Irregularities are on the rise regarding medical admissions in the state of Gujarat. The state government in a notification directed all the postgraduate medical and dental institutes to immediately stop their postgraduate admissions and make admissions subject to the common entrance test to be held by the government. The government has announced that new admission guidelines will be declared shortly.

By a notification issued on Wednesday the government stated that the Union ministry of health and family welfare had recently directed that admissions to medical and dental courses for the academic year 2017-18 would be centralized. Based on the guidelines, the government has decided to have a common entrance test for postgraduate medical and dental courses on lines similar to that of the undergraduate courses. Sources said that universities, deemed universities and even private colleges…