Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Wednesday has demanded an inquiry against a private medical college in Mirpurkhas, where three students attempted suicide on Tuesday, reportedly after failing their MBBS examination.
The PMA central secretary general, Dr Habib Rehman Soomro said in a statement that in order to earn money, the medical college had a tendency of failing around 50 students each year because it would give admissions to extra students, violating the rules of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) as well. This year, around 34 students were also declared to have failed their exams.
He said that the PMDC had given permission to the college to admit only 50 students but it allegedly gave admissions to 100 students. He said that since only 50 students were registered at the PMDC, the private medical college could not show the admission of 100 students. As a result, allegedly, the college was constantly failing the students.
Soomro also said that the medical college takes exorbitant amounts for its admission while its annual fee came around to Rs0.4 million to Rs0.5 million. He said that the college has no “complete department” of any medical science and wondered how it was allowed to operate.
Accordingly, Soomro urged the PMDC, chief minister Sindh, federal health minister to take notice of the incident and hold a high level inquiry.
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