NBMCH fails to hand over building to ICMR-NICED
There had been allegations against the NBMCH of delay in handing over the facility to the ICMR-NICED after completion of the necessary formalities.
All postgraduate (PG) medical students and faculties of teaching hospitals across the country will have to undergo a mandatory online course to upgrade their basic research skills.
The course for eight weeks will be conducted by the National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE) under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Dr R K Vats, secretary-general of the Medical Council of India (MCI) issued a notice on 9 July directing postgraduate students and teaching doctors to take up the course beginning from the 2019-2020 academic session.
The notice states that the PG students will have to complete the course by the end of the second semester every year. Candidates and teaching doctors will have to register their names in the portal of the NIE. After the completion of the course period both students and teachers will have to sit for an examination for certification.
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“This will be good for would-be doctors and teachers also if the MCI takes such a step to improve the basic medical research method. Medical Colleges do not have adequate infrastructure facilities for research work for students and faculties,” said Dr Sukumar Mukherjee, a senior general medicine expert in the city.
“It’s also a fact that both medical students and doctors are too busy with the rush of patients at government medical colleges to spend time for research work,” Dr Mukherjee felt.
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