Govt postpones NEET-PG exam for doctors due to surge in Covid-19

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<strong>The Central Government on Thursday postponed the NEET-PG medical entrance exam that doctors take for admission to postgraduate courses like MD and MS due to the fresh wave of Covid-19 cases surging across India.</strong></p>
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The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination was earlier scheduled to be held on April 18.</p>
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Announcing the decision Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said the next date of the NEET-PG medical entrance exams will be decided later, He said “the decision had been taken keeping in mind the wellbeing of  our young medical students.”</p>
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Earlier today, a group of student doctors moved the Supreme Court asking for postponement of the NEET-PG medical entrance exams. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde was scheduled to hear the matter on Friday.</p>
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The petitioners reportedly said that forcing doctors, who treat coronavirus patients on a daily basis, to attend a physical exam would put thousands of lives at risk.</p>