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New Delhi: A new regulation explicating policies related to working hours, weekly offs and leaves for post-graduate students in medical colleges is likely to be released in the coming weeks, a senior National Medical Commission (NMC) official has said.. PG students in medical colleges work as resident doctors at hospitals attached with the institution and are governed under the Postgraduate Medical Education (Amendment) Regulations, 2018.As of now, the regulations do not define working hours or conditions for resident doctors...
It will address issues like working hours for residents, ragging and ways to improve their work-related stress...
According to Dr Aviral Mathur, a PG student at Delhis Maulana Azad Medical College and president of the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (Forda), for many residents across various hospitals and departments, working even 80 hours or beyondper weekis normal...
It leads to severe burnout among PG students, Mathur said.. Mental health issues and instances of violence against doctors, mainly residents, are also seen routinely in hospitals with poor work culture for residents, he added...
Following the review, medical institutionshad been askedin Octoberto submit details related to working hours and weekly offs given to PG students, and department-wise number of PG students who have committed suicide in the past five years...
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