats in the last decade, no assessment had been done to verify the availability of facilities at the medical college and its associated hospital.
In conclusion, Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi has finally admitted students in the MBBS course after a long-pending inspection by the NMC. The college had been facing issues related to non-compliance of deficiencies for the past 15 years. However, the college has now complied with the showcause notice and the admission process is ongoing.
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