The Medical Council of India (MCI) governing body suggested to relax the norms for the setting up of new medical colleges.
All this involves a change in the student to bed ratio in collegiate hospitals to 1:5 from 1:8 and increasing the retirement age of its teachers to 70 years from the present age of 65 years.
MCI member Devi Shetty, chairman of Narayana Hrudayalaya said, “The retirement age has been increased to retain experienced and talented teachers and to overcome the faculty shortage that medical colleges across the country are facing,”
The decision followed after a meeting of the MCI held in Delhi on Saturday. The MCI has also reduced the land requirement to 10 acres from the present 25 acres.
It has also been decided that from now on medical colleges can take up to 250 students as against 150 earlier. As per the MCI, India faces a shortage of 7.5 lakh doctors and expects almost 100 new medical colleges too come up every year across the country.
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