Sindhudurg Shikshan Prasarak Mandal (SSPM) Medical College & Lifetime Hospital

The Sindhudurg Shikshan Prasarak Mandal (SSPM) Medical College & Lifetime Hospital is located in Sindhudurg and is run by a Trust. established in the Year 2020. The college is affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences and recognized by National Medical Commission (NMC), India. The Medical College has an annual intake of 150 MBBS seats.

It is relatively a new college with very good infrastructure and the Medical college and Hospital are spread in over 70 acres of sprawling campus. There are spacious Lecture halls, Examination halls, Practical Labs, An Auditorium, The institute is fully equipped with Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratories with advanced equipment, Departmental Museums. The College has a very good Library with huge collection of Books and Journals. In addition, Separate Hostel facilities are available for Boys and Girls, Gymnasium and recreational facilities in the form of Indoor and outdoor games and sports are also in place.

The Attached Hospital

Lifetime Hospital is a 800+ bedded multi-specialty hospital with cutting-edge technology and expert doctors to provide people with the required care and specialized treatments. With the state-of-art technology SSPM Lifetime hospital excels at providing medical treatments in various fields. SSPM Medical College and Lifetime Hospital was established in 2017. World-class facilities are integrated into the hospital which makes it one of its kind. It has 24X7 Emergency and Trauma care facilities with 40+ ICU/ICCU/NICU/SICU/PICU with 12+ modular OT's and 13+ Clinical departments. The Hospital's general specialities include General Medicine, General Surgery, OBG, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Radiodiagnosis, ENT, Ophthalmology, Anaesthesiology, Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Forensic Medicine.

CONTACT AND OTHER DETAILS:

Procedure for Selection and Admission to Medical Postgraduate Courses (MD/MS/Diploma) at Maharashtra State Government /Corporation Medical Colleges and Unaided Private/Minority Medical Colleges

State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai conducts Online Combined Centralized Counselling for all Maharashtra State government and Unaided Private/Minority Medical Colleges. In order to participate in the admission process, it is necessary to fill State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai MBBS PG Admission Counseling medical application form in the online mode. Candidates who have qualified NEET- PG is eligible for the Maharashtra PG medical admission to the state quota as well as All India Quota seats. State CET Cell offers PG medical admission for the 50% seats available in the Maharashtra State Government /Corporation Medical Colleges and 100% Unaided Private/Minority Medical Colleges.

The seats available for admission to medical postgraduate courses will be distributed as 50% to all Indian Quota & the remaining 50 % to the State Quota. From the State quota, 50% of Seats in post-graduate diploma courses from State Government/Corporation Medical Colleges will be reserved for In-service candidates in the State Government services, who have served at least 3 years in remote and/or difficult areas.

In unaided Private medical Colleges and Minority Medical Colleges,50% of seats are stated CET cell quota seats, and the remaining 50% seats are institutional quota seats including NRI quota seats. All these seats shall be filled by State Competent Authority NEET-PG. In the Institutional quota, a maximum of 15% of the seats may be filled in, from the NRI candidates.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT A GLANCE

The cost of the online application form for NEET-PG 2023 is Rs. 3000/-. This application fee is not refundable; hence, candidates are advised to go through the information brochure and ascertain their eligibility before paying the fee. It is the sole responsibility of the candidate to ascertain online payment of fees within the prescribed period, failing which the online application will be rejected. Along with the application form fee of Rs. 3000/-, every candidate will have to pay a refundable security deposit as shown in the following table.

Table 1: Deposit for admission through NEET PG 2023

Candidate paying deposit as per column (1) will be allowed to fill preferences of Government / Corporation / Government Aided Institutes only. Candidate paying deposit as per column (2) will be allowed to fill preferences of all the institutions i.e. Government / Corporation / Government Aided Institutes and Unaided Private / Minority institutes. Candidate should decide well in advance regarding payment of deposit. No extension will be allowed for payment of deposit after the last date of registration. This deposit will be utilized at the end of round 3 and subsequent rounds as described below and as shown in Table 2.

