Compulsory rural postings for MBBS doctors

Compulsory rural postings for MBBS doctors

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 3436
ANSWERED ON 23.12.2014

Compulsory rural postings for MBBS doctors

3436. SHRI AVINASH PANDE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the measures being taken by Government to make up for the extreme shortage of qualified and skilled doctors for healthcare in rural areas;

(b) whether Government is planning to introduce measures to introduce and enforce compulsory rural postings for doctors, before or after they have obtained an MBBS degree;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a): At present, in order to encourage the doctors working in remote and difficult areas, the Medical Council of India with the previous approval of Central Government, has amended the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000 to provide :-

I. 50% reservation in Post Graduate Diploma Courses for Medical Officers in the Government service, who have served for at least three years in remote and difficult areas; and

II. Incentive at the rate of 10% the marks obtained for each year in service in remote or difficult are as upto the maximum of 30% of the marks obtained in the entrance test for admissions in Post Graduate Medical Courses.

(b) to (d): The proposal of Medical Council of India (MCI) to amend the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, which makes one year rural posting at a Public Health Centre (PHC) mandatory for a MBBS student to apply for admission in a PG course is not yet notified.

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