James Cook University urges more medical seats
Mr. Bernard Moulden, Vice Chancellor of James Cook University's (JCU) has urged the Health Minister Tony Abbott to increase the medical seats in the University which will help to produce more doctors to serve the country on the occasion of its graduation day.// James Cook University is Australia's premier tropical university which is leading internationally in teaching and research. The U...Another Twist to the Tale of Reservation of Medical Seats
The tale of the controversial reservation of postgraduate medical seats to in-service candidates has developed another twist//. On Tuesday the Government announced that these candidates would have to serve the government for a minimum specified period upon completion of the PG degree failing which they would haver to pay a default fine of Rs 20 lakhs. The government’s decision to furthe...V P Singh Proposes Doubling Of Medical Seats
Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh has suggested that doubling the number of medical seats is a possible solution to the quota row//. "The health minister told me this is possible," said Singh, the architect of the Mandal quota system in 1990. "The long term solution can be provided by implementing a neighborhood school scheme on the lines of one such programme in Britain. Under this sc...Number Of Seats Increased In Theni Medical College
The Theni Medical College in Tamil Nadu has been allotted 100 seats, taking the number of medical seats in State-run medical colleges to 1600. // Health Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran announced that the government would continue to look for increasing seats in these colleges. "We will continue to make efforts to increase seats in colleges," he told reporters. He also said that the g...Kerala To Have More Medical Seats
The Health Minister P. K. Sreemathy has announced in Thiruvananthapuram that the Medical Council of India will be shortly sanctioning 50 MBBS seats //each for medical collages in Alappuzha, Kottayam and Thrissur. Ms. Sreemathy stated on Thursday, while replying to questions in the Assembly that a proposal for increasing the strength was pending with the medical council. She further al...