Not one graduate in 13 years from this medical college in Pathankot

Subpar infrastructure, performance: White Medical College is one of the two colleges in country that have been told by courts to move out full MBBS batches.

Written by Anonna Dutt
Updated: June 18, 2024 09:45 IST

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The 150-seat private medical college was set up in 2011. (Express photo by Anonna Dutt)
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General wards under lock and key, bed occupancy of 13% as opposed to the minimum mandated 60%, no blood bank, zero surgeries and zero deliveries. This is White Medical College, a 150-seat, private medical college in Pathankot city of Punjab that has been plagued by lack of infrastructure and shortage of patients and faculty members since it was set up in 2011. In fact, no batch has graduated from the college – formerly known as Chintpurni Medical College – in its 13 years.
Earlier this year, following the directions of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, the National Medical Commission (NMC), the country’s apex medical education regulator, asked for all the students to be moved out of the college. The college is only one of two colleges in the country — the other being Karnataka’s G R Medical College — that have been directed by courts to move entire batches of MBBS students given their subpar infrastructure and performance on a range of parameters. While the Chintpurni college has challenged the court’s order in the High Court, all the students of the Karnataka college have been moved out to other colleges in the state.
— Read on indianexpress.com/article/india/not-one-graduate-in-13-years-from-this-medical-college-in-pathankot-9396516/lite/