Medical admissions in TN likely to be hit

The MCI’s hesitation in giving permission to start new medical colleges and increase the number of seats would adversely hit admission process,slated to start on July one. However,officials are hopeful of getting MCI permission

to start at least two new medical colleges in the state in the government sector.

The government is in a tight spot with some self-financing colleges including the D D Medical college,a minority institution,declining to surrender 50 per cent of the seats to government quota,citing a Supreme court judgment.

The MCI has not given permission to the D D Medical college to increase the number of seats from 150 to 250 though the assessment team had cleared the proposals. Adding to government’s woes,MCI has withheld permission for admission of students in three self-financing colleges on the plea that some teaching staff have been shown to be working in more than one medical college.

More than 50,000 applicants are seeking admission in government and private colleges with the total seats in government colleges being 1553 and 1470 in the latter. With as many as 66 students,who had scored 200 out of 200 in Physics,Chemistry and Biology in the plus two exams,ranking would be done as per their age,Health Minister Dr Vijay had said recently.