Adesh University: MCI puts on hold admission of 150 MBBS seats

New Delhi

Mentioning infrastructure deficiencies, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has reportedly put on hold admission of 150 MBBS seats in Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda.

As noted in the MCI report after its inspection held in March, was pertaining to wide discrepancies in salaries of the staff, especially among assistant professors, senior and junior residents.The salary of junior residents was found to be only Rs 22,000, reports Hindustan Times.

The report comes two days after the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) started the first round of counselling to shift 1,400 students of Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Banur.

The HC had, on June 2, directed the state government to complete the process of shifting the students within three weeks. The college, however, filed a petition in the Supreme Court on June 8, challenging the HC order.