The National Medical Commission’s decision to withdraw recognition from a historic medical college for minor deficiencies is unacceptable, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian has said.
The NMC has cited the non-implementation of the biometric system of attendance and the poor use of CCTV cameras as defects in the Government Stanley Medical College and Hospital. That the NMC is using such trivial issues to undermine the service rendered by the medical college is a matter of concern, he said.
At an event organised at the Directorate of Public Health on Wednesday, Mr. Subramanian read the response sent by the college dean to the NMC, which said the biometric system of attendance was implemented and CCTV was functioning at 25 locations in the institution. Officials of the Department of Medical Education were in consultation with the Union Health Ministry on the NMC’s observations, he said.
