(a) whether the Government is aware of the students, apprehension due to absence of basic facilities including acute shortage of teaching staff, ill-equipped library and inadequate hostel facilities in Vardhman Mahavir Medical College in Safdarjung Hospital as reported in the Times of India dated February 1,2005;
(b) if so, the facts of the matter reported therein; and
(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a) to (c):The Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital has been established by the Central Government as per the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. The permission is renewed on annual basis for admission of fresh batch of Students. This process would continue until the college becomes due for grant of recognition for which inspection is conducted at the time when the first batch of students admitted in the college appears in their final year examination, i.e. sometime in the middle of the year 2006. The grant of recognition would be subject to fulfillment of all the requisite facilities in terms of infrastructure, teaching and non-teaching staff etc. The Government have already initiated the necessary steps for creations of all the requisite facilities in the college.