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Belgaum medical college to function from this year

Staff Correspondent

Union Health Ministry permits an annual intake of 100 students

Belgaum: Acting within 24 hours of the clearance given to a medical college in Belgaum by Medical Council of India (MCI) on Monday, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday granted permission to the college to have an annual intake of 100 students from the academic session 2006-07 (under Section 10(A) of IMC Act, 1956, as amended).

The college, which is coming up on the district hospital premises here, has been named as Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS).

Sources attached to the proposed medical college in Mandya said though they had information about the clearance for the college, they had no information about the Union Health Ministry according permission to the college.

However, the permission granted for setting up the colleges and admission of students is initially for one year. It will be renewed yearly on verification of achievement of the annual target set out in the project report. The process of annual renewal will be continued till such time the establishment of the medical college and the expansion of hospital facilities are completed as per the norms of the MCI.

Conditions

In the Letter of Permission issued by S.K. Mishra, Under Secretary, Government of India, the college shall not admit more than one batch of students. The college shall also apply to MCI for renewal of permission before the commencement of the next academic session. While applying for such renewal, the achievements in terms of infrastructure, staff and equipment as spelt out in the time-bound action plan and as required by MCI norms should be clearly indicated.

The next batch of students shall not be admitted unless the Union Government renewed permission.

Also, the admission process for the academic year 2006-07 has to be completed in accordance with the time schedule indicated in the Graduations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997, as amended.

BIMS principal Gurumurthy was not available for comments.

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