PG medical students need not mandatorily stay in college's hostel: NMC
There were no such provisions in the PGMER, 2000 for a mandatory stay of the PG Medical Students in the hostel offered by the college, said National Medical Commission.
After receiving complaints from postgraduate medical students that they are being compelled to stay in the hostels offered by medical colleges, the National Medical Commission has issued a public notice regarding hostel accommodation for postgraduate students. The notice stated that it is not mandatory for the postgraduate medical students to stay in the hostels offered by the college.
NMC's notification says, "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. Similarly, there was no such provisions in the PGMER, 2000 for mandatory stay of the PG Medical Students in the hostel offered by the college."
The Commission has said that compelling PG medical students to stay in the hostel offered by the Medical Colleges/Institutions and charging them hefty amounts is a violation of Regulation 5.6 of the PGMER, 2023.
Hence, 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 include monetary penalty, reduction of seats, stoppage of admission etc, added the Commission.
FORDA India has welcomed the move and said on X, "Medical colleges can’t compel resident doctors to stay in Hostels. A welcome move by @NMC_IND Many private colleges charge an exorbitant fees in the name of Hostel accommodation. Similarly, many government colleges have poor hostels, not justified by the HRA they deduct."
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