New Delhi: Despite the adoption of stringent measures, medical colleges continue to struggle with the ragging-related incidents.
According to government figures, as many as 44 incidents of ragging have been registered with the Medical Council of India (MCI) in the last two years, including one case of suicide.
The figures were shared by Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Choubey during the winter session of Parliament.
News agency PTI reported the figures in a report on Sunday. The data, however, shows that such cases have registered a drop between 2017-18 and 2019-20.
While the complaints reported in 2017-18 was 25, they came down to 25 in 2018-19 and 13 during the ongoing fiscal year.
In his reply, the Minister informed that circular is issued to all medical colleges to provide information on anti-ragging committee composition in the college with the name of members along with their telephone numbers and e-mail IDs and incidence of ragging reported and action taken in hard/soft copy, if any.
The colleges are also asked to submit details of FIR lodged and punishment awarded. But the measures seem to have had achieved little success in checking the menace.
The MCI has amended the ‘Medical Council of India (Prevention and prohibition of Ragging in Medical Colleges/Institutions) Regulations 2009’ to root out ragging in all its forms from medical colleges/institutions in the country.
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