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Curriculum Committee to Revise the Medical Curriculum in India

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:31:38 PST

( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) The Central Government in India is to set up a Curriculum Committee to revise the medical curriculum in the next one or two years.

This was stated by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss in response to certain suggestions by private and Government medical and dental college representatives in a meeting here today. He pointed out that there was a need to revise the curriculum not only to include newer courses and more practical oriented education but also to make it socially oriented and rural oriented.

In the first meeting of its kind, the Health and Family Welfare Ministry today invited more than 200 representatives of medical and dental college management to discuss issues relating to medical education.

Reacting to a suggestion that the retirement age of teachers in medical colleges should be raised from 65 to 70, he said the matter will be looked into. In order to boost medical healthcare on availability in rural areas, the Minister said that they are deliberating a proposal to make a rural stint necessary before either getting a Graduation Certificate or before applying for a Post-Graduate course.

The Health Minister exhorted the participants to increase medical colleges in backward areas. He said, of the 229 medical colleges in the country, 143 were in the four southern states and Maharashtra and Gujarat. Of the 229 medical colleges, 104 were in the private sector.

Reacting to a suggestion for regulating pay structures of doctors, the Minister said that the Government was planning to set up a Medical Grants Commission on the lines of the University Grants Commission. He said, there was a need to start courses on family medicines and public health and in order to maximize the technical experience, there was a need to network. He said, the Pharmaco Vigilance Committee which was set up recently was a network of 229 pharma departments across the country and was done with the aim to maximize the available resources and even explore possibilities of funding research. The Minister said that a stringent view will be taken of excess admission in the colleges as well as proxy teachers.

The Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi said that the aim of the meeting was to bring quality education into the medical arena. She said that the Government was committed to transparency and any participant was welcome to come to the Ministry to discuss any grievance.

CBI FILES CHARGESHEETS FOR IMPERSONATION IN AIIMS PARAMEDICAL COURSE EXAMINATION

Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:34:38 PST

( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Central Bureau of Investigation has filed two chargesheets in two separate cases against S/Sh. Jalaj Kumar and Rajesh Kumar both residents of Bihar in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate, Karkardooma, Delhi for adopting unscrupulous means to obtain admission in the B.Sc (Hons.) Paramedical Course conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences on 27-6-2001. In similar five other cases CBI had already filed chargesheets.

The then Director of AIIMS in his letter dated 14-8-2001 addressed to the Director, CBI had intimated about eight instances of impersonation from among the 410 candidates who appeared in the tests. The impersonations were detected by the counseling committee of AIIMS. AIIMS had requested CBI to investigate into the case of impersonation. Following this, CBI had registered eight different cases with its Special Crime Branch on 27-8-2001. So far, chargsheets have been filed in seven cases out of the eight. In connection with these eight cases CBI has so far arrested 16 people.

CBI ARRESTS A MEDICAL STUDENT FOR IMPERSONATION IN PARAMEDICAL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION OF AIIMS

Wed, 04 Feb 2004 22:31:38 PST

( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Shri Abhishek Kumar Aman, then an MBBS student at Medical College, Calcutta, who had impersonated as a candidate in the B.Sc.(Hons) Paramedical Entrance Examination,2001 conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

The accused appeared in the said examination on behalf of another candidate, Shri Shabda Kumar and stood first in the merit list. The examination was conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences on 27.06.2001 and a total number of 480 candidates had appeared. CBI registered the case on the complaint of then Director, AIIMS, New Delhi on 27.8.2001. Candidate Shabda Kumar and the middleman Jitendra Kumar @ Bhola were earlier arrested during March, 2002 and October, 2002 respectively. Accused Abhishek Kumar Aman was absconding since registration of the case. The arrested accused is being produced in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Karkardooma Courts, Shahadra, Delhi.