In one of our previous posts, we had mentioned about the difficulty in getting MBBS seats. Here we will be discussing on medical course counselling and about multiple options in Medicine beyond MBBS.
A report says that 23.3 Lakh students wrote NEET exam across country whereas total no. of seats available across the country is just 1.09 Lakhs. Out of this just 55,880 seats are in Government medical colleges.
From Tamil Nadu perspective, 1.59 Lakhs students had written NEET exam, whereas the total no. of medical college seats in Tamil Nadu is just 11,600. While no. of government medical college seats is just 5250.
So, overall, nationally only 2% of those who had written NEET exams get seats in Government medical colleges. In Tamil Nadu, 3.3 % of those who had written NEET exams get seats in Government medical colleges.
Now let us look at the Scenario in alternative medicine- namely Homeopathy, Siddha and Ayurveda.
Those who practice these streams are also called as Doctors only . They also have a good work life balance as they do not handle many emergency cases as Allopathy ( MBBS). These Doctors provide holistic treatment and without any side effects. They know what can be cured and what cannot be cured in these streams.
We had the opportunity to interact with 2 Senior Homeopathy doctors. A reputed Child specialist ( Allopathy) had referred us to one of them. She had mentioned that for a particular problem, it is better to take treatment through Homeopathy. It proved to be right as well.
Similarly we also had an opportunity to get treated in a Government Siddha hospital wherein a long pending issue got solved within just 3- 4 days.
The above examples prove that they can really cure the problems in areas where they are strong.
Students assume that they do not command respect equivalent to MBBS. However for getting an appointment with the two Homeopathy Doctors whom I had mentioned, we had to wait for minimum 2 weeks. They were also treating patients from other cities and sending medicine to their residences by courier.
The best part is getting an admission for these streams is much much easier. In Tamil Nadu, counselling data shows that students with NEET score between 127-147 are ranked between 4114 to 4340 for the government college seats and government quota seats in private medical colleges. They offer Homeopathy, Siddha, Ayurveda and Unani. The last ranked NEET Score who will be getting a seat in Government or Government quota seat in private college is 127 as per a report.
While it might be late to think about medical course counselling for this Year, you can very well prepare for appearing for AYUSH counselling next year and become successful Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Siddha Doctors
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