Amid confusion on NMC fee order, PG Medical Education in Maharashtra gets costlier

While there is no clarity regarding the implementation of National Medical Commission's fee order for 50 percent private medical college seats, the Postgraduate medical education in Maharashtra has become costlier this year after several deemed-to-be medical institutes hiked their annual fees for certain courses.

Fees have been increased by as much as Rs 10 lakh annual for certain courses, adds HT. 

With this, the PG medical aspirants wishing to pursue their course in MD Radio-diagnosis or dermatology at MGM Medical College will have to pay Rs 35 lakh per annum.

The fees for these courses at MGM Medical College was earlier Rs 25 lakh.

Not only MGMMC, PG medical seats have become costlier in several other institutes including Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Wardha, Bhartiya Vidyapeeth, and Pune based D Y Patil Medical College.

Therefore, the students are now in dilemma to pursue their dream courses at the private medical institutes in the State while paying as much as Rs 1.5 crore.

Although earlier this year, the National Medical Commission (NMC) had issued an Office Memorandum and directed to implement Government fees for 50 per cent private medical college seats, the order has been challenged before several courts in India.