After getting complaints from medical fraternities across the country regarding fake approval letter of National Medical Commission’s (NMC’s) fake approval letter to run medical college, the medical regulator has issued a nationwide warning, verify the college, not its claims. As the government and government-aided medical colleges get full with their first batches of MBBS students, many parents often are on a lookout for medical colleges fitting their budget. In this situation, many parents and students fall into the trap of these unregistered and unaccredited medical colleges, ending up running their careers and future.

 

Therefore, currently, the authorities of NMC has directed medical aspirants and their parents to check a medical college’s approval on the official website of the NMC or can visit the office of state medical education department or office before taking admission in any medical college to pursue MBBS studies. The nationwide advisory comes from the commission’s undergraduate medical education board. It also follows the Supreme Court’s intervention in a case involving an alleged fake medical college. The advisory carries particular weight given the fact that parents explore colleges across states of the country and also of foreign countries. The NMC warned fraudulent institutions are increasingly using websites, social media and other kinds of promotions. The misleading admission offers to attract students through brochures, advertisements and orged approval letters from the commission.

 

“These are not proof of recognition,” mentioned advisory of the commission. “Students and parents have been asked to consult website of the NMC. This is the only relevant regulatory body and counselling portals for authentic and updated informers,” pointed out advisory. In fact, the commission has also clarified that courses such as Pharmaceutical Science, Nursing, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and allied health programmes do not fall under NMC. It has requested the parents and students to report suspected fake colleges, unauthorized MBBS courses. Many, the commission has stated, forge permission letters and fraudulent admission offers through its websites or official documents. Dr Vivek Choudhari, Dean of Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College and medical educationist asserted that no college can guarantee admission outside NEET-UG. Moreover, foreign medical graduates who fail to comply with the rules cannot be able to appear in Foreign Medical Graduates exams or get registration from commission to become medical practitioner, he added.