New Delhi: The Delhi High Court said on Thursday that it is due to the lack of adequate medical institutions with quality affordable education to aspiring students, students are forced to leave the country and pursue studies abroad. The court also observed that it has become a cause of concern now due to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
The observation of the high court came while granting permission to increase seats in postgraduate and undergraduate courses in Santosh Medical College. The institute is being run and managed by Santosh Trust which was formally known as the Maharaji Educational Trust, reported news agency PTI.
“I cannot also lose sight of the fact that on account of the lack of adequate number of medical institutions providing quality affordable education to cater to the needs of the aspiring students, they are often compelled to make the choice of leaving behind their home country and pursuing their studies abroad.
“This reality has especially become a cause of concern at a time when due to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, several thousand Indian medical students, who had gone to pursue their medical education in the now war-hit Ukraine have been rescued and brought home, have also lost their seats in medical colleges,” Justice Rekha Palli was quoted as saying in a 41-page judgement passed on Tuesday.
The court quashed two orders of the National Medical Commission (NMC), represented through advocate T Singhdev, and directed it and other authorities to grant permission to the institute to increase the seats from 4 to 7 in MS (Obstetrics and Gynaecology), from 3 to 7 in MS (Orthopaedics), and from 100-150 in the MBBS course.
The court was hearing a petition by the trust that runs and manages a group of medical, dental, paramedical, and para-dental colleges/institutions in the National Capital Region, including the petitioner which is a medical educational institute, offering MBBS course and post-graduate courses.
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