By Barsha Misra
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Nagpur: Bringing good news to the postgraduate medical aspirants in the State, the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has finally restored the number of postgraduate seats in general medicine to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Nagpur. Earlier, the University had reduced the MD Medicine seats at the institute to 31. Earlier this year, the National Medical Commission (NMC) had sanctioned 37 postgraduate seats to the institute, as per the nationwide matrix on March 31, 2025.However, officials alleged that MUHS reduced the seats to 31, despite full compliance. Even though GMCH is the third most-preferred PG destination in the State, after Mumbai-based Sion Hospital and Pune-based BJ Medical College, the University had approved only 35 seats for GMCH last year and the number was reduced further to 31 this year.Also Read: Lack of Essential Equipment: NMC Halts Admission to MD Radiation Oncology course at GMCH NagpurCommenting on the matter, the Dean of GMCH, Nagpur, Dr. Raj Gajbhiye, told the Times of India that the MUHS committee was informed about the seat matrix and the institution fulfilling the norms for the allocation of 37 seats. He mentioned, “Three seats under one unit in-charge are allocated. Yet they reduced the MD medicine seats to 31.”As per the norms, the PG medical seats are filled on a 50:50 centre and state ratio. Therefore, 50% of the total seats are filled by the students under the All-India quota and the rest of the seats fall under the State quota category. Because the total number of seats i.e. 37 is off, 19 seats were retained at the all-India level, while the students from Maharashtra were left with just 18 seats.With the MUHS reducing the seats, GMCH Nagpur was getting lesser number of seats in its quota in the centralised admission process. Sources informed TOI, “MD medicine from GMCH Nagpur is one of the most sought-after courses. Ultimately, this would have caused a big loss to Maharashtra students as the all-India quota was intact. The MUHS insisted that three seats under one unit in-charge is applicable only for a professor. The concerned MUHS officials refused to accept an associate professor as unit in-charge to allocate three seats.”Now, finally, MUHS has changed its stance and restored the NMC-approved seats it had reduced at the Nagpur-based medical college.Also Read: HC Stays NMC Order to halt MD Radiation Oncology Admissions at GMCH Nagpur, Lauds AIIMS for Helping institute
