Aspirants seek intervention ahead of Nov 16 deadline, say future of students at stake
Rehan Qayoom Mir
Srinagar, Nov 13 :
Seeking an early resolution to the pending approval issue, MBBS aspirants and their parents on Friday gathered at Press Colony, Srinagar, urging the National Medical Commission (NMC) to grant Kashmir Medical College its Letter of Permission (LoP) at the earliest to pave the way for commencement of admissions.
The students and parents, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said their demand is aimed at ensuring that the medical college becomes functional and admissions begin without further delay. They stressed that they were seeking an early resolution of the issue and not targeting any individual or institution.
The students said the LoP issue had remained unresolved for the past five months. “We approached the High Court in September and received a favourable hearing on October 27, but the matter remains unresolved,” one of the students said.
He said that with the November 16 deadline approaching and the next court hearing scheduled for November 20, the students and their parents were urging the concerned authorities to intervene and facilitate the necessary approval, saying the future of aspiring medical students was at stake.—(KNO)