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The National Medical Commission (NMC) today issued a warning to medical colleges against forcing postgraduate students to stay in hostels provided by them. NMC has reminded medical colleges that while providing hostel to students is compulsory, colleges cannot force students to stay in hostels.
“As per the regulation 5.6 of the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulation (PGMER), 2023, “It will be mandatory for the college to provide appropriate residential accommodation to post-graduate students. However, it will not be mandatory for the post-graduate students to stay in the hostel,” the official NMC notice stated. NMC also clarified that there was no such provision in the former PG medical regulations too.
NMC claimed that the Commission has received numbers of complaints from PG students alleging that the some medical colleges/ institutions are compelling students to stay in the hostel offered by the colleges and institutes, and a hefty amount is being charged for the same.
The Commission has warned medical colleges that if they fail to abide by these rules, the medical colleges will be subjected to publishment, including monetary penalty. “All the Medical Colleges and Institutes are directed to take cognizance of the above-mentioned regulation, failing which NMC may take action as per Regulations 9.1 and 9.2 of the PGMER, 2023 which includes monetary penalty, reduction of seats, stoppage of admission etc,” the notice added.
