Delay in NEET SS 2021 Counselling will impact patient care: FORDA writes to health minister

NEW DELHI: The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) in a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya urged to expedite the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Super-Speciality Counselling 2021 (NEET SS Counselling 2021). Any further delay in the NEET SS Counselling 2021 and subsequent admission of candidates will impact the delivery of quality patient care services, FORDA said.

“NEET SS 2021 exam was supposed to be held in the month of July 2021 and the academic session would have commenced in August 2021. However, due to various reasons, the exam was finally conducted in the month of January 2022. Though the result was declared soon after, the counselling process is yet to commence due to ongoing hearing in the Honorable Supreme Court in a matter pertaining to reservation for in-service candidates of Tamil Nadu,” FORDA wrote in the letter.

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FORDA further said that the admission process for the current academic year is already delayed by seven months and “with further postponement of court hearing, there seems to be no respite for the candidates yet”.

"During multiple waves of COVID-19 pandemic, similar to Broad Speciality candidates, the training of current batches of Super-Speciality candidates had also suffered and now due to non-admission of fresh batch, they are even over-worked and exhausted,” the letter added.

Requesting Hon’ble @mansukhmandviya Sir to take necessary measures for addressing the issue of unprecedented delay in conduction of #NEETSSCounselling2021 & subsequent #Admission of qualified candidates #MCC @MoHFW_INDIA @DghsIndia @NBEMS_INDIA @ANI @MirrorNow @IndiaAheadNews pic.twitter.com/CogtoGlkov

— FORDA INDIA (@FordaIndia) March 9, 2022

The resident doctors association requested the health minister to take necessary measures for addressing the issue of the “unprecedented delay in NEET SS Counselling 2021 and subsequent admission of qualified candidates.

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Earlier in February, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) has written to Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya requesting to expedite the NEET SS Counselling 2021. The doctors association also hinted at starting agitation if authorities do not address the concerns of the medical aspirants on an “urgent basis”.