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Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil expressed interest that caller admittance norms prescribed for paramedical courses by the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) could trigger a caller acquisition situation and adjacent pb to the closure of respective institutions successful Karnataka.
Responding to members successful the Legislative Council connected Monday (March 16), the Minister said the Commission had stipulated that lone students who person passed II PUC successful the subject watercourse would beryllium eligible for admittance to paramedical courses. The regularisation has created apprehension among institutions successful the State, helium said.
Mr. Patil pointed retired that successful Karnataka, thousands of students had traditionally opted for paramedical diploma courses aft completing SSLC. However, the caller regularisation makes completion of II PUC with subject subjects mandatory for admission.
“We person discussed the contented with the chairperson of the committee and requested that the rules beryllium simplified. The chairperson has assured america that a gathering volition beryllium convened to deliberate connected the matter,” the Minister said, noting that the projected regularisation would use crossed the country.
The contented was raised by Congress subordinate Ivan D’Souza, who said the caller eligibility information would adversely impact students aspiring to prosecute paramedical courses.
He said NCAHP had written to the University Grants Commission connected January 2, directing that admittance to paramedical courses crossed the state beryllium restricted to students who person completed PUC with subject subjects. The directive is projected to beryllium implemented from the 2026–27 world year.
Karnataka presently has 640 paramedical institutions, including 32 authorities colleges and 608 backstage colleges. If the caller regularisation comes into force, betwixt 450 and 500 colleges whitethorn look a shortage of eligible candidates for admission, raising concerns astir their viability, Mr. D’Souza said.
NEET issue
On different issue, Mr. Patil clarified that the instauration of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) had not reduced the fig of aesculapian seats disposable to the State. He said 15% horizontal preservation is disposable for agrarian students, and the authorities would clasp discussions with the Higher Education Department to research further measures to enactment students from agrarian areas preparing for the examination.
Ambulances
Responding to a abstracted question connected exigency aesculapian services, Mr. Patil said determination was nary shortage of ambulances successful the State. While the National Health Mission guidelines necessitate astir 820 ambulances for Karnataka’s population, the State presently has 1,715 ambulances successful work nether the NHM and the 108 Arogya Kavacha exigency service.
Of these, 715 ambulances run done a centralised bid and power strategy nether the 108 service, portion astir 1,000 are managed by section hospitals. The authorities is taking steps to bring each 1,715 ambulances nether a unified bid and power centre and integrate them with the exigency helpline 112 wrong the adjacent 3 months, helium said.
Cancer treatment
Oncology services volition soon statesman astatine the peripheral crab centres successful Tumakuru and Mysuru. The operation of buildings for these centres has been completed and measures are underway to implicit the recruitment of aesculapian and non-medical unit and to procure and instal the required aesculapian instrumentality astatine the centres, the Minister said.
