Maulana Azad Medical College Reopening Notice

New Delhi: In a bid to start the institutional process, Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) has issued a notice to reopen the institute latest by December 1. This comes after the directives, as received, from the Union Health Ministry to the medical college under the Delhi state government.

Owing to the pandemic, the spread of the virus has shut all educational institutions of the country since the month of March. However, seeing the loss and delay in medical teaching and academics, and the repercussions on the medical education sector as well as the availability of doctors in the future, the apex medical regulator, National Medical Commission (NMC) recently recommended that the medical colleges may re-open on or before 1st December 2020.

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Now, the Dean of the Institute, through a notice has informed that the college is "working out the implementation plan for phase-wise rejoining of students".

The notice further added, "as the college has to follow the SOPs and guidelines issued by the Central and state governments with regards to be taken for the prevention of Covid-19 infection, the college is working out on the plan."

Moreover, it advised the students and parents to keep checking the college website every day for instructions that would be uploaded as to how and when students would rejoin the college. All Medical students have also been asked to wait for information on reporting to the college, only when asked to.