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Title: Need to withhold the decision of conversion of Government Medical Colleges into self-financed colleges in Gujarat.
DR. PRABHA KISHOR TAVIAD (DAHOD): The conversion of Government Medical colleges into Self finance Medical colleges by Gujarat Government is affecting the people of Gujarat. Health and Education are primary responsibilities of Government. At present tuition fees for all Government aided medical colleges are affordable to middle class and others. The level of education in many medical colleges is of world class standard. The facility for diagnosis and treatment in all medical colleges is very good.
If Government Medical colleges are converted in self finance colleges, there will be huge rise of tuition fees which will not be affordable to middle class and poor students. Though intelligent but poor, these students will be out of reach of medical education and there will be monopoly of rich people. In self finance colleges and hospitals, medical treatment will become costlier.
So I request the Central Government not to permit conversion of Government Medical Colleges into self-financing colleges and to instruct the Indian Medical Council for the same.