The central government has proposed to set up a National Council of Human Resource
in health as an overarching regulatory for health sector
As many as 37 Indian medical colleges, mostly from Uttar
Pradesh, reported irregularities/malfunctioning in the past three years, the Rajya
Sabha was informed Tuesday 9th August.
In a written reply, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the
central government has received 37 complaints regarding malfunctioning / irregularities
against some medical colleges in the country between 2008 to till date.
Complaints were received against seven medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh and five
each in Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Similarly, three cases each were reported from Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Karnataka.
The others were - Tamil Nadu (2 medical colleges), Maharashtra (2 medical colleges),
Kerala (2 medical colleges) and Pondicherry (1 medical colleges).
Azad said that they are reforming the current system.
The central government has proposed to set up a National Council of Human Resource
in health as an overarching regulatory for health sector,' he said.
The council will coordinate all aspects of medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy
and paramedical education in the country.
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