MCI nod to PG medical courses from other varsities

NASHIK: The ministry of health and family welfare of the Central government has released a corrigendum stating that students who have obtained a post-graduate degree from any other university in the state other than medical colleges will be recognised by the Medical Council of India (MCI).
Vice-chancellor of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) Deelip Mhaisekar said, “Our university was formed in 1998, after which the medical courses from the other universities were shifted to MUHS.We started the post-graduate courses in 2006. Before that, students who had obtained a post-graduate degree from other universities were facing difficulties in getting registration from the MCI.”
Mhaisekar had submitted a proposal to the Central government and the MCI to clear the confusion and recognise the students who had taken a post-graduate degree from other universities apart from medical colleges.
According to sources in the university, students who were pursuing a post-graduate medical course from other universities were not being recognised by MCI. “Students who wanted to go to any other state to practice medicine or join a medical institute were not able to do so without MCI recognition,” said the sources.
Now, even these students are set to benefit against the earlier instructions of the Central government which mandated that only a medical university was authorised to provide a medical degree.
The corrigendum lists 19 such postgraduate courses of traditional universities which are now recognised by MCI.