A Supreme Court-appointed panel legalised more than 3,000 admissions in 26 medical colleges last year, ignoring its own inspectors who found the institutes lacking in basic facilities, recent official communication show. The top court set up the panel, called the Oversight Committee (OC) in 2016, to suggest measures to improve medical education in India and review decisions of the regulator, Medical Council of India (MCI). Former Chief Justice led the three-member OC.
One of the most preferred career choices in India, the standard of medical education has deteriorated over the years, according to a parliamentary panel report last year. It said medical graduates lack competence in performing basic healthcare tasks like normal deliveries. A section of private colleges allegedly hires doctors on rent to pose as full-time faculty members and fill beds with healthy people to pass government…
