40% seats of MBBS in Bihar’s Govt medical colleges remain vacant

Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) launches third round of admission on September 29; only 25% of private medical colleges remain to be occupied

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Patna: About 40% seats of MBBS (Bachelor in Medicines, Bachelor in Surgery) in the government’s medical colleges remain vacant in Bihar after 2nd round of admission being conducted by the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB). This is for the first time that such a large number of seats remained unoccupied.

BCECEB officials said that a total of 597 MBBS seats in 12 government medical colleges, including those in the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) and the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH). “As many as 74 seats of the prestigious Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH), Patna, remained unoccupied by the students after completion of the second round of counselling,” said one of the board officials.

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There are a total of 1206 seats in 12 government medical colleges in the state. The state has 1050 seats in the private medical colleges. “However, private medical colleges haves only 263 seats of MBBS vacant, which constitute about 25% of the total seats,” said the officer.

Conditions of the government dental colleges are not different. About 22 seats in the Patna Dental College and 53 seats in the GDC Rahui Dental College in Jamui are to be occupied in the later round of counselling. A BCECEB officer said that usually 100 seats in the government medical and dental colleges remained vacant after the 2nd round of admission till last year. “All seats of PMCH and NMCH were generally filled up during the first round of admission, while seats in IGIMS and Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) were filled up in the 2nd round,” said the officer.

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On September 28, the BCECEB has launched the 3rd round of admission for students of MBBS, BDS (bachelor in dental surgery), Veterinary Sciences, etc, in different colleges. Director of Bihar medical special cell, BCECB, Bipin Kumar Singh attributed the vacancy to delayed launch of admission process. “Many students have taken admissions in medical colleges outside the state under the Central quota as the admission process in the state’s medical colleges took off a bit late,” he said.

An MBBS aspirant said that the Bihar government launched 3rd round of admission on September 30, when medical colleges in other states have completed the third round and are preparing for the 4th round of admissions.

College wise seats remaining vacant

Name of the college

Seats remaining vacant

GMC, Bettiah

75

NMCH, Patna

74

ANMCH, Gaya

47

GMC, Purnia

45

BMIMS, Pawapuri

42

IGIMS, Patna

34

ESICMC, Bihta

22

PMCH, Patna

14

JLNMCH, Bhagalpur

67

JKTMCH, Madhepura

62

SKMCH, Muzaffarpur

59

DMCH, Darbhanga

57

Patna Dental College, Patna

22

GDC Rahui, Nalanda

53