Increase Senior Residency posts, demands Maharashtra doctors' Association

Maharashtra Association of Bonded Resident Doctors (MABRD) has written to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) to help them get more senior residencies.

As per the report, the number of PG seats in medical colleges keeps increasing, but the number of senior resident posts has not increased much, leaving several postgraduates without senior residency. Now, the Maharashtra Association of Bonded Resident Doctors (MABRD) has written to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) to help them get more senior residencies.

As per the Hindustan Times report, the president of MABRD Dr Pranav Jadhav said, the government must take more steps to ensure all postgraduates get the necessary residency experience.

“This is the only way to ensure there are enough people who qualify to become assistant professors. Lack of teachers has a profound impact on the quality of medical education in the state,” he said.

As per the norms by National Medical Commission in 2018, only doctors with at least a year’s experience as senior residents are eligible to become assistant professors in medical colleges.

Maharashtra's private medical colleges to reduce fee from INR 8.4 Lakh to INR 4.8 Lakh

Recently, the Fee Regulating Authority (FRA) announced a cut in the annual tuition for the MBBS programme at Sangli’s Prakash Institute of Medical Sciences by over 40%, bringing the college's MBBS tuition fees down to INR 4.8 Lakh from INR 8.4 Lakh, as reported by News 18.

Apart from this college, many self-financing medical colleges in the state witnessed an increase in fees, ranging from INR 50,000 to up to INR 1.5 lakh.

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