The Union Health Ministry recently instructed the States and Union Territories to start taking essential steps to reopen the medical colleges on or before 1 December 2020 after following the coronavirus guidelines strictly.
As per a report, a senior health ministry official in a letter to all chief secretaries and administrators of all states and UTs had written, “The states/ UTs may take necessary steps to open the medical colleges on or before 1st December 2020. Needless to say, all the SOPs/ Guidelines with respect to social distancing and prevention of the spread of epidemic issues by central/state/ UT Governments will be formed scrupulously by all the colleges.”
This comes after the National Medical Commission recommended the health ministry to make non-Covid beds available in medical college hospitals and undertake UG medical training.
By Sahana Iyer
