DMK working president M.K. Stalin on Friday urged the State government to ensure that 50% of the seats for postgraduate medical courses were allotted to government doctors in Tamil Nadu.
Alleging that the State government was indifferent to the problems posed by the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to rural students, Mr. Stalin charged that Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami had not done anything except writing a letter to the Centre seeking exemption for Tamil Nadu from the common entrance examination .
The DMK leader said that the State government’s failure in getting the President’s nod for the Bill adopted in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly to dispense with the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test had resulted in government doctors launching protests.
Mr. Stalin added that the Madras High Court’s order directing the State government to abide by the rules of the Medical Council of India (MCI) for admissions to postgraduate medical courses had deprived government doctors serving in rural and hill areas and government hospitals of opportunities. “The situation would not have reached such a pass, had the government obtained the President’s nod for the Bill against NEET,” he said.
“If government doctors are denied seats for postgraduate medical courses, they might not come forward to serve in government hospitals in rural areas,” the DMK leader noted.
