Draft of proposed law has not been circulated among State governments: Patil
Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil has
reiterated the demand for a Central law for bringing in a system of uniformity
in admission and fee structure and introducing a single common entrance
examination for professional courses throughout the country.
Talking to The Hindu here on Friday, Dr. Patil said that
after the State government made a formal request to the Union government for
enacting a Central law, the Union government has put on the public domain a
draft of the proposed law to regulate admission to professional colleges.
“But this draft has not been officially circulated to the State
governments seeking their views and comments on the draft. Once the draft is
made available officially to the State government, we will suggest the required
changes and refinement of the draft law,” he said.
Dr. Patil said that during the recent visit of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to NIMHANS, a memorandum was submitted by him (Dr. Patil) seeking
Central legislation for admission to professional colleges to end all
ambiguities in the existing pattern of admissions followed by the professional
colleges in different States.
He had also followed up the matter with the Union Health Minister
and Health Secretary and was told by them that the Union government was
considering introducing a Bill to regulate admission, and also fixing a common
fee structure for professional courses.
Hospital ready
To a question, he said that the tender process for the purchase
of furniture and equipment for the 500-bed new government hospital here has
been completed and the hospital would start functioning with all the required
equipment by the end of February next year. Similarly, the work of installing
equipment and infrastructure in one floor reserved for the establishment of a
full-fledged unit of the Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology in the Government
Hospital was going on in full swing and it should also be ready by the end of
February.
Dr. Patil said that the work of remodelling the existing
Peripheral Cancer Centre here to upgrade it into a full-fledged cancer hospital
has been completed and the work of constructing the bunker for installing a
high-energy linear accelerator for providing radiotherapy treatment to cancer
patients would also be ready by February-end.
‘Draft is in public domain but not officially sent to State
govts. yet’
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