Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 13: Expressing their resentment over the proposal of Medical Council of India (MCI) for increasing the duration of the MBBS course from the existing 5.5 years to 6.5 years with the addition of a compulsory one-year rural posting for admission into Post-Graduate (PG) courses, hundreds of students pursuing MBBS from Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu continued their protest for the fourth consecutive day here today.
Hundreds of students pursuing MBBS at Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu along with intern doctors carrying placards “Get Your Politics Out of Our Health Care” assembled in the GMC premises and raised slogans against the MCI ruling and Health Ministry of India.
The protestors were demanding immediate rollback of MCI order, which states that students after 12th class would have to undergo 4.5 years of MBBS course in addition to 2 years of internship and 1 year rural posting would be mandatory for them before they are eligible to pursue PG.
The decision would also prove to be discouraging for the future medical aspirants who want to pursue medical career, they added.
The MCI ruling will affect the quality of the services delivered by the doctors as it would affect the socio-psychological health of the doctors.
They further stated that the doctors are not against the volunteer rural posting, but making it mandatory would prove to be a big problem in functioning of the doctors.
Amid slogans, the protestors in the shape of a rally marched towards Press Club and also staged protest there.
Later, students marched from Press Club towards Super-Specialty Hospital (SSH) and staged sit-in protest there for couple of hours.
Meanwhile, students pursuing MBBS from ASCOMS, Sidhra also held protest and demanded roll-back of the MCI ruling for increasing the MBBS course from 5.5 years to 7.5 years.
They demanded immediate rollback of the MCI ruling for the convenience of the youth, who opt to purse their career in medical and serve the humanity.
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