Supreme Court backs MCI norms for medical colleges
‘Need to follow basic minimum standards’
Medical colleges need not be given a second chance to rectify their defects if they do not bother even to follow the “basic minimum standards of medical education,” the Supreme Court held.
In a recent judgment, a Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and M.M. Shantangoudar interpreted Regulation 8 (3) (1) (a) of the Establishment of Medical Colleges Regulations of 1999.
Seeking re-inspection
Regulation 8 (3) (1) provides that a medical college, which failed the Medical Council of India (MCI) inspection, should be given an opportunity to redeem itself and seek a re-inspection.
But even to seek this re-inspection, the errant college should satisfy certain minimum standards. This means that the college cannot afford to have more than 30% deficiency in faculty or residents and the bed occupancy should not be less than 50%
The court held that this “prescription of standards for availing an opportunity to seek re-inspection is not ultra vires” of Regulation 8 or the Indian Medical Council Act.
Centre’s endorsement
The Centre had firmly endorsed the MCI’s view by submitting that “institutions which do not satisfy the minimum infrastructure and faculty cannot to be given an opportunity to rectify their defects.”
Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, for the government, said the standards fixed by the
MCI were the “bare minimum” and had to be strictly complied with.
Source | The Hindu | 5th June 2018
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