Save year of medical students, orders Capt

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 26

Expressing concern over the future of students of Gian Sagar (Banur) and Chintpurni medical colleges, Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh today directed the Education Department to  find ways and means to ensure that they did not lose a year.

The instructions came during a review meeting of the Departments of Medical Education and Research and Health and Family Welfare. The CM said since the ongoing court case could take long, a way must be found to compensate the students for the loss of study hours. He asked the Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) to hold a special exam for Gian Sagar students so that their careers were not jeopardised. 

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The Chief Minister was told that inspections by the department indicated violation of the Medical Council of India norms and the Faridkot university had initiated the process to disaffiliate Gian Sagar Medical College and the Department of Medical Education and Research to de-recognise it.

The Chief Minister stressed the need to help Chintpurni students complete their studies through “special measures.”

He directed the Minister for Medical Education and Health to issue a show-cause notice to the college where classes have not been held for some time now. The college has been told by the Medical Council of India not to take students for the next two sessions.

The meeting was attended by Health and Family Welfare Minister Brahm Mohindra, Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh, Secretary Medical Education and Research Vikas Partap, Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Anjali Bhawra, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Tejveer Singh, Vice Chancellor Dr Raj Bahadur and Director Medical Education and Research Dr Sujata Sharma.