The 19th meeting of the Medical Education Commission held on Monday concluded that the private medical colleges should provide living allowance to residential doctors on par with government doctors..
Similarly, residential doctors who are agitating should get back to their duties and studies, the meeting stressed.
It may be noted that the 16th meeting of the Commission on February 8 had decided that the private medical colleges should pay the residential doctors with living allowances equivalent to their counterparts in public institutions. It has decided that private residential doctors shall be paid with Rs 48, 737 of living allowances per month.
The meeting also entertained a report by the 11-member taskforce to review the number of seats and fees structures of the private medical colleges for MBBS and BDS programs..
In the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, task force coordinator Dr Deepak Kafely, the Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, handed over the report to Prime Minister and Commission Chair KP Sharma Oli.
The report has paved the way for forming a technical committee and reviews the seats and fees structures on the basis of standards of the medical colleges in accordance with the Medical Education Act- 2075 BS.
Based on the report, a technical committee led by Prof Dr Sujan Babu Marhatta of the Directorate of Planning, Coordination and Academic Upgradation within the Commission was formed. It shall comprise Pro Dr Dibya Singh Shah, senior chartered accountant Mahesh Guragain, charter accountant Santosh Khanal and under secretaries of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Ministry of Health and Population and the Ministry of Finance.
Talking to media following the meeting, Commission Co-Chair and Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Raghuji Pant said the Commission's 16th meeting has already decided that the living allowance should be provided to residential doctors on par with the government facilities and agitating doctors are expected to get back to the work.
