Medical exam system review demanded to make it secure

A delegation of the Democratic Medical Association (DMA) submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini through Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sachin Gupta demanding him to conduct a technical review of the health university’s examination system to make it completely transparent, secure, and fraud-free.

The delegation also urged him to ensure stern administrative and legal action against any university officials and other persons involved in the MBBS examination scam that surfaced at the University of Health Sciences Rohtak (UHSR) in January.

The DMA’s National RTI Cell head Deepak Rathee, medical students secretaries Tarun and Sunny stated that the scam had raised serious questions on the integrity of medical education and jeopardised the future of thousands of honest and hardworking students.

“The scam, first exposed by ‘The Tribune’ in January, involves the smuggling of answersheets during annual and supplementary exams from the university. The answer sheets were then re-attempted by students and re-submitted to the secrecy branch to fraudulently secure passing marks,” said Rathee.

Dr Amit Vyas, national president of the DMA, stated in the wake of the MBBS exam scam, it had now become essential to carry out a technical audit of the medical examination process to ensure it was fully transparent, secure, and protected from any malpractice, hence they submitted a memorandum to the CM in this regard.

“The UHSR authorities should also make public the details of disciplinary and administrative action taken so far against the students, officials, and staff involved so that everyone knows about it,” he added.