Govt orders medical, dental college hostels to reopen

The government has directed all medical and dental colleges to reopen their student dormitories – maintaining health guidelines – in a bid to prepare for first, second, third, and final professional examinations of MBBS/BDS courses amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Medical Education and Family Welfare Department of the Health Ministry, on Sunday, issued the order in this regard. 

According to this order, all medical and dental colleges have been asked to reopen all the student dormitories maintaining the health guidelines for arrangements of first, second, third, and final professional examinations of MBBS/BDS courses.

At the same time, the copies of the Health Ministry order have been sent to: the department concerned, the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the director (Health Education and Health Manpower Development) of the DGHS, the deans of medicine faculties of universities, as well as the principals of all public, private medical and dental colleges to take further necessary action.