MUMBAI: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, while speaking at a recent event in a Delhi hospital, called for reforms in medical education, referring to the large volume of cases that have actually made their method to the Supreme Court.It is no exaggeration, as the Directorate of General of Health Services Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), under the umbrella body of the union ministry of health and household welfare, alone needs to handle almost 400 cases every year.
From high courts to the apex court, the admission season is spoiled by litigation, from trainees desiring be doctors to doctors desiring be professionals and super-specialists.
In some cases, there are other stakeholders too and the stakes are indeed high.
The National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate courses, for example.
In the past four years, the variety of MBBS candidates signing up for the test increased practically by 25%.
Around 17.6 lakh trainees stood for NEET-UG in 2022-- the highest for any competitive exam.
On the contrary, the variety of candidates for engineering (signing up for JEE-Main) dropped in the corresponding four years-- from 11.5 lakh in 2019 to 9.05 lakh in 2022.
If one takes into account the direct ratio of trainees to medical seats, 33 are vying for a single seat in a government college.
It is more skewed if one considers the swimming pool of seats in each category.The variety of seats diminish at PG level.
The competitors is strong for trainees in the lower rank bracket.
Eligibility issues are likewise an issue in claims.
One three-hour test can not specify your profession path, but regrettably everything revolves around it, stated Dr Aviral Mathur, from the Federation of Resident Doctors Association.
NEET-PG sees more lawsuits, states Dr Pravin Shingare, previous director, Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Maharashtra.
The ratio of PG to UG cases might be 9:1.
There is a lot of emphasis on students bagging a PG degree, from moms and dads, even colleges.
More students opting for higher studies offer colleges brownie points in the accreditation process.
There is a general sense of sensation that just an MBBS degree is of no repercussion.
Instead of concentrating on their 1 year internship, most trainees hang out on NEET preparation and manipulate their internship certificate, said Shingare.
Of it, if trainees lose their seat over a technical point, they will prefer moving court over losing a year, he said.
Even as thousands of trainees stand for their NEET-PG today, courts saw several litigation seeking postponement of the examination till recently.
There is no uniformity in the schedule followed by various states, even as there is one central test for all.
Students need to mandatorily finish their internship to be eligible for a PG seat, but the internship due date in states differ.
What is the point of finishing the test in March and waiting till July for the counselling round? Such policy choices are not student-friendly, and therefore are met with opposition, said parent representative Sudha Shenoy.Former member (board of guv), erstwhile Medical Council of India and dean (jobs) at Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr Kailash Sharma, said clarity from National Medical Commission, from MCC, government of India, is anticipated.
Similar cases in lower courts need to be bundled and heard by the peak court that will likewise lower time on each case, stated Sharma.Meanwhile, a complicated admission procedure has spawned a micro industry of medical education counsellors.
The procedure is made complex for an 18-year old to handle on his own, stated Dr Milind Navlakhe, professor, KEM.
His kid will stand for NEET-UG this year.
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