Medical counselling ends with 411 MBBS seats still unfilled
A total of 411 MBBS seats remained vacant after the special stray vacancy round of medical counselling, despite 537 of 948 available seats being allotted. The unfilled seats were significantly higher than the 60-70 vacancies recorded last year
New Delhi: A total of 411 MBBS seats remained unallotted after the special stray vacancy round of medical counselling, according to sources in the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC).
The special round included 948 vacant MBBS seats in its seat matrix, of which 537 were allotted to candidates, while 411 remained vacant after the counselling process concluded.
The number of vacant seats was significantly higher than the 60-70 MBBS seats that remained unfilled last year, according to the sources.
The special stray vacancy round was conducted by the MCC after the completion of the earlier rounds of undergraduate medical counselling to fill the remaining vacant seats.
The Supreme Court had directed the MCC to conduct four rounds of counselling, but the committee conducted a fifth round as well.
The special stray vacancy round was held to fill seats that remained vacant after the regular rounds of medical counselling.
