The issue of exorbitantly rising costs of medical education was once again brought up in the parliament after a written reply was sought by a Rajya Sabha MP on the issue of expensive undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Rajya Sabha MP raised a question to the Minister of Health and family welfare on whether Government is aware of the fact that the graduate and post-graduate medical courses have become extremely expensive and are not in reach of poor and middle-class people, and if so, whether Government has any plan to make medical education accessible to all.
Replying to the question, Minister of State for Ministry of Health and family welfare, informed that about the process of fixation of fees for government and private medical colleges. He further added that in the case of government medical colleges, the respective state governments are responsible for fixation of fee…