The following conditions will be applied for this refundable security deposit. Table 2: Scheme of Refundable Security Deposit

If deposit of a candidate is forfeited at the end of Round 2, such a candidate if wishes to participate in Round 3 and further Round(s) , he/she will have to register again for Round 3 by paying Application form fee of Rs. 3000/-, and the necessary deposit as stated in Table 1.

There shall be four or more Online CAP rounds of selection of candidates depending on the availability of vacant seats during subsequent round(s). The selection will be on the basis of merit and the preferences submitted by the candidate. Candidate will fill fresh choices for Round-1, Round-2, Round-3 and Online Stray Vacancy Round separately. The choices filled for each round will be valid for that round only. Choices filled for respective round(s) will not be carried forward for any subsequent round(s) except the preferences filled for Online Stray Vacancy Round which may be carried forward for subsequent Online Stray Vacancy Round(s) if any.

Eligibility criteria for NEET-PG medical postgraduate courses:

• To be eligible for selection to Medical Postgraduate courses a candidate belonging to General Category and EWS category must secure a minimum of marks at 50th percentile and a candidate belonging to constitutional reservation category and constitutional reservation category with a person with disability (PWD) claim must secure minimum of marks at 40th percentile in NEET-PG. A person with disability (PWD) from general category and EWS category must secure minimum of marks at 45th percentile in NEET-PG
• All candidates, who have passed the final M.B.B.S. examination from the college situated in Maharashtra and completed/completing one-year internship training by 31st March (will be revised as per new guideline on covid 19 by NMC) from a recognized medical college (Annexure-F) included in the Schedule of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 are eligible.
• The candidates who are domiciled in the State of Maharashtra and who have obtained admission under 15% All India quota / AIIMS / Central Government Institutions for MBBS course in the medical college/institution situated outside Maharashtra State and who have obtained the degree from a University situated outside the State of Maharashtra will also be eligible for the selection process of NEET-PG. Such candidates should submit (i) certificate from the Dean of respective medical college stating that the candidate was admitted under 15% all India quota /AIIMS / Central Government Institutions for MBBS course, and (ii) Candidate's Domicile certificate of Maharashtra State by virtue of residence.
• The Candidate must be medically fit.

Non-eligibility of Candidate. The following candidates are not eligible for the admission process through NEET-PG

• Candidates who have passed the Final MBBS examination from an institute located outside Maharashtra, except candidates who are Domicile of Maharashtra and selected under 15% of all India quota / AIIMS / Central Government Institution
• NRI candidates are not eligible for seats in Government/Corporation Medical Colleges, State quota of Central Government Medical Colleges/Government aided colleges/State CET Cell quota seats (including Institutional quota) of Unaided Private and Minority Medical Colleges. However, they are eligible for NRI quota seats of Unaided Private and Minority Medical Colleges.
• PIO/OCI/ foreign national candidates are not eligible for any seat through this process, in the State of Maharashtra.

Reservation Policy for Maharashtra PG Medical Admission:-

*EWS reservation is only applicable if there is an additional increase in the total intake, in particular, Board specialty on account of EWS quota by MCI

STEP FOR COUNSELING PROCESS:-

State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai, Is Conducting Three Rounds of Counseling for NEET PG

1. FIRST-ROUND
2. SECOND ROUND
3. MOP ROUND (online)
4. Stray Vacancy Round (online)

Documents Needed for Verification:-

1. A printed copy of the Maharashtra PG medical application form
2. Copy of NEET PG Admit Card
3. Photo ID proof approved by GOI (Aadhar Card/Driving License, PAN Card, Passport)
4. NEET PG Result/ Rank card
5. Nationality Certificate /valid passport or School Leaving Certificate of HSC/ 12th Std
6. M.B.B.S. Degree/ Passing certificate
7. M.B.B.S. mark sheets
8. Internship completion certificate
9. Permanent / Provisional Registration certificate
10. Certificate showing the last attended institute was recognized by MCI
11. Medical Fitness Certificate in the prescribed format
12. Copy of Receipt of application fee payment
13. Caste certificate (If applicable)
14. Medical Disability Certificate in the prescribed format (If applicable)