101 MBBS students at loggerheads with BHFUS over fee hike

PATIALA: Around 101 MBBS scholars of the 2014-15 batch, who were shifted to the three executive scientific colleges in Punjab following the shutting down of Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital about two years in the past, are now at loggerheads with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences over ‘revision’ of price.

At that time those scholars were shifted to the government scientific colleges in Amritsar, Patiala and Faridkot after taking permission from the Medical Council of India. The scholars deposited an annual price of Rs 28,350 on the present charge under executive quota. However, the university demanded that they should pay as consistent with the fee construction of government quota in non-public scientific colleges, which used to be round Rs 1.25 lakh consistent with annum.

As the university held again their roll numbers for extend in depositing the fee according to the government quota in non-public scientific colleges, the fogeys moved the Punjab and Haryana top courtroom. The courtroom ordered a keep and directed the university to allow the scholars to take their examinations after depositing Rs 28,350. While the scholars have been allowed to take their final examination, their effects have been held again by the university in absence of which they won't be able to sign up for their obligatory rotatory internship.

Even as the matter remains to be pending in the top courtroom, the university on Friday issued a notification asking the scholars to deposit the fee of Rs 3.32 lakh in order to proceed with their internship.

Arun Batra, father of an MBBS pupil, stated final night time they received the notification issued by the university, asking them to deposit the remainder amount of Rs 3.32 lakh (with consequences) or else their wards will not get their final effects and they will now not able to sign up for their obligatory internship starting on April 1.

He stated under the cases it has turn into tough for plenty of parents to prepare Rs 3.32 lakh. “More shocking is the fact that there is already a keep ordered by the Punjab and Haryana top courtroom, which had directed the university to factor roll numbers to those scholars in order that they can take their checks and there's no damage of their curriculum,” he stated.

Some other parents stated final year the Director Research and Medical Education (DRME) through a letter had directed the universities to take annual price as consistent with the government quota. However, now the scholars were advised that during case they fail to deposit the pending dues, they will now not be allowed to proceed with their obligatory internship. They additional stated the surprising notification issued by the authorities had put them in a fix.

Meanwhile, health and family welfare minister Brahm Mohindra stated as the matter used to be sub judice, so he would now not be able to comment at the matter. However, he assured that he would have the matter seemed into and would ask the authorities to imagine the case of those parents sympathetically.


“We are now considerate towards any factor that the scholars have been going through and and I’ll have the matter seemed into to search out the most efficient possible solution,” Mahindra stated.


When those MBBS scholars have been shifted from Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital to other executive scientific colleges in Punjab they have been intended to pay price under the government quota. However, the university decided that they should be charged price under executive quota for private colleges. The parents had moved the Punjab and Haryana top courtroom and the matter remains to be pending there.


Parents are not easy that since the matter remains to be pending in courtroom, the university should now not factor notifications on depositing the entire amount. In case the stalemate continuous the scholars will lose 365 days of their course as they won't be able to finish there internship.


101 MBBS students at loggerheads with BHFUS over fee hike 101 MBBS students at loggerheads with BHFUS over fee hike Reviewed by Kailash on March 31, 2019 Rating: 5
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