Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Madhya Pradesh Medical Colleges Lack Seats in High-Demand Specialties
Five older government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh do not offer advanced training seats in several popular medical specialties.
These specialties include care for newborn babies, children’s brains and digestive systems, and liver diseases.
The colleges are in Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa.
Doctors say students strongly want to study these subjects.
Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal has not yet started some courses that were approved by the state.
Officials say colleges need enough specialized teachers before they can receive these seats.
The medical university cannot affiliate courses when the required faculty is missing.
A doctors’ association leader said the government should increase faculty numbers.
Five older government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh lack Doctorate of Medicine seats in several high-demand super-specialty branches.
The missing specialties include neonatology, paediatric neurology, hepatology, medical genetics and interventional neuroradiology.
The affected colleges are located in Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa.
Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, has not opened sanctioned paediatric neurology and cardiology courses, while some colleges also lack endocrinology.
Officials and doctors attributed the shortage mainly to insufficient specialized faculty required under National Medical Commission norms.
- Who
- Five older government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh, doctors, the Directorate of Medical Education and the state medical university are involved.
- What
- The colleges lack Doctorate of Medicine seats in several high-demand super-specialty branches.
- When
- The articles do not specify when the shortage began; the courses had not been opened at the time of reporting.
- Where
- Government medical colleges in Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- The colleges reportedly lack the specialized faculty required for Doctorate of Medicine seats under National Medical Commission norms.
Expansion Advocates
Institutional Constraints
Whether more DM seats should be created
Expansion Advocates
Doctors say the five older government colleges should develop more DM programs, particularly in highly competitive branches, and that the Directorate of Medical Education should increase faculty strength.
Institutional Constraints
University officials say colleges cannot obtain affiliation for these programs without the required specialized faculty, which is needed under National Medical Commission parameters.
- Affected institutions
- Five older government medical colleges in Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa
- Qualification involved
- Doctorate of Medicine (DM)
- Specialties cited
- Clinical Haematology, Neonatology, Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Medical Genetics, Hepatology, Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Gastroenterology, Neuroimaging and Interventional Neuroradiology, Clinical Pharmacology, and Geriatric Medicine
- Unopened courses at Gandhi Medical College
- Paediatric Neurology and Cardiology, despite state government sanction
- Additional shortage
- Some medical colleges also do not offer Endocrinology
- Main constraint
- Insufficient specialized faculty in the relevant departments
- Regulatory basis
- National Medical Commission parameters link DM-seat allocation to specialized faculty availability