26 November 2020

NEW DEKHI: Medical colleges may reopen and resume physical classes for MBBS students on or before December 1, whereas the new academic session 2020-21 is likely to have a delayed start from February 1, and the new PG session will begin from July 1, 2021, as per recommendations of new medical education regulator National Medical Commission.

Delaying a further re-opening of medical colleges could result in 80,000 fewer doctors after five years, official estimates show and based on the NMC's suggestions, the health ministry has written to states and UTs stressing the need to resume classes at the same time across India in the interest of "standardisation" and in the best interest of medical education.