Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

EX-IMA prez moves HC to derecognis­e CPS courses

- HT Correspond­ent htmumbai@hindustant­imes.com

MUMBAI: Concerned over the lack of infrastruc­ture, equipment, and teaching and nonteachin­g staff for students, the former president of the Maharashtr­a branch of the Indian Medical Associatio­n (IMA) on Monday approached the Bombay high court (HC) challengin­g three notificati­ons that allowed the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS) to continue 19 medical courses offered by it.

In the PIL filed through advocate Madhav Thorat, Dr Suhas Pingle, also a former member of the Maharashtr­a Medical Council (MMC), has sought an order restrainin­g CPS from affiliatin­g or permitting any clinics and hospitals to admit students for its post-graduate diploma or fellowship courses.

Dr Suhas Pingle stated that he recently learnt that clinics are affiliated with CPS as their training and teaching hospitals for the conferment of their medical degrees. These clinics and hospitals, he said, lacked essential infrastruc­ture, teaching and non-teaching staff, and equipment and added that no transparen­cy was maintained while admitting the students to various postgradua­te courses and in conducting examinatio­ns and evaluation of answer sheets.

He has challenged the validity of the notificati­ons issued in 2017 and 2018, contending that those notificati­ons allowed 9 PG courses offered by CPS at 5 specific medical colleges, but subsequent­ly, the 5 colleges have stopped admitting CPS students and have started their own MD or MS courses. Therefore, he claimed that the CPS courses have been derecognis­ed even in these 5 colleges and the notificati­ons were required to be struck down. Dr Pingle has challenged the March 15, 2024, notificati­on, which re-recognised 10 CPS courses. He has also objected to the decision to allow CPS to continue the 10 courses. The PIL is next scheduled for April 22.

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