The Supreme Court of India has lately highlighted concerns regarding the vacancies in super speciality medical in India, and the failure of the appropriate authorities to fill the vacancies.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath, while hearing a batch of petitions arising out of successful candidates dropping out of such courses, observed in an order passed on April 13:
“The present petition depicts a very sorry picture that 1,003 precious super specialty seats are going to waste, inasmuch as nobody could be admitted on the said seats. Despite the fact that there is a constant need for superspecialty doctors, these valuable seats continue to be vacant.
The court then instructed Additional Attorney General Aishwarya Bhati to “impress upon the concerned authorities to find a problem for this solution” after making this comment. It further stated that, in accordance with the law officer’s comments, a committee headed by the Director-General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) will be appointed by the union government to find a solution to the issue. Representatives from private medical institutions and the Indian states would make up this group. The bench also directed the law officer to push the committee to come up with a solution before July, noting that the next academic session would start in July. It read:
“The admissions process will begin in July 2023 for the following academic year. We thus want the knowledgeable Additional Solicitor General of India to put pressure on the stated planned committee to come up with a resolution before the start of the following academic session.
The bench ordered the issue to be listed on Tuesday, July 4, so that the union government may submit its status report before the next hearing date.
HARDIK SHARMA, B.COM LL.B
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