(a) whether the Government are contemplating to ban Private Medical Colleges;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the stand taken by the Government regarding the calibre of doctors passed out from Private Medical Colleges?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a)&(b): There is no such proposal.
(c): The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and the Regulations framed there-under do not prohibit opening of new medical college.
(d): The calibre of a doctor is judged by the University through examinations. The students of Government Medical Colleges as well as Private Medical Colleges have to go through the same examination.