The Odisha Sanskrutika Samaj, Sambalpur, has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to direct cancellation of the PG medical counselling held at the MKCG Medical College in Brahmapur recently and holding of a re-counselling as per the Orissa High Court’s direction and the PG Medical Education Act.
The Samaj, in a letter, alleged massive irregularities in the counselling and urged the Chief Minister short out them to avoid a Vyapam like scam of Madhya Pradesh. “We have found that one seat each in the Medicine and the TB and Chest Departments has remained vacant in the VIMSAR, Burla as 19 students against 20 seats and four students against five seats in the respective departments have been allotted for admission. Similarly, one more student has been allotted seat in the Skin and VD Department against available three seats,” informed the Samaj.
It further mentioned that Dr Madhumita Nayak has been denied admission by the VIMSAR for no fault of her. She has also not been issued a denial/refusal letter so that she could take up the matter with the higher appropriate authority. She is now in mental agony.
The Samaj further mentioned that the High Court’s direction to share the seats returned from the All India Quota on 50:50 ratio between in-service and direct candidates was also not followed during spot counseling. It would discourage young doctors serving in the remote backward areas, pointed out the Samaj.
It further apprised that many State Governments have introduced domiciliary quota of 50 per cent to 70 per cent for their own students and are also regulating fees structure for the PG Medical seats in case of Private Medical Colleges. But there is no such provision in Odisha, rued the organisati
Apart from demanding a re-counselling, the organisation also urged the CM to take immediate steps for introduction of domiciliary quota and regulation of fees structure for private medical colleges so that acute shortage of specialist and super Specialist doctors can be filled up in course of time.