The High Court of Karnataka has refused to interfere with the decision of the National Medical Council (NMC) of not renewing the permission to Mangaluru-based G.R. Medical College for MBBS course for the academic year 2022-23 due to deficiencies in facilities, and to shift 150 students, who were admitted to the college during 2021-22, to other medical colleges in the State.
A Division Bench comprising Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar and Justice T.G. Shivashankare Gowda passed the order while dismissing the petitions filed by the college, which had questioned the decision of the NMC to not renew permission, and the orders of the NMC and the State government to transfer students to other medical colleges.
The NMC had refused to renew permission after deficiencies of teaching staff by 71%, deficiency of resident doctors by 79%, Out Patient Department attendance of only 30%, bed occupancy of 10%, etc., were found during the surprise inspection conducted on September 5 and 6, 2022.
