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Govt order against Burdwan medical college doctor

State's director of medical education today withdrew the status of senior resident of Dr Birupaksha Biswas, who was forced to vacate the Burdwan Medical College & Hospital yesterday, after 13 months of his transfer order issued, in August 2023.

NMC body to set guidelines on ads by pvt hospitals

The National Medical Commission (NMC), the highest regulatory authority monitoring medical education in the country, is all set to prepare strong guidelines to restrict the nature of advertisements given by corporate hospitals across states and Union territories.

Medical Education

Over the decades, several medical colleges were set up in the private sector. There were disparities galore in the criteria for admission and fee structure between private and government -funded medical colleges. Judicial intervention, to some extent, moderated the differences in the criteria for admission and fee structure. However, even today large sums of money are spent for admission in many medical colleges indicating that the demand continues