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JAMMU, Jan 7: Coming down heavily on those celebrating withdrawal of permission to Mata Vaishno Devi Medical College in Jammu region, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he had directed immediate relocation of affected students in Government run institutions in their hometowns.
The National Medical Commission’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board yesterday withdrew the letter of permission granted to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence Katra for non-compliance with minimum standards.
CM added that “I have directed the Health Minister to ensure that students affected by the withdrawal of permission to the Mata Vaishno Devi Medical College are adjusted in Government Medical Colleges near their homes".
He said the process should be expedited so that the students can continue their medical education and later serve the people of the region.
He added that the people in the country fight over getting the Medical Colleges and here, a struggle was waged to shut down a medical college to play with the future of J&K children. If destroying children’s futures gives you happiness, then burst firecrackers.
This time, out of 50 seats, 40 have gone to Kashmir. After one or two years, these 50 seats would have become 400 seats. Out of those 400 seats, possibly 200 or 250 children would have been from Jammu.
Tomorrow, those children will not get Medical College seats because you got the entire college shut down in the name of religion,” the Chief Minister said.
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