PG, UG course admissions: No takers for 80 vacant MD seats in Punjab
Hindustan TimesDespite a special fifth round of counselling conducted by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences to fill 80 vacant seats of doctor of medicine courses in non-clinical branches, no eligible candidate appeared for admission on Friday. As a significant number of PG medical courses and UG dental courses’ seats remained vacant in Punjab medical and dental colleges after the conclusion of counselling, the BFUHS decided to hold an additional fifth round of counselling to fill these seats. Despite a special fifth round of counselling conducted by BFUHS to fill 80 vacant seats of doctor of medicine courses in non-clinical branches, no eligible candidate appeared for admission on Friday. Meanwhile, only 15 BDS seats were allotted during the additional fifth round of undergraduate counselling following which 601 undergraduate dental courses seats have remained vacant in private dental colleges across the state. As a significant number of postgraduate medical courses and undergraduate dental courses’ seats remained vacant in Punjab medical and dental colleges after the conclusion of counselling, the BFUHS decided to hold an additional fifth round of counselling to fill these seats.