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Monday, Jun 28, 2004

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Exorbitant fees

Sir, — The exorbitant structured fees for undergraduate (MBBS) education in private medical colleges is a critical issue. It has been subjected to litigation justifiably in recent years. Many parents' perception of the un-affordability of medical education is relevant.

It is an undisputed fact that the hospital constitutes the nucleus and major component of the medical college complex, occupying a larger floor space and greater investment than its affiliated medical college. Enormous revenue is derived from the patients from various departments, barring a negligible few. It is identical in non-medical college hospitals too. These facilities are incidentally utilised for the training of the students. Hence the major cost of the establishment of the hospital should be excluded while determining the fee structure. Commercialisation of hospitals has become deep-rooted. Commercialisation of medical education must be curbed. Moreover the wealth of clinical material available with more hands-on experience in government medical colleges cannot be matched by these private institutions.

Dr. V.M. Sundaram

Chennai

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