Presenting a perform-or-perish proposition to the management of Gian Sagar Medical College in Banur, the Punjab government on Saturday started the procedure to withdraw essentiality certificates given for starting medical, dental and nursing courses. Since its inception in 2007, the college has been issued essentiality certificate for different courses, including MBBS, MD and MS. If the college is indeed closed down, it will be the state’s liability to adjust students in other colleges. The college has 1,500 students (500 each in medical, dental and nursing streams). While the state has enough options for smooth shifting of dental and nursing students, it might face problem shifting MBBS students due to limited seats under stringent regulations of the Medical Council of India.

Source: Hindustan Times April 15, 2017 17:21 UTC