Reduce NEET PG 2023 cut-off by 30%, IMA urges health minister

NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has requested the union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya to reduce the NEET PG 2023 cut-off percentile up to 30 percent to fill the seats for both clinical and non-clinical branches.

The IMA in an official statement said, “ We should not forget that during previous COVID waves, when the country was in the state of emergency and people were dying, the doctors left their homes and served the nation fervently. The time has come for the administration to recognize them for their selfless service by reducing the cutoff marks for NEET-PG 2023.”

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The association has requested the union health minister to reduce the NEET PG cutoff 2023 to ensure that candidates can enroll for postgraduate programmes in various medical colleges across the country without any of the PG seats left vacant.

The association stated that due to the high NEET PG cutoff aspiring doctors have to pursue their postgraduate programmes in foreign universities and institutes.

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“As a result of high cutoff scores, aspiring medical students will not only be prevented from entering post-graduation but will also be compelled to travel overseas to pursue their dream field of post-graduation, further depleting the medical manpower pool in India” an official statement read.