Central governments send teams for inspection to medical colleges and take undertakings and affidavits from medical colleges for maintaining proper faculty
The government said on Friday that it has taken harsh measures against medical colleges that do not have proper faculty and that comparable delinquent institutions would face similar punishment.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya further informed the Lok Sabha that in the case of government-run medical institutions, state governments are responsible for retaining faculty members, whereas private medical colleges are accountable for retaining faculty members.
Mandaviya stated that the central government continues to send inspection teams to medical colleges in addition to seeking undertakings and affidavits from medical institutions to maintain proper faculty.
He added, “We must provide great education to kids and generate good physicians.” “We have taken serious action against those universities that were not keeping adequate faculty, and we will take more action against certain other institutions.”
The minister stated that the government will not hesitate to take harsh measures against medical institutions proven to be implicated in irregularities.
In response to a question about the progress of the AIIMS Madurai, he stated that classes for students have already begun and that work on the permanent building will begin soon after a delay due to changes in the proposed structure, resulting in a budget increase from Rs 1200 crore to Rs 1900 crore.
“The Indian government is committed to serving the people of Tamil Nadu through AIIMS Madurai.” We will finish the project, so don’t worry. “We will construct a good AIIMS (in Madurai),” he stated.
Mandaviya stated that to increase the availability of qualified human resources in health and to reduce disparities in the country’s existing geographical distribution of medical colleges, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for the establishment of new medical colleges attached to existing district or referral hospitals, with preference given to underserved areas and aspirational districts where no existing government or private medical college exists.
157 medical institutions have been sanctioned under the programme in three phases, with funds shared between the Centre and State Governments in the ratio of 90:10 for Northeastern and Special Category States and 60:40 for others.
According to the scheme rules, the state government is the implementing agency, and the state government is responsible for project development, implementation, and commissioning.
