Medical colleges ask SC for extension

MUMBAI: A Dhule-based medical institute on Saturday approached the government of India as well as the Supreme Court for extension to complete admission to all their

MUMBAI: A Dhule-based medical institute on Saturday approached the government of India as well as the Supreme Court for extension to complete admission to all their medical seats.

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This institute has around 15 seats left vacant after admissions were declared over on September 30. Meanwhile, the state Directorate of Medical Education & Research (DMER) is conducting admissions to 350 seats that remain vacant in 10 deemed medical and dental institutes in Maharashtra, following another SC order from earlier this week.

“The SC, while regularising admissions, made it clear that admission to the remaining seats will be conducted by state till October 7,” said Dr Pravin Shingare director, DMER.

The SC, earlier this week, rejected DMER’s proposal to extend admission deadline for private and government medical and dental institutes in the state till October 7.

HT on Saturday had reported D ME R’ s decision to order medical and dental institutes to stay open for admissions till 11pm on September 30, in order to ensure that all seats are allotted.

And while parents and students have rushed to all institutes across the state to confirm their admissions, many are still skeptical about more than just 15 seats remaining vacant in government and private institutes.

“If the state government can assure that all vacant seats will come to our students only, then we will wait. Otherwise we are ready to drag these institutes back to court to fight for the rights of our children,” said a parent.