PG medical students to report physically on allotted seats or admission will be cancelled: DGHS

Balwant Garg

Tribune News Service

Faridkot, June 13

Director General of Health Services (DGHS) on Saturday directed all candidates who were allotted MD/MS courses seats in different government medical colleges over the country last month, to report physically on their allotted seats before June 22 or seat allotment will be deemed cancelled.

After the first round of counselling to make admission on MD/MS all-India quota seats last month, the candidates who were allotted seats had given their joining on the allotted seats in virtual/offline mode due to Covid-19 lockdown.  The counselling for the admission is being conducted by Medical Counselling Committee (MCC).

But now when all medical colleges and institutes are in dire necessity for the services of all medical professionals to deal with rising number of Covid-19 patients, the DGHS has directed all new entrants in the Post Graduate medical courses (MD/MS) to give their joining on the allotted seats physically for the confirmation of their admission. All these candidates in Post Graduate medical courses have minimum qualification of MBBS.  

On Friday, the DGHS had given similar directions for the physical joining of the candidates who will be allotted seat in the round 2 of counselling. The result of round 2 of counselling will be declared on June 15.

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday had asked the state governments over the country to consider the allotment letter issued by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of DGHS equivalent of curfew pass/E-pass for the movement purpose of the students for reporting at the allotted colleges from June 16 to June 22.