Doctors jobless as NEET PG counselling delayed

CHENNAI: Thousands of doctors stay without enactment arsenic NEET PG 2025 counselling for all-India quota seats has been indefinitely delayed. Meanwhile, hospitals, including state-run aesculapian colleges crossed the country, which prosecute PG students arsenic workforce, volition stay short-staffed arsenic students haven't joined these hospitals. On Nov 6, much than 3 months aft completing the entranceway trial and hours earlier students could taxable their exertion for the counselling, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), nether Directorate General of Health Services, said the competent authorization has decided to widen the choice-filling of Round 1 of PG counselling 2025 until further notice. The committee said the spot matrix was being revised arsenic the apex regulatory body, National Medical Commission, was adding much PG seats, and the National Board of Examinations (NBE) withdrew 169 PG DNB seats aft the commencement of counselling. Candidates crossed the state accused the NMC, NBE, and MCC of mismanagement. "They had a full twelvemonth to springiness colleges support to commencement caller courses oregon adhd seats. Why would they bash this astatine the past minute? We got results connected Aug 19 and person been waiting for admission," said Dr S Sathish Kumar, awaiting admission. Sathish and galore of his friends discontinue their jobs to hole for the entranceway exam. In astir hospitals, PG students are portion of the workforce. "They instrumentality connected the main load successful speciality units. Their lack volition beryllium felt," said Dr A Ramalingam of Service and PG Doctors Association.