MCC cancels mop-up spherical for medical PG admissions on SC’s instructions

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The Medical Counseling Committee, on instructions of the Supreme Court, canceled the PG admissions given throughout the mop-up spherical performed between March 21 and 31. “The earlier allotments/ admissions done in Mop Up Round of PG Counseling which were made during the period of 21st March to 31st March, 2022 will deemed to be ‘CANCELLED,” the MCC stated in a discover on Friday.

It said that the contemporary mop-up spherical can be performed in ‘due course’. In order to make sure that it’s performed easily, the MCC has directed all candidates who took admission throughout the mop-up spherical to gather their authentic certificates again from their allotted faculties as they would want to use once more for the contemporary spherical of counseling.

The discover additionally said, “The faculties are directed to return the unique certificates of the candidates with out trouble and in a time sure method. The Fees/ pending dues must be refunded to Mop Up Round candidates in order that the candidates usually are not put to any inconvenience.”

For admission to PG medical programs, candidates are chosen based mostly on their NEET-PG scores. Of the entire 42,000 seats out there, 50 p.c seats can be found within the all-India quota for which college students throughout the states can apply, whereas the opposite 50 p.c seats are allotted to college students in their very own states. There are two rounds of counseling for the seats and plenty of decide to depart the seats allotted by state quota within the first spherical, in the event that they get higher seats in all India quota within the second spherical. A 3rd mop up spherical is performed for remaining seats.

Admissions to 146 seats throughout the mop up spherical of counseling for PG programs have been canceled by the Supreme Court medical doctors after raised concern that these seats within the All India Quota seats weren’t out there to those that took admissions within the earlier rounds of counseling and have been later added to the pool throughout the mop up. This resulted in folks with decrease advantage getting admissions to higher seats. As per the courtroom’s instructions, now the scholars who took a seat both in all India quota or the state quota in spherical two of counseling can even be eligible for the contemporary mop up spherical.

The National Board of Examination, which conducts the NEET PG exams, had dropped the NEET-PG lower off by 15 percentile throughout classes to refill over 6,000 seats that remained vacant even after two rounds of counseling.

The resident medical doctors working in medical faculty hospitals once more worry that there can be a scarcity of medical doctors because the NEET-PG exams for 2022 have been delayed because of the delayed counseling procedures for NEET-PG 2021. “Now, the residents (PG students who work in the hospitals) have joined in the 2021 batch, but the problem remains because the current third year will pass out next month. So, again we will be left with two batches of resident doctors till the next exam is conducted and counseling done,” stated a resident physician from Maulana Azad Medical College.

The resident medical doctors had gone on a strike in December to protest one-third scarcity of manpower attributable to repeated delays in NEET PG 2021 examination and counseling due to the pandemic and courtroom instances.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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