Karnataka mulls compulsory rural service for medical students who opt for free seats

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June 24, 2018

Hubballi, Jun 24: D K Shivakumar, Minister for Medical Education has proposed compulsory rural service for medical students who opt for free seats in Karnataka.
Speaking to media persons chairing a review meeting at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in here yesterday, he said that the government is contemplating a hike in the fees of government medical colleges.

He said that the government spends approximately Rs 10 lakh on the education of each medical student. On the other hand, students pay a fee of just Rs 16,000 a year.

“Compared to the fee structure of private colleges, fees at government colleges are reasonably low,” he said. A student who wishes to study medicine at a government college will be able to pay a little more for his studies,” he said.

Of the Rs 16,000 fees a student pays, the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru collects Rs 9,000 and the medical colleges are left with very little funds for programme enhancement. The fee hike is intended to make these colleges financially independent and not to fill the coffers of government, he said.

Based on the inputs received at the meeting, Shivakumar said he would consider making rural service compulsory for MBBS students who get free medical seats. “The government is not interested in levying monetary fines on students. That method has failed to yield the desired results and is also being contested in court. Hence, we will look into the Maharashtra model, where doctors will not get a permanent registration number without serving for a certain period in rural areas,” he said and added that this would address the 70%-75% vacancy of doctors in rural areas.

He also instructed all the government medical colleges to video record their moveable and non-moveable assets. A detailed report of the equipment purchased and their present condition should be submitted to the government soon, based on which an audit will be held, he said. These instructions came after it was brought to his notice that equipment in hospitals was being stolen. Recently, equipment worth lakhs of rupees was found in a medical officer’s house in Hubballi. “There is a need to fix accountability on the hospital property and this move will ensure that equipment doesn’t go missing,” he said.

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Forcing medical graduates to do rural service is one aspect only. .The other aspect (improving living conditions, better education facilities for children, better roads & sanitary conditions etc) also should be addressed for optimum results

Vivek
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Sunday, 24 Jun 2018

Shortage of good doctors in rural area is already exists. Anyway this may be a relief

Suresh
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Sunday, 24 Jun 2018

Why young medical students are hesitated to do rural service. They want only cities and more money. What their ethics suggests..?

Ramprasad
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Sunday, 24 Jun 2018

Rural service should be compulsory for medical students. They have to do rural service. Later they wont do anything for rural people and for less amount. So atleast as a part of their studies, it should be complusory thing

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July 22,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jul 22: Nine staff of the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) in Koppa in the district were tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.

Health officials said that these people don’t have any contacts outside as they were in the forest buffer zone. Now efforts were being made to find out how they contacted the Coronavirus.

Meanwhile, the Kalsa police station has been sealed down after four of its personnel tested positive.

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August 7,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 7: Coronavirus surge in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi today at 411  with with Udupi tallying 245 fresh cases and DK 166. 

A dozen deaths also reported from the twin districts. While DK reported seven fatalities, Udupi recorded five deaths. 

With this, Dakshina Kannada district's Covid-19 tally increased to 6,881 and the total number of deaths increased to 208. 

While the district has 3,369 active cases as on date, the day also saw 188 people getting discharged from hospitals. As many as 3,304 persons were discharged in the district so far. 

Out of seven deaths reported in Dakshina Kannada on Friday, five were from Mangaluru taluk and one each from Puttur and Belthangady taluks.

Meanwhile, out of 245 new coronavirus cases reported in Udupi on Friday, 175 are asymptomatic and 86 have no specific contact history. With this, the total number of cases in Udupi increased to 5,605, which includes 2,292 active cases. 

Udupi also reported five fatalities including a female victim, taking the district’s death toll to 55. Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha said all the five victims were also suffering from various comorbidities. Udupi district has collected Rs 1,43,300 as penalty from people for violating rules related to social distancing and mask till August 6.

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March 20,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 20: One more person tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, taking the total number of cases to 25, as the Left government announced a Rs 20,000 crore financial package to tide over the present crisis being faced by the southern state in the wake of the virus outbreak.

The multi-crore special package includes Rs 500 crore health package, Rs 2,000 crore loans and free ration.

The man who tested positive had returned from Dubai and hailed from the northern Kasaragod district, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters after a COVID-19 review meeting.

He said 65 people were hospitalised on Thursday.

"At least 31,173 people are under surveillance, of whom 237 are in observation in hospitals across the state" he said.

Detailing the financial package, Vijayan said loans worth Rs 2,000 crore would be made available to needy families through all-women network 'Kudumbashree' during April-May.

Rural employment guarantee programmes worth Rs 1,000 crore each will be implemented in April-May, he said.

Social security pension of Rs 1,320 crore, to be given in April, would be distributed this month, he said, adding that 50 lakh people are benefited through the pension scheme.

Those belonging to the below poverty line (BPL) and Anthyodaya, who are not receiving social security pension, would be given Rs 1,000 each, for which Rs 100 crore would be earmarked.

Cutting across APL and BPL families, 10 kg free ration would be given and Rs 100 crore would be set apart for the purpose, he said.

A string of 1,000 low-cost hotels, providing food at Rs 20, would be opened across the state next month, the chief minister added.

The 'fitness' charges of autorickshaws and taxis and one month tax of stage and contract carriages would be waived, Vijayan said.

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