One month after the counseling for post-graduate medical entrance test (PGMET-2015) ended, the Dr NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) has revealed that a staggering number of 200 of the 1860 convenor quota medical seats has remained unfilled. These 200 PG medical seats in both clinical and non-clinical courses are spread over 28 medical colleges (both private and government) in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, NTRUHS officials said in response to an application under Right to Information Act, filed by PVVSN Murthy, an activist of Right to Information Act (RTI) and advocate based in Kakinada.
Not surprisingly, the information furnished by NTRUHS in its reply (a copy of which is with TOI) to the RTI query, has sent shockwaves among the medical fraternity as over 17,000 PG medical aspirants from the two states competed for the limited convenor quota seats in 22 different…
