Experts irked at move to end PG diploma courses

They say it will result in private hospitals bringing in cheap manpower

The National Medical Commission’s (NMC) move to end postgraduate diploma courses has incurred the wrath of a section of public health experts, who said it was aimed at providing cheap manpower to private hospitals. The draft of the postgraduate medical education regulations published by the postgraduate medical education board says, “No new diploma courses shall be permitted from 2021 onwards. All the Rules and Regulations of erstwhile Medical Council of India regarding existing diploma courses shall be applicable till all the diploma courses are phased out and the last diploma candidate has cleared the examination.”