MCI RECOGNISES 2-YR DIPLOMA COURSES OF College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS).

The Medical Council of India has allowed the MBBS students to practice as medical specialists in case they have done the two-year diploma courses from the Mumbai-based College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Health Ministry issued a notification in this regard.

The CPS offers two-year diploma courses in broad specialties like anaesthesia, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, radiology and a few others. These were till recently were recognised only by Maharashtra and Gujarat Government.

Now MBBS doctors in Government hospitals are eligible to become specialists in two years.

All 200-bed multi-specialty hospitals and 100 bed single hospitals in Government and private sector having experienced faculties and adequate clinical load will be eligible to host the CPS training courses.

In keeping with the Supreme Court order on a single entrance for all post graduate courses, CPS too will be taking in only NEET- qualified candidates and through a centralized counseling.

India is producing 63,835 MBBS graduates every year but has less than 25,000 PG seats.

Diploma courses run by CPS would not be treated as a recognized medical qualification for the purpose of teaching. The courses will be reviewed every three years for their continuation.