Admission process to post-graduate medical education in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has left aspirants concerned. Junior doctors are worried that the ongoing counselling will leave many meritorious students without deserving seats in top government and private institutes.
This year, web counselling was introduced for admission to nearly 1,900 seats filled by the convenor in both the States.
The first phase of counselling was held from April 22 to 28. Telangana Junior Doctors Association has claimed that in many instances, several high ranking aspirants have blocked two seats, one each in both States. According to the association’s count, over 200 such seats have been blocked leading to fears that several seats would remain unfilled by the end of counselling while depriving many of admission this year.
“Students securing top ranks in the entrance exam conducted by NTR University of Health Sciences have not managed to get admission in any of the top colleges this year,” said T. Sudhamsh, the association’s president.
The association claims that representations made to administrations of both NTRUHS and Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) in Telangana have fallen on deaf ears. They have now moved the Health Minister’s office and have been assured a solution in return. The second phase of counselling is scheduled to start on Monday in AP and on Tuesday in Telangana.
“When seats remain unfilled in private medical colleges by the end of counselling, the management can sell them under management quota. Some rankers have received calls from managements to block seats but not pursue admission in these colleges so as to prevent them from being filled by the convenor. In return, they were promised a huge sum,” one junior doctor alleged.
