NMC reminds colleges to submit report on suicide, resignation, working hours of medical students

NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has reminded colleges to submit the report on suicide, resignation, and working hours of medical students who have not submitted yet, by November 25.

“There are some colleges who have not submitted their reports regarding suicide, resignation, and working hours of medical students. It is therefore, requested that all those colleges which have not submitted the report yet may submit the same by 25.11.2022 failing which NMC may take action as per National Medical Commission (Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging in Medical Colleges and Institutions) Regulations 2021. Those colleges who had already submitted their reports are requested to not send them again,” read NMC’s notification.

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Earlier in October, the commission had sought details from medical colleges on number of medical students who died by suicide, left colleges in the last five years along with details on the working hours and weekly off given to them.

NMC formed an anti-ragging cell with Dr Aruna V Vanikar, president of Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) to address the issues of ragging in medical institutes across the country. The Commission said that while all cases of suicide or suicidal tendency among students are not linked to ragging, most of them do.

The commission had informed that the anti-ragging committee has taken a serious view on the increasing incidents of ragging and its consequences leading to suicidal tendency among the medical students. In order to facilitate the medical students to lodge the complaints with the NMC also in addition to the concerned colleges, institutes, an email ID has been created as – antiragging@nmc.org.in.